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NACF's 2012 Farm Event series is starting up. Check out the upcoming events page for more information. Check out the series of events on June 2nd!
Tour the Farm - Using your Cellphone!
NACF is launching a free self-guided cellphone tour of the Simple Gifts farm at 1089 North Pleasant Street this summer. As a community farm we encourage people to visit but must recognize that Simple Gifts is a working farm. That means the farmers are busy and can't always stop to explain what they are doing or what is growing. The cellphone tour provides a brief explanation of what is happening at 15 different locations scattered throughout the farm.
You may begin the tour at any of the stops, which are indicated by signs on green posts. However the best place to begin is at the head of the parking lot on North Pleasant where you will find instructions and maps. You can access the tour from your phone by calling 1-413-242-9070 or on your smart phone, and simply follow the directions.
Please bring a friend, kids or a dog (on a leash) and leisurely walk the farm to see the Children's Garden, the greenhouses, vegetable fields, an explanation of the wildlife and geology, and of course the chickens, cows, sheep and pigs. Feel free to take pictures and please share these with us on our Facebook page.
We hope you will try out our new cellphone tour any day of the week during daylight hours. The tour is co-sponsored by NACF, Simple Gifts, and the UMass Stockbridge School of Agriculture.
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A Brief History of North Amherst Community Farm
In 2006, the North Amherst Community Farm (NACF) was created when the Dziekanowski farm, one of the last working farms in North Amherst, was purchased and saved from development. Funds were raised through a combination of private donations and town and state funding. NACF, run by a local volunteer board of directors, worked out a long-term lease with Simple Gifts Farm (SGF) to run a community supported agricultural operation on the land. By 
combining their efforts, these two organizations have formed a successful public-private partnership that promotes sustainable, organic farming methods, provides healthy farm products to the region, educates the community on food and farming issues, and helps preserve the agricultural heritage and character of the North Amherst Village Center Historic District.What Do We Mean by a Community Farm?
NACF's mission is to promote and support sustainable agriculture in the heart of North Amherst. The primary objective of North Amherst Community Farm is to preserve and develop its 35 acre farm site into a productive and educational agricultural resource for the community. The vision of North Amherst Community Farm is to cultivate the farm as a unique community and natural resource. NACF will be a hub of community life and home to a working, 
organic and sustainable farm operation while maintaining the integrity of the wildlife corridor, natural landscape, and the public walking trails through and around the farm. NACF will create more equitable access to fresh, organic food for the 10,000 people living within a 1-1/2 mile radius of the farm by leasing the land to a Community Supported Agriculture farm operation and by finding ways to make the 
food and the farm experience accessible to all. NACF's educational and cultural programming will strengthen the bonds within our diverse community; engage a wide diversity of adults and children in the culture of farming and raising farm animals, and raise awareness of the connection between sustainable food production and distribution and the health of the environment. NACF's Strategic Plan for 2010-2014 outlines our goals and plans for the farm and farm related programming in the coming years.
For more information contact nacfonline@gmail.com.
