[Classifieds] Forestry Workshop

[MBL Classifieds]

Workshop: From Woods to Farm: Practical Forest Products in Action

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025

Time:9 AM to 2 PM
Location:  Fowl Play Farm & Miss Bee Haven, LLC

370 Summer St, Duxbury, MA,02332
Why Attend?

Discover practical, low-cost ways to turn local timber into tools for resilience on your farm & forest. This hands-on workshop will show you how to:

✅ Preserve fenceposts naturally using the Japanese Shou-SugiBan (Yakisugi) charring method
✅ Produce biochar from local timber and explore its applications in soil health, composting, and livestock systems

✅ How Silvopasture is applied at the forest level.

What You Will Experience

  *   Live demonstration of fencepost charringusing a roll-through system
  *   Step-by-step biochar kiln operation (loading, burning, inoculating, application)
  *   Expert-led discussions: Why Biochar? Why Char Fenceposts?
  *   Forest and Silvopasture walk
  *   Q&A on applying biochar and charred posts to real farm systems
  *   Lunch: light farm-sourced boxed lunch included

FREE Event funded through ForestsWork

Register:  Space is limited. Please contact Mike Downey at 413-212-3039 or michael.downey at mass.gov<mailto:michael.downey at mass.gov> to pre-register.


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