Sustainability Forum of Beverly

03/06/2020

Sustainable horticulture workshop!

Learn how to grow your own food at this empowering workshop offered at The Garden School on March 21st, 10am-11:30am!

This engaging workshop is designed to help people start a vegetable garden, large or small, using sustainable practices.

Participants will receive the resources and training they need to layout, install, develop, and troubleshoot their very own garden plots producing, fresh vegetables this very season!

New to vegetable gardening? Have homegrown produce by the summer! Already have a plot? Get advice from Benjamin Zoba, a local farmer and soil-health enthusiast.

Participants will receive a $5 coupon with which they can buy seedlings at our Farm Stand!

Tickets cost $20, and all proceeds go to The Garden School.

Come join in the fun and help feed your family and friends!
Register here: https://buytickets.at/thegardenschool/356148

04/24/2019

I wanted to let you all know about a Crop Production Course that is coming up (every other Sunday, starting May 5 and going into Sept) at Moraine Farm in Beverly.
Here is a link to more information about the course: https://nesfp.org/farmer-training/crop-production-course
The course will have a lot of hands-on learning, and is geared toward people who are interested in growing food for market.
I just wanted to get the word out in case you or anyone you know is interested in exploring farming and crop production.
Take care and happy Spring!

The course will teach you everything need to know to get started in sustainable commercial vegetable production, with no experience necessary! This is a pilot production for aspiring sustainable farmers who want to implement innovative conservation practices from day one of their farming careers. In...

04/03/2019

A free workshop for those interested in exploring farming, this Sunday at 10 a.m. at Moraine Farm in Beverly.
For more info or to RSVP, visit:
nesfp.org/farmer-training/explore-farming

01/06/2016

Ecology, Economy, and the Family of God
Sunday, January 10 at First Baptist Church in Beverly (downstairs in the chapel)

This 3-part series explores the relationships between Nature, money, and the religion of Jesus (not to be confused with the religion about him).

Managing an organic farm, Ben Zoba has witnessed the beauty of Nature’s design, but he has experienced first-hand the great challenge of both caring for soil while remaining profitable in the modern economic climate. Similarly, he knows of the transformative power of the religion of Jesus, and he has been forming a strategy as to how believers might apply this power to improving our social institutions. Four years ago, when First Baptist Church’s Social Concerns committee chose to focus on unemployment as our concern, he initiated an in-depth study of the forces contributing to unemployment, specifically the method by which money is created and distributed.

In this series Ben hopes to synthesize his experiences related to ecology, economy, and religion in an effort to organize and inspire positive change. Each session is designed to be of value on its own, but the 3 sessions will play off of each other. Please come and bring an active mind, an open heart, and anyone interested in such topics.

08/15/2014

Styrofoam recycling 9-1 tomorrow at 2 Fifth St. in Peabody. So much stuff!

04/23/2014

Sign Alex's petition and win good Karma!!!

I think that it is important for Massachusetts students in Elementary, Middle, High, and Colleges/Univerities to start recycling because we need to...

03/27/2014

yum! drink local

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01/26/2014

What SAFE had to say in the Globe about Salem Power Station.

Jeff Barz Snell and Patricia A. Gozemba write: Salem Alliance for the Environment, a leader in the fight to end coal-burning at the Salem power plant, is supportive of Footprint’s quick-start, combined-cycle natural gas plant. As a group of progressive environmentalists, SAFE believes we need to be…

01/17/2014

Changes across Salem Sound.

The Board of Health last night voted to bring two Town Meeting articles forward that would effectively ban “thin-film, single-use checkout bags” and the use of plastic foam cups and takeout containers from restaurants. These are two issues the board has been talking about for years, according to Tod...

11/16/2013

seed money for community gardens

Our Sow It Forward garden grants program is now accepting applications here: http://SowItForward.org . Whether you're interested in planting a school garden, community garden, food bank garden, library garden, homeless shelter garden or some other type of healthy food garden in another creative place, our program might be able to help with seeds, supplies, cash and planning materials thanks to some awesome sponsors. Let me know if you have any questions or problems applying ([email protected]) and I'll be glad to help!

10/31/2013

What are you doing Sunday morning? Bag it and go see this free flick! http://salem.patch.com/groups/salemrecycless-blog/p/awardwinning-documentary-bag-it-comes-to-salem

Community environmental leaders of the North Shore are hosting a FREE screening of the award-winning environmental documentary Bag It at Cinema Salem

10/29/2013

Recycling Coordinator hits the streets in Salem.

Meet your Mandatory Recycling Enforcement Coordinator, Jeff Cohen! You might notice Jeff out and about, speaking with residents about the new mandatory recycling regulations. We wanted you to know what he looks like -- be sure to say hi if you see him!