Please join us for the annual 2019 Twilight Meeting on Wednesday, July 31 at Greener Acres Farm in Mendon, MA from 5:30pm to 9:00pm. There will be food and drinks provided. The agenda is as follows:
5:30 - Registration and Social
5:45 - Welcome (Masoud Hashemi, UMass Extension)
5:50 - Farm Tour (Peter and Erin Hawkes)
6:30 - MDAR Commissioner John Lebeaux
6:40 - Industrial Hemp (Taryn LaScola, MDAR Industrial Hemp Program)
7:00 - Viability and Transition (Panel Discussion).
8:00 - Forage for summer grazing (Kate Parson, NRCS)
Agency Updates:
8:25 - RMA Update (Tom Smiarowski and Paul Russell, UMass Extension)
8:30 - FSA Update (Kip Graham)
8:35 - Dinner and Social
9:00 – Adjourn