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 session will be indoors at the…

Join the Crow Wing River Basin Forage Council for a fall pasture walk on the Borman Farm. Cory and Pam Borman operate a grass based cow calf operation near Backus. We will be looking at rotational grazing in wooded pastures (silvopasture), and strategic feeding to control woody brush and improve pasture productivity. Tyler Carlson, Silvopasture and Agroforestry…

Please mark your calendars for the afternoon of Sunday, August 20 and join the Greater Mille Lacs Chapter leaders for the annual meeting and potluck. We’ll have a quick welcome and set up of food at the Glory Baptist Church community room, and then move to a farm tour and speaker at Ole Lake Farm, which…