Boston Flora

Tag: Department of Agricultural Resources

  • Tuesday, October 16, and Wednesday, October 17 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Emerald Ash Borer in Massachusetts

    At meetings to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, October 16 and 17, from 6:30 – 8:30, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and Department of Agricultural Resources (DAR), the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), and the USDA’s Forest Service will address the implications surrounding the recent discovery of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) in western Massachusetts. Tuesday’s meeting will take place at the Berkshire Atheneum, One Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield, and Wednesday’s meeting will be held at the Visitors Center Theater of Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road in Sturbridge.

    Central to these meetings is the issue of establishing a quarantine boundary within the state that would restrict the movement of certain wood products under certain conditions. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a question-and-answer session, and general feedback will be elicited to help guide the state’s actions as it moves forward with responding to the discovery of this destructive pest.

    If you have questions about the public meeting, please call 617-626-4974 or email DCR.Updates@state.ma.us.

  • Tuesday, April 12, 6:00 pm – Marketing Massachusetts Agriculture: Farmers’ Markets, Public Markets, and More

    Come to Boston University’s Fuller Building, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, on Tuesday, April 12 at 6 pm to hear David Webber, program coordinator of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, and Don Wiest, chair of the Boston Public Market Association, speak on Marketing Massachusetts Agriculture: Farmers’ Markets, Public Markets, and More.  This free program is part of Boston University’s Taking Food Public series.  Reservations are required – please call 617-353-9852.  Photo from www.seriouseats.com.