Speakers and Events on Farming, Forests, and Food Systems

 

Past events on video

Protecting Massachusetts Forests: A series of talks about the critical importance of forests in the time of Climate Emergency

Soil Health Speaker Series: Beyond Stopping Emissions: How Healthy Soil and Plants Can Restore Climate Balance

Food Sovereignty Speaker Series

 

Dear Massachusetts forest protection advocates, Over 60 percent of Massachusetts is covered by forests. If kept intact, these forests will continue to provide climate, habitat, cultural, recreational, and economic benefits. […]

What We Need Is Here: An Earth Day Celebration Sunday, April 26, 1:00-3:00 PM Davis Meadow, Smith College and surrounding campus Join us to celebrate Earth Day! Learn powerful protest […]

If you weren’t able to attend, or if you’d like to revisit the presentation, the recording is now available on BEAT’s YouTube Channel. Watch it here. Join Berkshire Environmental Action […]

photo by Carole Horowitz
photo by Carole Horowitz

By HEIDI DOLLARD Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 3, 2026 Read it here “Loss of biodiversity, especially of native plants and insects, is a real and immediate crisis that is not […]

Farming While Black. In a keynote at NOFA VT, Leah Penniman, of Soul Fire Farm, presents a history of ongoing loss among black farmers, from slavery through Reconstruction and from Jim Crow to the present day. 40 minutes