Registration for the 2026 New Farmer School opens June 1, 2026 and will remain open until the course is full.

This event is hosted by Wild Seed Project in Maine, in partnership with Friends of Ft. Williams Park. This workshop covers the basics of collecting seed from the plants you tend and preparing to sow them in the winter. Friends of Ft. Williams Park is generously sharing collected seed with participants to bring home to their own gardens!

The National Organic Coalition is hosting a National Organic Convening on Friday, November 6, 2026 from 1 to 4 pm ET. This online forum provides a space for information-sharing and dialogue and is open to all organic community members.

The SE New England Native Seed Exchange is for folks who are new to the native plant world, gardeners, students, conservationists, and farmers! Whatever your level of interest or knowledge, we'd love you to come. Featuring live bluegrass and folk music by Hollow Turtle.

Please join Wild Woods Restoration Project, Catskill Mountainkeeper, and graduate students at Vassar for a local ecotypic native plant and seed meet up at the Vassar Environmental Barns on Friday, November 13th, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. (We will provide lunch onsite.)

Learn about the new Catskills/Northeastern Highlands (EcoRegion 58) Native Plant and Seed Alliance; dive into collection, propagation, seed cleaning, saving, and selling resources; discover new initiatives (like Seeds in Common and the Garden Club of America’s nascent Seed the Future National Seed Initiative); network with friends and peers; and cap your day with a Seed Swap focused on seeds and plants from Ecoregion 58!

This networking and educational meeting is for everyone working on increasing access to and use of local ecotype plants and seeds in ecoregion 58 and is supported by the Catskills Native Plant and Seed Alliance and the Northeast Seed Network.

This event is hosted by Wild Ones in the Helderberg Room. Join a free, family-friendly seed swap celebrating New York's native plants! Connect with fellow gardeners, share local seeds, and learn about seed saving (no seeds needed to attend). Explore tables from like-minded organizations, crafts for kids and adults, winter seed sowing, and a bake sale featuring native ingredients. Have seeds to share? Please pre-register them so plant care signs can be made.

This free online mini-conference features 10+ inspiring speakers sharing about why corn is a special being and is deserving of respect.

The Meat Processing Workgroup focuses on understanding and addressing ongoing concerns about meat processing infrastructure and capacity in New Hampshire. Farmers and others across New Hampshire are experiencing and/or perceiving limited access to meat processing in the state. The Meat Processing Workgroup will bring together stakeholders to better understand the current system, hear directly about challenges from farmers and processors, and identify practical opportunities to alleviate bottlenecks.

The NEVF Conference includes more than 25 educational sessions over three days, covering major vegetable, berry and tree fruit crops as well as various special topics. A Farmer to Farmer meeting after each morning and afternoon session will bring speakers and farmers together for informal, in-depth discussion on certain issues.

A biennial gathering by and for agroecological seed communities in the U.S. and across the world

2027 NH Food System Statewide Gathering

Farm to Institution New England (FINE) and the Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood (FTSEC) Network are hosting the seventh biennial Northeast Farm to Institution Summit, April 14–16, 2027 in Burlington, Vermont.

Whether you are curious about the ecological and financial advantages of incorporating trees into farm production systems or you already have deep expertise in agroforestry, this conference will have something for you. Hear from incredible speakers, meet others with shared interests, sample products grown in agroforestry systems, visit farms implementing these practices, and learn about the infrastructure and markets that are growing to support a paradigm shift in food production.