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Season 5 Ep. 5 Compaction Mitigation Strategies
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In this episode I am joined again by my NOFA/Mass colleague, Soil Health Projects Manager, Christine Manuck. We interview Meryl Latronica, Director of Farm Operations at Just Roots in Greenfield, MA. We continue our conversations with farmers working within our Compaction Mitigation grant as a collaboration with an MDAR 2020 Specialty Crop Block Grant titled Accelerating Soil Health Through Compaction Mitigation: A Data-Supported Peer-to-Peer Farmer Learning Project.
Meryl Latronica is the Director of Farm Operations at Just Roots. She is a dedicated and experienced production farmer, farm-based educator, community organizer, mentor to new farmers and devoted member of the New England farm community. She has been focusing her work on balancing intensive organic vegetable production with a commitment to building strong communities around food and farms.
Just Roots provides educational programming on the farm, in schools and in the community and has a mission to create equitable access to healthy local food in Western Massachusetts, and work toward just, vibrant, and sustainable farm and food systems everywhere.You can find more info Meryl and Just Roots and the various programs they support at JustRoots.Org
To find more information on the Northeast Organic Farming Association chapter in your state please visit us at NOFA.org
For additional information on upcoming workshops, articles and NOFA/Mass project updates, please follow our NOFA/Mass Facebook page and join our mailing list.
NOFAmass.org
Music by Matt Jatkola
https://mattjatkola.bandcamp.com/
Music by Jason Valcourt
https://www.jasonvalcourt.com/
NOFA Podcast produced and edited by Jason Valcourt
63 episodes
Manage episode 327488479 series 2111021
In this episode I am joined again by my NOFA/Mass colleague, Soil Health Projects Manager, Christine Manuck. We interview Meryl Latronica, Director of Farm Operations at Just Roots in Greenfield, MA. We continue our conversations with farmers working within our Compaction Mitigation grant as a collaboration with an MDAR 2020 Specialty Crop Block Grant titled Accelerating Soil Health Through Compaction Mitigation: A Data-Supported Peer-to-Peer Farmer Learning Project.
Meryl Latronica is the Director of Farm Operations at Just Roots. She is a dedicated and experienced production farmer, farm-based educator, community organizer, mentor to new farmers and devoted member of the New England farm community. She has been focusing her work on balancing intensive organic vegetable production with a commitment to building strong communities around food and farms.
Just Roots provides educational programming on the farm, in schools and in the community and has a mission to create equitable access to healthy local food in Western Massachusetts, and work toward just, vibrant, and sustainable farm and food systems everywhere.You can find more info Meryl and Just Roots and the various programs they support at JustRoots.Org
To find more information on the Northeast Organic Farming Association chapter in your state please visit us at NOFA.org
For additional information on upcoming workshops, articles and NOFA/Mass project updates, please follow our NOFA/Mass Facebook page and join our mailing list.
NOFAmass.org
Music by Matt Jatkola
https://mattjatkola.bandcamp.com/
Music by Jason Valcourt
https://www.jasonvalcourt.com/
NOFA Podcast produced and edited by Jason Valcourt
63 episodes
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