NOFA/RI

Grower Gathering
2025-09-28 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Pat’s Pasteured, 830 S. Rd, East Greenwich, RI, 02818, United States
Calling all farmers, farm crews & their families! Join us for our Grower Gathering, a chance to network, catch up and meet new friends. Enjoy a meal prepared by Chef Andy McWilliams, featuring meat from Pat’s Pasteured and Aquidneck Farms, and farm-fresh local produce. BYOB & chair/blanket.
Please be sure to RSVP so we can make sure there’s plenty of food for all.
Can’t wait to see you there!

On-Farm Workshop: The Local Patch, Portsmouth, RI
2025-10-26 10:00 | The Local Patch, 842 Wapping Road, Portsmouth, RI, United States
Growing, Harvesting and Washing Storage Carrots
Join Amy & Andrew Smith of The Local Patch for a morning of everything storage carrots! They’ll explain the step by step process from staling a seed bed, successional seeding in July, to irrigation, weeding, maintenance and finally a dig. After the carrots are out the of the ground, the farmers will demonstrate the wash and prep process using their new barrel washer – a 2025 LASA grant award!
This workshop is co sponsored by TOPP as part of NOFA RI’s technical education and community-building grant.
Light fare will be provided!
This event is fun for all ages and the farmers kids will be there as well!
Register Here

On-Farm Workshop: Roots Farm, Tiverton
2025-11-09 14:00 - 17:00 | Roots Farm, 17 East Rd, Tiverton, RI, 02878, United States
No-Till Winter Growing: Challenges & Successes
Sponsored by NOFA Mass & TOPP
Join us for a relaxing fall afternoon at Roots Farm where we’ll be enjoying a tour, discussion and food. Our focus will be centered around some of the challenges and various solutions regarding no till, organic, year-round growing, such as choosing between your cover crop and your cash crop, or deciding upon other seasonal plans. Bring your experience and your curiosity for this engaging conversation and a delicious local meal!
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Northeast Organic Farming Symposium
2025-12-16 - 2025-12-17
Growing Our Region: Northeast Organic Farming Symposium
December 16–17, 2025 | Free Online Event
Join us for Growing Our Region: Northeast Organic Farming Symposium, a two-day online event designed to support and strengthen organic agriculture across the Northeast. Supported through the Transition to Organic Partnership Program, this free symposium brings together leading regional organizations to offer a unique series of hour-long webinars focused on intermediate to advanced farming practices.
Tailored for a range of organic producers, from seasoned growers to those wanting to expand their knowledge, this event will feature technical content grounded in research, innovative methods, and real-world production challenges relevant to the Northeast. Whether you’re looking to refine your current practices or build a strong foundation for your organic journey, this symposium offers valuable insights, practical strategies, and timely knowledge to help you succeed.
Register today and join us online December 16 and 17 for two days of learning, connection, and growth. Learn more and register for free at nofamass.org/2025symposium or click here to register.

SARE-URI-NOFA/RI Winter Workshop
2026-01-14 09:00 - 12:00 | University of Rhode Island, Skogley Turf Center, 30 Thirty Acre Pond Road, West Kingston, 02881, United States
SARE-URI-NOFA/RI Winter Workshop
Vegetables Plant Diseases and Insects: Basics, Scouting, Identification and Management

NOFA RI's 2nd Annual Farmer Roundtable
2026-01-27 09:30 - 14:30 | Farm Fresh Rhode Island, 10 Sims Avenue, Providence, 02909, United States
Come Talk Shop & Eat Lunch
Jan 27, 2026 9:30am-2:30pm
at Farm Fresh RI
Click here to register

Advanced Grower Training - Farm Efficiencies & Profitability
2026-02-24 00:00
Sandy Arnold of Pleasant Valley Farm will present on topics focused on improving farm efficiencies and profitability, including efficiencies for profit over 38 years, mulching and weed control, and Wash and Pack Stations.
Time and location TBD

Advanced Grower Training
2026-03-03 08:00 - 12:30
Advanced Grower Training with Sandy Arnold
Tues March 3, 8:00 – 12:30*
In-person at URI:
Building 75 Classroom at URI’s East Farm (1 E Farm Rd Kingston, RI 02881)
Join us for an informative presentation led by Sandy Arnold of Pleasant Valley Farm in Argyle NY. Formal agenda coming soon but please note presentation will begin at 8:30.
Topics will include:
* Efficiencies for profit over 38 years
* Mulching & weed control
* Wash & Pack
Food & Coffee will be provided.
This event is targeted toward commercial growers.
This workshop is co sponsored by TOPP as part of NOFA RI’s technical education and community-building grant.
Click here to register! (https://nofari.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a47c5782c1d82213f306481f0&id=72010a136f&e=9121439b3b)
* Due to the blizzard this week we have rescheduled the training workshop for next week, Tues March 3. We hope you are safe, warm and there has been minimal damage to your home, garden, farm and infrastructures. We hope the new date works for you and maybe even works better!
See you there 🙂

Webinar: Build Your Farm's Sales Funnel with Corinna Bench
2026-03-16 12:30 - 14:00
Webinar: Build Your Farm’s Sales Funnel
With Corinna Bench, MyDigitalFarmer.com
Join Corinna Bench, co owner of Shared Legacy Farms, a 450 member certified organic CSA in northwest Ohio, and the founder of My Digital Farmer’s Farm Marketing School and the Accelerator Coaching program.
She’ll guide us through the “farm sales funnel framework,” the 8 stages a customer typically goes through as they “graduate” from “unaware you exist” to “superbuyer.” Once the farmer knows what the stages are (and how they “look” in a farm business), they can then build the different mechanisms to make sure their prospects keep moving forward. Learn about this and more in this informative crash course webinar!
This workshop is co sponsored by TOPP as part of NOFA RI’s technical education and community-building grant.
This event is targeted toward commercial growers.
Register Here
