Updated April 23, 2025: New date coming soon. Join Sarah Carroll of Greener Pastures and Michelle M. Sharp of Meet the Minnesota Makers for a hands-on marketing and storytelling workshop for farmers. Throughout the day, participants will engage in small group work to receive direct feedback from Sarah and Michelle, collaborate with peers, and apply workshop concepts…

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…

Join the Twin Cities Metro Growers Network for our final installment of our Native Seed workshop series with MN SEED Project! Participants will have the opportunity to winter sow native plants for their growing spaces. We will be creating mini-greenhouses for the seeds to overwinter in outside and germinate in the spring when the temperatures…

October 2 update: Due to low registration numbers, this event has been canceled. Instead, a virtual discussion with Dan Kittredge will offered to those already registered on the morning of Friday, October 4. Registration is closed. “The Principles of Biological Systems” course provides an overview of the principles and practices of biological farming, with the goal…

Registration closes at 4 PM CT on Wednesday, September 25. The 2024 Forage Council Grazing School is scheduled for two full days, Sept. 27 & 28, in Verndale. Greg Judy and Isaac Tappenden with Green Pastures Farm will be our guest speakers. We will be offering a mix of sessions on basic grazing techniques as well…

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,…

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…

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…

Registration for the event is closed. Join the Crow River Chapter for a day of identifying and learning about plants found on a sustainable and organic farm. We’ll start the day with a class/workshop focusing on grasses led by Department of MBS Prairie Ecologist, Rhett Johnson, author of the “Field Guide to Minnesota Grasses”. This morning…

Bryan and Jessie Simon of Lakeside Prairie Farm have been farming in Grant County, MN for over 10 years. Their farming journey originally started as a desire to offer a full-diet CSA. After clearing and fighting buckthorn on their farm for years, the Simons brought in goats to help keep it under control. That move…