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SUMMARY:Midwest Grazing and Soil Health Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join the Sustainable Farming Association in Willmar\, Minnesota for two days of impactful\, hands-on sessions! Our 2025 Summit will bring together leading experts in grazing and livestock integration into cropping systems. Choose from breakout topics such as virtual fencing\, winter grazing\, small ruminants\, new NRCS EQIP opportunities\, and more. You’ll also hear from inspiring keynote speakers\, including farmers from Canada who are proving that regenerative farming and ranching can be profitable. You’ll be joined by fellow farmers\, ranchers\, and ag professionals from across the Midwest. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect and learn with the best in the field!
URL:https://www.mncia.org/event/midwest-grazing-and-soil-health-summit/
LOCATION:Willmar Conference Center\, 240 23rd St SE\, Willmar\, MN\, 56201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sustainable Farming Association
ORGANIZER;CN="Sustainable Farming Association":MAILTO:info@sfa-mn.org
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SUMMARY:Soil Health and Urban Farm Conservation Practices
DESCRIPTION:Soil Health and Urban Farm Conservation Practices with NRCS \nJoin the Twin Cities Metro Growers Network at California Street Farm for a tour and discussion on Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) opportunities for urban and peri-urban growers! \nThis event is free to attend. Registration requested\, walkups welcome. \nAgenda:\n4pm: Arrival & networking time\n4:30pm Elyssa speaks about her farm\, practices\, high tunnels\, soil management/soil health practices\, and future interests. Watering source (hydrant) and methods (drip and overhead). Markets and selling information.\n~5:15pm: John will speak on NRCS funding program opportunities\, EQIP program for high tunnels and other programs that Elyssa would be eligible for based on her onsite practices.\n5:30pm: Lia Spaniolo discusses nutrient management in high tunnels\, 100 farms soil study\, and impacts on soil & environmental health. \nThe Twin Cities Metro Growers Network is a collaboration between University of Minnesota Extension and Sustainable Farming Association.
URL:https://www.mncia.org/event/soil-health-and-urban-farm-conservation-practices/
LOCATION:California Street Farm\, 72 22nd Ave NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 5418 Most popular places at this a\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sustainable Farming Association
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SUMMARY:Identifying Grasses on a Sustainable Farm
DESCRIPTION:Identifying Grasses and Other Plants on a Sustainable Farm: “Gazing at Graminoids” \nJoin the Crow River Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association for a day of identifying and learning about plants found on a sustainable and organic farm. \nWe’ll start the day with a class/workshop focusing on grasses led by Department of MBS Prairie Ecologist\, Rhett Johnson\, author of the “Field Guide to Minnesota Grasses”. This morning session will be indoors at the South Shore Event Center\, and will focus on graminoid (grass) specific anatomy and terminology\, some of the major taxa (groups) of grasses that are common in Minnesota\, and how to approach learning grasses and identifying them in the field. It will include presentations and looking at actual pressed and fresh collected grasses. \nAt noon\, we’ll have a “working lunch” at the Event Center (included). Provided by Dan & Becky’s Market.  Vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available. \nNext\, we’ll drive out to Living Song Farm\, where Rhett will be joined by Missy Anderson\, plant propagation specialist at the Three Rivers Park District native plant nursery. The two of them will lead a walk through the farm’s permanent pasture\, field margins and conservation areas\, identifying the vast variety of flora\, native and introduced\, and even the inevitable invasives. We’ll also take a moment to visit the grassfed beef herd and the newly harvested garlic crop. \nRegistration is required. No walkups.
URL:https://www.mncia.org/event/identifying-grasses-on-a-sustainable-farm/
LOCATION:South Shore Event Center\, 733 6th St\, Howard Lake\, MN\, 55349\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sustainable Farming Association
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