Stewarding Our Soils: OASIS on Ballou Urban Mentor Farm Event

Interested in better understanding your soil? At this workshop, OASIS on Ballou farm and UMass Urban Ag Extension will discuss how the farm’s evolution over the past decade has shaped its soils. Be prepared to get your hands dirty as we share tips and tricks for assessing and stewarding your urban soils. Dinner will be provided. We will also have on-site soil lead testing available. If you would like to get your soil tested for lead, please follow the instructions for collecting a soil sample HERE. 

UMass Extension is grateful for support of the Mentor Farm Program by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (Northeast SARE) program under subaward number SNE23-004-MA-AWD00001024.

The Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment is an equal opportunity provider and employer, United States Department of Agriculture cooperating. For more details or to request an accommodation, go to ag.umass.edu/civil-rights-information.