This is a 201 level event. Join Allen and Kathleen Deutz of Redwood River Farms (Marshall, MN) and SFA’s Jonathan Kilpatrick for an evening dedicated to discussing adaptive grazing and its benefits for soil health, conservation, and wildlife. Allen and his family cultivate row crops like corn, soybeans, and small grains (both organic and conventional)…

Hosted by the Lake Agassiz Chapter of SFA, Deep Roots Festival is a community celebration that increases our connection to local foods and the producers who make them in the Lake Agassiz Region. Stay tuned to the Deep Roots Festival homepage for schedule updates and further details! Offerings: Local Food Tours from 12:00-2:45pm – Locations TBA (Most likely a brewer,…

This is a 201 level event. Join us for an engaging and informative event focused on reducing winter feed costs, reclaiming hybrid poplar land, and using technology to make intensive grazing less work. This tour will cover various aspects of livestock and land management with a focus on soil health and livestock integration onto crop…

Join the Twin Cities Metro Growers Network, California Street Farm, and NRCS for a tour and discussion on how urban growers can access funding to implement conservation practices on their farms. John Brezinka from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and Elyssa Eull, farm manager at California Street Farm, will lead attendees on a walk-through…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Join us at Shubats Fruits for a field day discussing fruit varieties and management strategies of a variety of small fruits and berries. We will see established elderberries, grapes, honey berry, Juneberry, blueberry, black currants, red currants, white currants, gooseberries, and sea berries. Deb also has apple, plum and pear orchards, and grows veggies and…