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Pasture Walk Series #3: Red Polls and a Greenhouse

Jun 27, 2024 6:00PM—8:00PM

1679 52nd St SW. Pequot Lakes, MN 56472

Join us at Brakstad Family Farm for the third of SFA’s 2024 Pasture Walk Series! Lance and Robyn Bragstad will be sharing their first-time experience of outwintering, using both bale grazing and unrolling bales. We will also be touring the grazing system and other farm enterprises, including the hydroponic greenhouse and vegetable operation. Registration: Free Admission. Registration…

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Prescribed Goat Grazing for Savanna Restoration – SOLD OUT!

Jun 24, 2024 4:00PM—7:30PM

Lebanon Hills Regional Park Visitor Center 860 Cliff Rd Eagan, MN 55123

Graziers, land managers, and interested members of the public are invited to Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan to take a look at the techniques and considerations for using goats to control buckthorn. Tyler Carlson will co-present this field day with Brad Gordon and Alex Bahr of Great River Greening, park staff, and Kyle Johnson with Diversity…

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Holistic Approach to Weed Management for Specialty Crops

Jun 24, 2024 1:00PM—4:00PM

Cedar Crate Farm, 4396 240th Ave. Waldorf, MN 56091

Dan Zimmerli, Cedar Crate Farm Come join SFA’s Specialty Crop Lead Dan Zimmerli of Cedar Crate Farm, a mixed vegetable operation in Waldorf, MN, for a workshop on holistic weed management. Cedar Crate Farm produces over 70 varieties of vegetables available at farmers market, CSA, and through wholesale partners.   Dan will discuss holistic weed management approaches that…

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MN River Chapter Social + Sowing Seeds Event Planning Night

Jun 11, 2024 6:00PM—8:00PM

Mankato Brewery. 1119 Center St, North Mankato, MN 56003

Join the Minnesota River Chapter for a social on Tuesday evening June 11th at the Mankato Brewery to socialize and cover a few planning tasks for the our upcoming event, Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills, which will take place on Sunday, July 14th. The coordinators of the event (Brooke Knisley, Mary Fischer) will…

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East Central Chapter Networking Night – Sapsucker Farms Cider Barn

Jun 07, 2024 6:30PM—8:00PM

2752 215th Ave. Mora, MN 55051

The East Central Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association has scheduled a networking night at Sapsucker Cider Barn in Mora, MN on Friday June 7, 2024 @ 6:30 PM. (https://sapsuckerfarms.com) This is an opportunity for current chapter members to connect and for those interested in our chapter and sustainable local farming to come and learn…

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GML Chapter Networking Night

Jun 06, 2024 5:30PM—7:30PM

Block North Brew Pub 302 Minnesota Ave N Aitkin, MN 56431

The first Thursday of every month, Greater Mille Lacs Chapter folks are welcome to come to Block North Brew Pub for casual networking nights beginning at 5:45. Come when you can.   Address: 302 Minnesota Ave N Aitkin, MN 56431   SFA staff and volunteers occasionally take photos during our workshops, cafe chats and field days for…

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Western Chapter Monthly Meeting

Jun 04, 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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Strategies for Managing Buckthorn Webinar

May 30, 2024 7:30PM—9:00PM

Webinar

North Dakota State University Extension and University of Minnesota Extension with the Sustainable Farming Association are hosting a webinar for producers to learn more about utilizing goat browsing and other control methods for Buckthorn. “Utilizing small ruminants, particularly goats as a means for invasive plant species control is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to, or…

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Pasture Walk Series #2: Eric Blaha Farm

May 23, 2024 6:00PM—8:00PM

18690 494 St. Verndale, MN 56481

Our second pasture walk in our 2024 series will be at Eric Blaha’s farm in Verndale! Come see Eric’s pasture system that is the basis for his grassfed beef business. He has fall seeded cover crops that he will be grazing and calving on during the walk. We will tour Eric’s rotational grazing system and…

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Drink for a Cause: SFA at Wooden Hill Brewing Co.

May 21, 2024 4:00PM—7:00PM

Wooden Hill Brewing Company 7421 Bush Lake Road Edina, MN 55439

Support SFA and a sustainable future for Minnesota farmers (and eaters like you) just by grabbing a drink or dinner at Wooden Hill Brewing Company! From 4-7 PM, 10% of all taproom sales will go directly to our programming. The Sustainable Farming Association is a 35-year-old farmer-led nonprofit working directly with farmers and growers to create…

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