Upcoming Events
Photo by Gwen Norton
See our events in calendar form here!
NOTE: Free registration forms do not always show up on this page. If you do not see the event registration form, please click “View Event” to visit the full event listing and sign up.
Plywood on Pasture 4-H Fundraiser
Wish you had farm animals of your own? Want grazing cattle without all the cow patties? Support the 4-H herd by renting some one-of-a-kind lawn ornaments!
Here’s how it works:
Fill out the request form below for our plywood calves, handmade by 4-Hers for this project. The cost is $15 per day or $70 per week (7 days). You can request specific dates or wait and be surprised!
Wait for your time in the pasture rotation. Each cow is roughly 4 feet across. All the cattle need is a small “pasture” to graze. No water or hay necessary. Install and removal are provided.
Enjoy gazing at your herd! All funds raised will support Martha’s Vineyard 4-H and the care of our 4-H cattle.
This program is being administered by the Katama Cowpokes 4-H club; please reach out to 4-H leader Carole Soule at carole@soulecoaching.com with any questions or concerns.
Soil Testing Q&A
Sunday, November 23rd from 1–2:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Come to the Ag Hall to review your soil test results and brainstorm next steps with Faren Osnoss and other soil enthusiasts! Note: This session is most appropriate for backyard growers who have attended one of our soil testing workshops, tested their soil, and received testing results back from UMass.
About Faren: Faren Osnoss helps islanders build healthy soil and grow food through her business Kitchen Gardens MV. You can read more about her background and find her newsletter with seasonal gardening advice at kitchengardensmv.com
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant!
Mending Night with Dalila Bennett
Tuesday, December 2nd from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Led by Dalila Bennett of Fire Cat Farm. Are your Carhartt's looking a little worse for wear? Are your sweaters full of holes? Bring all your old and worn-down clothes to the Ag Hall and we’ll learn to mend them together!
Dalila will demonstrate visible mending by hand and needlefelting (for wool items). They will also be on-hand with a sewing machine for more difficult projects, like larger patches and thick fabrics.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated but not required. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant!
Farmer to Farmer: Wash/Pack and Crop Storage
Wednesday, December 3rd from 11 AM–1 PM at the Ag Hall
This winter, we're facilitating a variety of farmer to farmer discussions about issues farmers are facing, including wash/pack, season extension, and market channels. This one will focus on wash/pack systems and infrastructure and short- and long-term crop storage. Discuss what is working well on your farm and crowdsource things to try for your current issues. Lunch included!
COST: FREE. Lunch provided, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
Bee Club Meeting
Wednesday, December 3rd from 5–6 PM at the Ag Hall
All Island beekeepers and bee enthusiasts are invited to the monthly meeting of the MV Beekeeping Club! We host regular meetings on the first Wednesday of the month to discuss disease prevention, hive maintenance, and more. If you keep hives on the Island or are bee-curious, please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all, no pre-registration required.
Flowers of Winter: Growing Radicchio with Tim Wilcox
Sunday, December 7th from 1–2:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Did you know that there is a way to grow large amounts of your own beautiful, delicious salad greens (and reds, yellows, and pinks!) with minimal effort, deep into the winter months? Radicchio is the answer to your winter vegetable prayers. Tim Wilcox will explain a few simple techniques, and a few more advanced ones, for growing and harvesting radicchio from September into the deep winter months.
COST: FREE, registration appreciated. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant!
Home Grown Club
Wednesday, December 10th from 5–6 PM at the Ag Hall
This is the first meeting of the Ag Society's new Home Grown Club, a monthly meetup for backyard growers on the island. At each meeting, we'll talk about best practices for your garden in that time of year, share resources, and brainstorm answers to your questions about everything from seed varieties to pests. Please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all. Sign up below or just show up!
Growing Shiitake and Oyster Mushrooms with Meg Athearn
Friday, December 12th from 5–6:30 PM at Morning Glory Farm
Learn to grow mushrooms on outdoor logs and indoors on straw with Meg Athearn of Morning Glory Farm! This class will focus on shiitake and oyster mushroom cultivation. This is a hands-on workshop and participants will innoculate their own logs, leaving with with the knowledge to innoculate additional logs on their own! We’ll also have warm shiitake broth and a fire pit to keep warm.
Each workshop participant will come away with their own shiitake log to harvest and a pint container that will produce oyster mushrooms. Additional logs are $30 each and additional oyster mushroom containers are $5 each. All workshop fees go to Morning Glory Farm. Ages 10 and up.
COST: $35 to $55 (sliding scale). Pre-registration is required. Register below!
Office Hours with Accountant Kim Angell
Monday, December 29th from 11:30 AM–12:30 PM on Zoom
Monday, January 5th from 11:30 AM–12:30 PM on Zoom
Monday, January 12th from 11:30 AM–12:30 PM on Zoom
Thursday, January 15th from 5–6 PM on Zoom
Thursday, January 22nd from 5–6 PM on Zoom
Book a 30-minute or one-hour session with accountant Kim Angell to answer your accounting questions! Look at financial statements or your QuickBooks categories, discuss whether it makes sense to incorporate your business, understand your tax return, consider the best ways to finance new equipment, or ask any other questions you have about your accounting.
COST: FREE and open to all island farmers. Register for your preferred time below and we will email to connect you and Kim and share the Zoom link!
Produce Safety Alliance Training
Thursday, January 22nd and Friday, January 23rd from 9 AM–2 PM on Zoom (NOTE: Both days are required)
Hosted by UMass Extension and the MDAR Produce Safety Program
The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training Course is a standardized curriculum developed by the Produce Safety Alliance at Cornell University Extension. The course covers the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR) as well as general good agricultural practices.
The PSA Grower Training Course satisfies the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in PSR § 112.22(c) that requires ‘At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.’ The training is also required for participation in Massachusetts’ Commonwealth Quality Program.
This course is intended for commercial fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in learning about produce safety, the FSMA PSR, farm food safety best practices, and co-management of natural resources and food safety, and is appropriate whether you have a large farm that is fully covered by the law or a small, exempt farm.
Questions? Contact Lisa McKeag at 413-658-8631 or lmckeag@umass.edu.
COST: FREE, pre-registration required. Sign up below!
MVAS Annual Meeting
Wednesday, November 19th from 7–8:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Learn more about what we've been up to this year and what we have planned for the future at our annual meeting!
COST: FREE and open to all, no registration required. 2025 and lifetime members can vote!
Heritage Corn in the Kitchen with Tim Wilcox
Sunday, November 16th from 1–3 PM at the Ag Hall
Corn has been an essential part of the landscape and diet of Martha’s Vineyard for thousands of years. Tim Wilcox will show you how to make the most of this staple crop. With a few basic tools and methods, you can easily grow, cook, and eat homegrown corn all year round. Tim will demonstrate how to grind corn into flour and grits, how to nixtamalize corn into hominy and how to grind masa and make delicious soft tortillas. There will be hands-on tortilla pressing lesson and taco tasting.
COST: $15 for Ag Society members, $20 for non-members, pre-registration required. Sign up using the link below!
Cranberry Bog Tour
Saturday, November 15th from 1–2 PM at 572 Lambert's Cove Road in Tisbury
Pick cranberries at the island's only commercial cranberry bog! We will begin with a brief tour explaining the cranberry operation, including harvesting, sorting, and packaging. You will then be free to pick as many cranberries as you like. Bring a bag to carry your cranberries home!
This tour is now full. Please visit the bog during its open hours: Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri from 1 to 3 PM, Saturday from 1 to 4 PM, and Sunday from 11 AM to 4 PM. The bog is open until just before Thanksgiving!
Cranberry Bog Tour
Sunday, November 9th from 1–2 PM at 572 Lambert's Cove Road in Tisbury
Pick cranberries at the island's only commercial cranberry bog! We will begin with a brief tour explaining the cranberry operation, including harvesting, sorting, and packaging. You will then be free to pick as many cranberries as you like. Bring a bag to carry your cranberries home!
This tour is now full. Please visit the bog during its open hours: Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri from 1 to 3 PM, Saturday from 1 to 4 PM, and Sunday from 11 AM to 4 PM. The bog is open until just before Thanksgiving!
31st Annual Barn Raisers Ball/31º Baile Anual dos Contrutores do Celeiro
Saturday, November 8th from 7–10 PM at the Ag Hall
Sábado, 8 de novembro, das 19h às 22h, no "novo" Salão Agricola (Ag Hall), 35 Panhandle
We're excited to dance the night away with you all to celebrate the 1994 construction of our barn by over 300 community members! 30 years later, community still makes all our work possible, and we can't wait to celebrate with you all. Like past years, this will be a BYOB event with a dessert potluck and music by Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish. Bring your own plate, silverware, and a dessert to share!
Estamos animados para dançar a noite toda com todos vocês para celebrar a construção do nosso celeiro em 1994 por mais de 300 membros da comunidade! 30 anos depois, a comunidade ainda torna todo o nosso trabalho possível, e mal podemos esperar para comemorar com todos vocês. Como nos anos anteriores, este será um evento "Traga sua própria bebida" com um potluck de sobremesas e música de Johnny Hoy and do Bluefish. Traga sua própria bebida, prato, talheres, e uma sobremesa para compartilhar.
COST: Open to all, suggested donation of $10 at the door.
CUSTO: Aberto a todos, doação sugerida de US$ 10 na porta.
3rd Annual Barn Raisers Day/3º Dia Anual dos Criadores de Celeiros
Saturday, November 8th from 1 PM–2:30 PM at the"new" Ag Hall
Sábado, 8 de novembro, das 13h às 14h30, no "novo" Salão Agrícola (Ag Hall)
To celebrate the 31st anniversary of our community barn raising, we are building tiny Ag Halls! Visit the Ag Hall to enjoy snacks and warm drinks while working to construct a barn of your own—a model of the Ag Hall built from cardboard, craft supplies, play-doh, legos, and more! All materials will be provided (although you are welcome to bring your own!).
Para comemorar o 31º aniversário da nossa comunidade de criadores de celeiros, estamos construindo pequenos saloes agrícolas (Ag Halls)! Visite o salão agricola para saborear lanches e bebidas quentes enquanto trabalha na construção do seu próprio celeiro — uma maquete do salão agricola feita de papelão, materiais para artesanato, massinha de modelar, legos e muito mais! Todos os materiais serão fornecidos (mas você pode trazer o seu!).
This event is for all ages. Entries will be displayed at the Barn Raisers Ball, where people will vote for their favorite entry, and winners will receive a free 2026 Ag Society membership!
Este evento é para todas as idades. As inscrições serão exibidas no Baile dos Criadores de Celeiros, onde as pessoas votarão em sua inscrição favorita, e os vencedores receberão uma assinatura gratuita da Ag Society de 2026!
COST: FREE and open to all, no registration required.
CUSTO: Gratuito, sem necessidade de inscrição.
Bee Club Meeting
Wednesday, November 5th from 5–6 PM at the Ag Hall
All Island beekeepers and bee enthusiasts are invited to the monthly meeting of the MV Beekeeping Club! We host regular meetings on the first Wednesday of the month to discuss disease prevention, hive maintenance, and more. If you keep hives on the Island or are bee-curious, please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all, no pre-registration required.
Mending Night with Dalila Bennett
Tuesday, November 4th from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Led by Dalila Bennett of Fire Cat Farm. Are your Carhartt's looking a little worse for wear? Are your sweaters full of holes? Bring all your old and worn-down clothes to the Ag Hall and we’ll learn to mend them together!
Dalila will demonstrate visible mending by hand and needlefelting (for wool items). They will also be on-hand with a sewing machine for more difficult projects, like larger patches and thick fabrics.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated but not required. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant!
Deer Breakdown and Butchery
Tuesday, October 28th from 5:30–7 PM at The FARM Institute
Hunting season! If you are hunting on the island this season, learn to break down and butcher your own deer at the Farm Institute with Charlie Granquist of Slough Farm. The class will demonstrate cutting, deboning, trimming, and packaging your deer.
This event is co-hosted by the Farm Institute, Slough Farm, and the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society, host of the Island Deer Cooler. Learn more about the Island Deer Cooler here.
COST: FREE, but pre-registration is required as space is limited. Sign up on the Trustees website!
Cultivating Seed & Gift Culture Together with Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds
Sunday, October 26th from 3:30–5 PM at Stillpoint
Co-sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society, Slough Farm, and Stillpoint.
Do you dream of a more resilient food and seed culture? Do you love Robin Wall Kimmerer's words and hunger to weave this wisdom into your daily life? You are not alone! Gather with like-minds to cultivate these questions and possibilities both personally and collectively. With embodied practices and seeds as our teachers, come feel, reflect and embody gift economy with us. Everyone will return home with practices to engage in daily life as well as an abundance of seeds to grow more abundant futures for us all.
Petra Page-Mann grew up gifting seeds grown in her father's garden. After co-founding Fruition Seeds and selling seeds for 12 years, she's returned to gifting seeds and is so honored to share them with you.
COST: FREE and open to all, donations graciously accepted. Registration helpful but not required. Sign up on the Stillpoint website!
Sowing Fruitful Futures: Growing Gift Economy in Everyday Ways + Potluck with Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds
Saturday, October 25th from 3:30–6:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Co-sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society and Slough Farm.
Do you love Robin Wall Kimmerer's words and hunger to weave this wisdom into your daily life? With plants as our teachers, join us for an embodied practice of growing gift culture, with seeds and community at the center. Expect to laugh, cry and come alive as we explore living in old and new ways! Bring a bag to bring home an abundance of seeds to sow more fruitful futures for all generations to come. Join us for conversation and potluck to follow!
Petra Page-Mann grew up gifting seeds grown in her father's garden. After co-founding Fruition Seeds and selling seeds for 12 years, she's returned to gifting seeds and is so honored to share them with you.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated but not required. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant!
5th Annual Harvest Festival/5º Festival Anual da Colheita
Saturday, October 25th from 10 AM–2 PM at the Ag Hall
Sábado, 25 de outubro, das 10h às 14h, no Salão Agrícola (Ag Hall)
Mark your calendars for our annual Harvest Festival! Expect all the classics: pumpkin carving, animals, hay maze, crafts for kids, demos for adults, local bites, a pie baking contest (registration below!), a pie eating contest, music by the Flying Elbows, and more.
We can't wait to celebrate the season with you all!
Anotem em suas agendas o nosso Festival Anual da Colheita! Esperem todos os clássicos: escultura em abóboras, animais, labirinto de feno, artesanato para crianças, demonstrações para adultos, petiscos locais, concurso de confeitaria, concurso de comer tortas, música com o Flying Elbows e muito mais.
Mal podemos esperar para celebrar a temporada com todos vocês!
COST: FREE and open to all, no registration required. Thank you to the MV Cultural Council for their grant, which makes this free event possible!
Custo: GRATUITO e aberto a todos, sem necessidade de inscrição. Obrigado ao Conselho Cultural MV por sua concessão, que torna este evento gratuito possível!
All-Day Activities:
Pumpkin Carving
Hay Bale Maze
Cow Chip Bingo
Scavenger Hunt
Antique Power Museum
Baby Chicks
Chilmark the Ox
Local Food Vendors (Full Moon Food Co., Little Rock Farm, Ophelia’s, Reunion Pizza, You Enjoy My Vegan)
Timed Activities:
9 AM–12 PM: West Tisbury Farmers Market (behind Hall)
9 AM–12 PM: Music by Blues Switch (behind Hall)
10 AM–12 PM: How to Skin and Process a White-Tailed Deer with MV Hunt Club (between Rings)
10:30 AM: Storytime with Hannah (between Rings)
11 AM: Shucking Lesson and Demo with MV Shellfish Group (Back Hall)
11:30 AM: Sack Races (next to Show Ring)
12 PM: Corn Husking (next to Show Ring)
12–2 PM: Music by the Flying Elbows (Front Porch)
12:30 PM: Pie Baking Contest Judging (Back Hall)
1 PM: Storytime with Aria (between Rings)
1:30 PM: Pie Eating Contest (Back Hall)
Family Education
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Kids with Vineyard Power
Design Your Own Reusable Canvas Bag, Costume Swap, and Q&A with Vineyard Conservation Society
Founding Foods: Seasonal Eating on the Island Before 1850
Line Throwing with U.S. Coast Guard
Button Making with Misty Meadows (12 to 2 PM)
Corn Hole and Animal Artifacts with Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Mobile Library, String Games, and Crafts with the MV Library Association
I Spy Ticks with MV Tick Program
Cider Pressing with Island Grown Initiative
Harvests Throughout History with MV Museum
Knot-Tying with the Ag Society
Community Weaving with Native Earth Teaching Farm
Harvest-Inspired Art Project with Slough Farm
Celebrate the Joy of Saving and Sharing Seeds with the MV Community Seed Library and Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds
Please sign up below if you are planning to enter a pie in the pie baking contest. Submissions will be due by 12 PM in our back hall. Live judging begins at 12:30 PM sharp. Winner receives eternal glory and a $50 gift card to LeRoux!
Seed Walk in the Garden
Friday, October 24th from 4–6 PM at Island Grown Initiative
Tour community garden plots focused on seed saving and the native pollinator strip/hedgerow at Island Grown Initiative with the MV Community Seed Library! This tour, led by Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds, will focus on how to save seed for each vegetable family and seed collection of native pollinator species. A potluck will follow.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
Farmer Spa Day
Sunday, October 19th from 3–7 PM at the Ag Hall
Take a minute to slow down at the end of the growing season with an herbalism workshop with Astrid Tilton (3 to 4:30 PM), contrast therapy in a mobile sauna/cold plunge (3 to 4:30 PM or 4:30 to 6 PM), and a sound bath with Anna Marden (6 to 7 PM).
This retreat is sponsored by MassGrown Wellness, a program of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Light dinner provided. Registration required, as space is limited. Sign up below, filling out a separate form for each registrant!
Soil Testing Workshop with Faren Osnoss
Sunday, October 19th from 1–2:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Soil health is at the foundation of every successful garden, but soil testing can be intimidating! This workshop will cover the principles of soil health, a demonstration of collecting and processing a sample to send to the UMass lab, how to interpret a soil test report, and what to do with the information. Then, return for a drop-in session later this fall for support interpreting results from your own garden!
About Faren: Faren Osnoss helps islanders build healthy soil and grow food through her business Kitchen Gardens MV. You can read more about her background and find her newsletter with seasonal gardening advice at kitchengardensmv.com.
COST: FREE, registration required. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant!
Soil Testing Workshop with Faren Osnoss
Tuesday, October 14th from 5:30–7 PM at the Ag Hall
Soil health is at the foundation of every successful garden, but soil testing can be intimidating! This workshop will cover the principles of soil health, a demonstration of collecting and processing a sample to send to the UMass lab, how to interpret a soil test report, and what to do with the information. Then, return for a drop-in session later this fall for support interpreting results from your own garden!
About Faren: Faren Osnoss helps islanders build healthy soil and grow food through her business Kitchen Gardens MV. You can read more about her background and find her newsletter with seasonal gardening advice at kitchengardensmv.com.
COST: FREE, registration required. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant!
Soil Health Test Kit Workshop with UMass Extension
Friday, October 10th from 2:30–4:30 PM at the West Tisbury Library
Healthy soil supports healthy plants and healthy ecosystems, but knowing how to measure soil health can feel complicated. In this workshop, we’ll introduce the UMass Soil Health Test Kit, a simple, hands-on toolkit for farmers, gardeners, and land managers.
Participants will see demonstrations of quick field tests, including measurements of soil structure, compaction, water infiltration, pH, and biological activity. We will discuss how to interpret the results, keeping in mind the unique sandy soils of Martha’s Vineyard. After the demonstration, the kit will be permanently housed at the West Tisbury Library’s “Library of Things,” so anyone with a library card can check out the items.
COST: FREE and open to all!
Twilight Meeting with UMass Extension
Thursday, October 9th from 5–7 PM at Morning Glory Farm
Join us for a weed and soil health walk with Sam Glaze-Corcoran and Maria Gannett of UMass Extension! At this tour, Maria will host a weed-walk focusing on some common species that are difficult to control, such as bindweed, jimsonweed, mugwort, and yellow nutsedge. Learn how to confidently identify these species and what traits to consider for more effective management. Sam will then share her knowledge on how to maintain soil health in sandy soils, including in-ground demos. Dinner will follow.
Sam Glaze-Corcoran is the Soil Testing Lab Manager, and her specialties are soil health, soil fertility, field crop management (corn, pasture, hay), grazing management, manure management, cover crops, and plant nutrition. Maria Gannett is the Extension's weed management specialist; she has been working lately on no-till organic weed management and weed management in compost.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
Preparing Your Garden for Winter with Rosemary Confalone
Monday, October 6th from 5:30 to 7 PM at the Ag Hall (NOTE: Moved from September 25th due to a speaker conflict)
As we head into the colder months, learn about how to put your garden to bed. This talk will cover basic cover cropping, mulching and other soil covers, crop storage, seed storage, and preliminary planning for next spring.
About Rosemary: Rosemary Confalone is a lifelong backyard grower, and former farmer. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts in Plant and Soil Science, with a focus in Sustainable Food and Farming.
COST: FREE, registration appreciated. Sign up online here!
MV Beekeeping Club
Wednesday, October 1st from 5–6 PM at the Ag Hall
All Island beekeepers and bee enthusiasts are invited to the monthly meeting of the MV Beekeeping Club! We host regular meetings on the first Wednesday of the month to discuss disease prevention, hive maintenance, and more. If you keep hives on the Island or are bee-curious, please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all, no pre-registration required.
Regenerative Grazing Tour at Slough Farm
Tuesday, September 30th from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Slough Farm horse barn (38 Butlers Cove Rd)
Learn about regenerative approaches to livestock management at Slough Farm! Slough Farm staff will show us around their farm and then we'll enjoy dinner as a group.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up on below!
Garden Tour with Susie Middleton
POSTPONED to Wednesday, September 24th from 5–6:15 PM
In this garden tour, former farmer and future market gardener Susie Middleton will show how she is converting parts of her small property into a market garden. The tour will include three areas: A current, small, efficient home garden with raised beds where Susie grows peas, lettuce, beans, tomatoes, onions, herbs, other veg, and lots of flowers; a 20 x 40 hoop house (built three years ago to start and harden off seedlings), and the infrastructure and soil-in-progress for the new large market garden. Susie will offer tips learned as a farmer for home growers and an overview of her "slow farming" plan for turning a field into a garden.
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Sign up below and we’ll send out the address several days before the tour!
This tour is now full. Please email Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org to be added to our waitlist and we’ll let you know if we have any cancellations!
Milling and Baking Demonstration at Beetlebung Farm
Tuesday, September 23rd from 5:30–7:30 PM at Beetlebung Farm
Learn all about local grains and bread with Matt, Beetleebung's baker! After a brief farm tour, he will share each step that goes into the process of making bread at Beetlebung, from milling to baking. We will then get to taste a variety of breads highlighting different grains.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
Farmer Olympics and Fall Farmworker Social
Tuesday, September 16th from 5:30–8 PM at the Ag Hall
Back by popular demand: the Farmer Olympics are upon us! Teams of 4 to 6 will contend in close to a dozen contests (some samples from last year: blind flower arranging! hay bale toss! seed ID!), and the winning team will be crowned the farmer champions of 2025. Morning Glory will be defending their title, but it's anyone's game!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees! Dinner to follow the games. Form a team with your coworkers or just show up and we’ll match you!
Beekeeping 201: Splits, Hive Types, Overwintering, and Chemical-free Beekeeping with Massachusetts Apiary Inspector Kim Skyrm, Ph.D.
Monday, September 15th from 5:30 to 7 PM at the Ag Hall
Join us for a talk by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture's apiary inspection team! This year, they will be covering the topics requested by the bee club, including splits, different hive types, overwintering, and chemical-free beekeeping.
NOTE: While they are on-island, the team will also be inspecting hives. If you would like to request a hive inspection, please reach out to Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org and/or complete this form!
COST: FREE and open to all, no pre-registration required!
Canning Your Homegrown Tomatoes with Tim Wilcox
Sunday, September 14th from 1–3 PM at the Ag Hall
In this workshop we will cover two safe and easy ways to preserve your tomato harvest for use during the rest of the year. Tomato puree, aka passata, can be hot packed into jars. Whole tomatoes—blanched, peeled, and packed into jars—preserve a taste of summer during the coldest months of the year.
Tim Wilcox, founder of Kitchen Garden Farm in Sunderland, MA, will discuss the whole process, from variety selection to planting and harvest, and show the equipment needed to set up your home canning operation. This is a hands-on workshop that will show you all of the steps needed to turn your tomato glut into a well-stocked larder.
Tim has been canning his own tomatoes for personal use each summer for 25 years. At Kitchen Garden Farm he produced shelf stable value added products including hot sauce, salsa, and tomato products for sales nationwide. He currently lives in West Tisbury with his wife, Caroline Pam.
COST: $20 for Ag Society members, $25 for non-members, pre-registration required. Each attendee will walk away with one quart of tomato puree and one quart of whole tomatoes to enjoy fresh or can at home!
This workshop is now full! Please email programs@mvagsoc.org to be added to our waitlist.
Garden Tour with Laura Silber
Sunday, September 14th from 10–11:15 AM
In this garden tour, gardener and seed saver Laura Silber will show how she balances food production and pollinator gardening. In addition to many heirloom tomatoes, she grows food plant varieties that are not generally available on the island, such as garlic chives, Thai basil, bitter melon, shiso, futsu squash, Korean chiles, tomatillo, ground cherry, yellow and purple pole beans, chocolate mint, and pickling cucumbers. Outside of her garden fence, Laura has converted her lawn to deer-proof perennial pollinator flowers and edible plants.
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Sign up below and we’ll send out the address several days before the tour!
This tour is now full. Please email Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org to be added to our waitlist and we’ll let you know if we have any cancellations!
Tomato Tasting and Potluck at Ghost Island Farm
Tuesday, September 9th from 6–8 PM at Ghost Island Farm
It's tomato time! We'll be visiting Ghost Island Farm, which grows over a dozen varieties of tomatoes every year. After a farm tour, we'll taste their many tomatoes and vote on our favorite tomato of 2025. Bring a tomato-themed dish to share for our tomato potluck or just yourself!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Potluck dinner, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
Bee Club Meeting
Wednesday, September 3rd from 5–6 PM at the Ag Hall
All Island beekeepers and bee enthusiasts are invited to the monthly meeting of the MV Beekeeping Club! We host regular meetings on the first Wednesday of the month to discuss disease prevention, hive maintenance, and more. If you keep hives on the Island or are bee-curious, please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all, no pre-registration required.
