Workshop

Current & Upcoming

Homesteading Series – Tour of Alternative Roots Farm

May 29, 2025 6:00PM—8:00PM

Alternative Roots Farm 11197 130th Street Madelia, MN 56062

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Let’s experience homesteading in action! A tour of Alternative Roots Farm will feature their perennial fruit plantings, homestead garden and a passive solar greenhouse. We’ll touch on succession planting, preserving the harvest, direct-to-consumer sales, managing an on-farm store & the role of livestock on the farm. Alternative Roots Farm is a Certified Organic farm producing…

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Managing a Family Milk Cow & Processing Milk Safely at Home

Jun 26, 2025 6:00PM—8:00PM

Great Heritage Farm LLC, 57098 310th St. Winthrop, MN 55396

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Join Leah Matzke for a full milking on the farm and an inside look at keeping a family cow, from daily care to safely processing fresh dairy at home. We’ll hear about managing farm-direct sales and how her on-site farm store connects customers with pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and even cheese cultures. This event is…

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Annual Conference – HOLD THE DATE!

Feb 07, 2026 8:00AM—5:00PM

College of St Benedict 37 College Ave S Saint Joseph, MN 56374

The SFA Annual Conference returns in 2026 on the 1st Saturday in Feburary.  This gathering of out sustainable farming community brings farmers, educators and supporters together for a day of fellowship, networking and learning. Registration and programming will be announced in the summer of 2025. Please mark your calendars and watch for more news as the…

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Past | Archive

POSTPONED: Marketing and Storytelling Workshop

Apr 26, 2025 9:00AM—4:00PM

North Branch Area Library 6355 379th St North Branch, MN 55056

“Measuring So That You Can Manage” – Farm Economics

Apr 02, 2025 8:30AM—1:00PM

The Wilderness Bar & Grill 120 Wilderness Ave Williams, MN 56686

Winter Sowing for Native Seeds with the TC Metro Growers and MN SEED Project

Feb 11, 2025 5:00PM—6:30PM

NE Minneapolis Tool Library 1620 Central Ave NE Minneapolis, MN 55413

Forage Council Grazing School

Sep 27, 2024 9:00AM—Sep 28, 2024 3:00PM

Wadena, MN

Deep Roots Festival

Sep 14, 2024 12:00PM—7:00PM

Maple Hills Orchard 29355 130 St Frazee, MN 56544