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Helping People Help the Land

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Forestry demonstration event to be held Saturday, July 11 in Greenfield

A free public informational event and field walk showcasing forest stewardship and conservation practices eligible for technical and financial assistance through NRCS will be held on Saturday, July 11, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, at the Griswold/GTD Conservation Area on Lampblack Road in Greenfield. 

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Learn about grazing at Mass Grass events

Local farmers and anyone interested in learning about grazing livestock are invited to attend a series of educational events this summer and fall hosted by Mass Grass, a state-wide grazing group of Massachusetts livestock farmers, leaders and educators from agricultural organizations, including the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter, UMass Extension and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. 

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Conservation: Our Purpose. Our Passion. Outreach...our way of doing business.

We'd like to reach you!

Outreach is part of NRCS' daily business. We work to ensure that programs and services are made accessible to all customers, while placing special emphasis on those who may be underserved. Historically, underserved audiences have included minorities, tribes, women, the disabled, new farmers, limited resource farmers and small-scale farmers. Underserved audiences can also include other groups of customers, such as new immigrant or refugee farmers or organic producers. We'd like to reach you too.

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The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment.

Last modified: 06/23/2009