Recordings from the 2023 Summer Conference are now available!
If you attended the conference, they were sent out via email.
Missed the conference? All of the recordings are available for in our store.
NOFA is a non-profit organization of over 5,000 small-scale farmers, gardeners, consumers and food system reformers.
We promote healthy food, organic regenerative farming practices, and climate disruption solutions through soil management strategies.
The theme of the Summer Conference was
Buen Vivir : Celebrating Harmony with Nature and our Communities
Buen Vivir is a contemporary philosophy rooted in Indigenous Andean traditions of collective care, land stewardship and harmonious co-existence.
Spend the week engaging with farming technologies, practices and thoughts around good, vital and just living for all, at the community scale!
Missed Organic Salsa?
Watch the re-play on our Youtube channel.
This year, the Food Access team at NOFA/Mass launched a new program to give members of the community across the state direct access to farm fresh produce at no cost through its Farm Share program.
The 49th annual NOFA Summer Conference took place
Online : Monday, July 24 – Thursday July 27, with evening workshops.
In-person and online : Friday July 28 and Saturday July 29 at Worcester State University in Worcester, MA.
We gathered for knowledge sharing and celebration through:
Workshops and discussions
Racial equity talks
Children’s programming
Local food & drinks
- Music
A fair
Summer Conference Committee
Ulum Pixan Ahtohil Suk’il ● Education Director
[email protected] 508-603-9004
David Durstewitz ● Conference Workshop Coordinator
[email protected] 413-561-0182
Lili Elena ● Administrative Services Manager & Registration Coordinator
[email protected] 413-561-0073
Mike Rice ● Development Director
[email protected] 518-461-6455
Jane Olson ● Conference Logistics Coordinator
[email protected] 508-269-1553
Paul Figueroa ● Communications Director
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Jocelyn Langer ● Executive Director
[email protected] 413-561-0852
Paul Bertler ● Operations Manager
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