Produce farmers, cottage food producers, body care product vendors – are you growing / making and selling a tea? A salve? A tincture? All three – and maybe more variations? Do you know the laws and regulations surrounding these ‘botanical’ products? Join Chloe Johnson, staff attorney for Farm Commons on this free Zoominar as she explains the…

Join the Greater Mille Lacs Chapter for an educational experience at Long Lake Conservation Center to learn about the history and soils of our region. The main topics will include: While the event will be tailored to farmers and gardeners of the Greater Mille Lacs region, we invite anyone interested in sustainable farming, homesteading, living…

You’ve probably heard that chickens are the gateway into Homesteading life. There’s a reason! Raising your own chicken meat and eggs requires fairly minimal inputs and infrastructure to begin on your own.  With egg and meat prices on the rise, this summer sounds like a great time to begin raising your own! Jonathan Kilpatrick has been raising…

The Western Chapter is hosting an in-person gathering at Ally Cat Community Center and Restaurant in Ortonville. Come for food, social time, and some brief chapter organizational business (we need to reelect officers and sign our chapter charter form) at 6:00pm followed by the opportunity to explore the “We Are Water” exhibit that is on…

It seems like we never get enough time to visit, so the Greater Mille Lacs chapter is hosting an informal social hour so that members, friends, and interested parties can get to know each other better and learn what is happening on each others’ farms and gardens. Refreshments will be served, but bring your own…

Cromwell-Wright Fire and Ambulance will be covering emergency medical care for accidents on the farm, and what you should do until help arrives. This will be a hands-on event so wear comfortable clothing and footwear. This is not an official course offering a certificate, just hands-on learning that might allow you to save a limb…

Join us at Dave Evans Farms, a working cattle operation, for an illuminating demonstration of silvopasture by subtraction. Dave will walk attendees through his process for opening up oak savannas overtaken by other trees. We’ll also have a seeding demonstration showcasing various application methods. Bryan Simon, a silvopasture specialist with SFA, and DNR forester Brett…

Join the Lake of the Woods and Roseau SWCDs and SFA for a free hands-on workshop focused on understanding your cost of production in agriculture. Led by Doug Voss and Jonathan Kilpatrick, this session will equip you with the tools to analyze your farm economics, uncover hidden costs, and make informed financial decisions.  We’ll go beyond…

The workshop will include the basics of small scale maple syrup production and processing (25-30 gallons syrup from 80 taps). There will be tours of the maple bush, including tips on tapping equipment and sap collection.  Also, information on the use of a reverse osmosis filtering system to cut your time/labor and fuel for processing…

Our longstanding Midwest Soil Health Summit is now the Midwest Grazing & Soil Health Summit. Read more about this evolution here. Find details on speakers, sponsorship and tradeshow opportunities as they are announced on our Summit homepage. Registration Early Bird Members (through Jan. 5, 2025): $140 Regular Members  (Begins Jan. 6, 2025): $160 Nonmembers: $180 Students: $80 (Please…