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Several SFA chapters host a festival each summer to celebrate agriculture in their local communities.
Join them for delicious food and fun!
Aug. 10 - Minnesota Garlic Festival
Sept. 7 - Harvest Festival
Sept. 14 - Deep Roots Festival
Sept. 21 - Minnesota Salsa Fest
Jonathan Kilpatrick, our Farmer Education Director, shares six apps that he regularly uses for farming, ranching, and consulting work on our blog.
Which ones can you leverage on your farm?
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.