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Lake Superior Harvest Festival

Sep 07, 2024 10:00AM—4:00PM

Bayfront Festival Park Duluth, MN

Save the date for the Lake Superior Harvest Festival! A family-oriented event featuring a huge farmers market, live music all day, expanded Energy Fair experience, nonprofit exhibitors tent, educational demonstrations and much more! Suggested donation $5/person, $10/family Address: Bayfront Festival Park, 350 Harbor Dr. Duluth, MN 55802 Follow on Facebook for updates @LakeSuperiorHarvestFestival. Harvest Festival is hosted by the Lake…

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Western Chapter Monthly Meeting

Sep 03, 2024 7:30PM

Zoom

The Western Chapter of SFA meets virtually on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Contact Peter Schwagerl at western@sfa-mn.org for Zoom link.

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Farm Tour at Fresh Starts Farm (organic grains)

Aug 31, 2024 1:00PM—4:00PM

Fresh Starts Farm 1962 Harbor Street Mora, MN 55051

Fresh Starts Farm owned by East Central Chapter SFA member Rye Carlson is an organic grain farm that grows corn, soybeans and sunflowers with early interseeded companion cover crops. Buckwheat, mustards, peas, and other common cover crops in mixes are used to suppress weeds and replace the cultivator in an ideal year. They also supply…

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Pasture Walk Series #5: Custom Grazing Dairy Heifers and DNR Land at Voss Farms

Aug 22, 2024 6:00PM—8:00PM

Voss Farms, 27725 MN-23 Paynesville, MN 56362

Paynesville is the August stop in our 2024 Pasture Walk Series. Join us for an insightful pasture walk at Voss Farms on Thursday, August 22 from 6 to 8 PM. This event will focus on the custom grazing of dairy heifers and utilizing adaptive grazing to address resource goals on a Department of Natural Resources…

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Family Milk Cow Workshop – SOLD OUT

Aug 17, 2024 9:00AM—11:30AM

Wild Wood Farm 30607 Phelps Mill Rd Underwood, MN 56586

UPDATE: This workshop is sold out. If you wish, you can still register to join the wait list in the event that someone cancels. We will offer this workshop again in the fall if we have enough interest. Please sign up here to be contacted if we have a fall workshop. This is a 101…

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Foundations of Fencing

Aug 13, 2024 9:00AM—4:00PM

The Jessie Farm - 2204 E Lake Jessie Rd SE Alexandria, MN 56308

This is a 101 level workshop. Are you intrigued by the thought of building your own fences? Or, have you tried and need a refresher on how to do it? Fence building is both an art and a science, and properly built fences make for years of happy neighbors and livestock success. Learn the ropes…

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Bounty and Blooms: Cut Flower Tour

Aug 12, 2024 5:30PM—7:30PM

R. Roots Garden - 2131 Penn Ave N Minneapolis, MN 55411

Cut flowers can be a diversifying crop for fruit and vegetable growers, adding an income stream in the form of bouquets and arrangements. And in the case of R. Roots Garden, even edible flowers! Queen Frye will show us how she has integrated edible flowers into her urban farm through an AGRI Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration…

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Minnesota Garlic Festival

Aug 10, 2024 10:00AM—5:00PM

McLeod County Fairgrounds 840 Century Ave. SW Hutchinson, MN 55350

The Minnesota Garlic Festival is the premier event for lovers of garlic, great local foods and good times! This festival features fantastic foods, celebrity chefs, marvelous music, area artisans, goofy games and lots of garlic – all in support of a healthy environment and vital rural communities in Minnesota. Learn more at the official website: https://www.mngarlicfest.com…

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Good Nature Farm Field Tour

Aug 09, 2024 1:00PM—4:00PM

Good Nature Farm

Join us for an afternoon touring and learning about Good Nature Farm in Grand Marais MN. Meet farmers Nick and Kristin DeArruda Wharton and connect with fellow local farmers and producers. Good Nature Farm is a family farm and off-grid solar-powered homestead on Lake Superior’s North Shore. They grow produce, raise laying hens and have sold…

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Cafe Chat: No-Till and Cover Crops

Aug 08, 2024 11:00AM—1:30PM

Duffy's Riverside Saloon 110 Front Street Redwood Falls, MN 56283

Could implementing practices like cover crops and no-till on your farm work for you and your bottom line? What if you could get paid to do it? Enjoy a meal and conversation with area farmers and your Soil Water Conservation District on Thursday, August 8 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Duffy’s in Redwood…

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