Join GFN farmer and climate scientist Connor Stedman for a workshop on how to manage extreme heat in your growing spaces! With climate change increasing temperatures, it is more important than ever to understand why extreme heat happens, how to retain moisture and protect your plants, and how to keep yourself safe while working outside.…
RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY, JULY 30TH DUE TO WEATHER Join Grow Food Northampton, LUCE Immigrant Justice Network, Pioneer Valley Workers Center, and the ACLU of MA for a bystander training to support farmworkers and all of our immigrant neighbors. Learn the skills to respond proactively to ICE sightings or attempts to detain residents, and gain the…
Learn the four basic ingredients and five key factors of successful composting, and discover how these principles can be adapted creatively to a variety of situations. We'll also learn about a wide range of composting systems—from simple backyard piles to more complex setups—and wrap up with a hands-on activity to put these concepts into practice. Participants…
Join us to hear stories, try foods from the garden, and lift up seed-saving as an act of food sovereignty! In our Living History Garden this year, we are growing…
Join Gazan chef Samah Nijim for an authentic Palestinian (Gazan) cooking experience! We will harvest kusa squash from the Living History Garden, and then Samah will teach us how to…
Join gardener, farmer, and climate change scientist Connor Stedman for a workshop on all things fall in the garden! We'll discuss what you can plant now to harvest this season…
Join us at GFN for a hands-on workshop to build a vital piece of garden infrastructure: a hand-powered trommel screener. This exciting tool will allow us to quickly sift large…
At the Grow Food Northampton Community Farm, learn regenerative practices for stewarding a floodplain in a changing climate. Join us on the Grow Food Northampton Community Farm, a 121-acre farm…
Join Grow Food Northampton (GFN), the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust (NEFOC), and Smith College's Environmental Science and Policy Department for a screening of the award-winning, meditative, lyrical documentary film, "Seeds," which…
Join us to celebrate the harvest from our Living History Garden! Explore the 19 culturally and historically important crops in the 2026 Living History Garden, sample some of the foods…