Join SFA during our Fall New Member Drive
The first 50 new members to join during October 21 through November 1 will get a sweet SFA fleece-lined knit cap!
Early next year our membership dues will increase, so don’t wait!
The Latest from SFA
Are you looking for seed garlic or bulbs for your kitchen? The 2024 Upper Midwest Garlic Growers Directory has you covered.
Find growers with dozens of varieties available and contact them directly. All of these growers have tested negative for Garlic Bloat Nematode and are members of Sustainable Farming Association.
Our 2025 Annual Conference will be held on Saturday, February 8 at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
YOU can help decide what the session topics will be! Contribute your ideas and vote on other suggestions to help shape our biggest member gathering of the year.
More than just a name change, the Midwest Soil Health Summit’s evolution acknowledges and celebrates the deep connection between soil and livestock in building thriving ecosystems and communities.
Join us in Willmar on March 19 & 20, 2025 for the inaugural Midwest Grazing & Soil Health Summit.
Principles of Soil Health
Soil health is foundational to all of SFA's work.
Keep the Soil Covered
Build and maintain vegetation.
Limit Disturbance
Minimize or eliminate mechanical and chemical soil disturbance.
Build Diversity
Manage to increase plant, microbe, livestock and wildlife diversity.
Living Root
Keep living plants in the soil as much as possible.
Integrate Livestock
Healthy soils require appropriate livestock integration.
Context
Apply these principles within your unique operation.
Soil Health Principles
Healthy soil is fundamental. Our health, wealth, and future depends on the ecosystem beneath our feet. SFA's work promotes agricultural community and prosperity through soil health.
We provide consulting and technical assistance as well as educational and networking opportunities to farmers and landowners in the areas of grazing, dairy, cropping, silvopasture, and fruit and vegetable production.