The Minnesota Garlic Festival is the premier event for lovers of garlic, great local foods and good times! Advance online ticket sales have closed. Please purchase your tickets at the gate! This festival features fantastic foods, celebrity chefs, marvelous music, area artisans, goofy games and lots of garlic – all in support of a healthy…

*Note: Online registration for this event closed on 2/6/25. Registration will still be available at the door. Advanced Grazing Techniques for Building Soil Health(201 Level Workshop) Steve Kenyon of Greener Pastures Ranching is coming back for the Crow Wing River Basin Forage Council‘s winter meeting. The Alberta grazer who drew great reviews when he was…

Please join us for food, fellowship, and a great program. Complete schedule and more information on the Crow River Chapter Webpage. Crow River Winery14848 MN-7, Hutchinson, MN 55350Box Elder RoomCome in through the main Tasting Room entrance. Advance registration required, see below. 11:30 a.m. Pizza & Salad Lunch, social timeAnnual Chapter Meeting “Food Hubs”Maeve Mallozzi-Kelly…

Join your sustainable farming friends for great conversation and a hot brew. All are welcome. This month’s topic: climate mitigation/weed and pest control methods. More info on the Crow River Chapter webpage.

Join your sustainable farming friends for great conversation and a hot brew. All are welcome. This month’s topic: favorite/meaningful books/websites/etc & farming book exchange. More info on the Crow River Chapter webpage.

Join your sustainable farming friends for great conversation and a hot brew. All are welcome. This month’s topic: marketing. More info on the Crow River Chapter webpage.

Join your sustainable farming friends for great conversation and a cold brew. All are welcome. This month’s topic: varieties, breeds & a seed exchange. More info on the Crow River Chapter webpage.

The meeting will feature Ryan Pesch of UMN Extension and Becca Herberg of Farm Business Management sharing tools for assessing and increasing your farm business’ profitability. After the presentations and conversation, we will have a social hour for local farmers to connect! Hosted by the Minnesota River Chapter of SFA and the Region 9 Growers…

October 31, 2024 Update: This event has been postponed to March 2025. Date TBA. The East Central Chapter of SFA is hosting a discussion with Dan MacSwain on Saturday November 2, 2024,  that touches on pasture improvement practices, how to win against invasive species and transitioning crop fields into grazing pastures. Dan MacSwain is the Natural Resource Coordinator…

The East Central Chapter of SFA is hosting an MDA Grants 101 session at the Wyoming Public Library in December.  Courtney VanderMey is the Farm and Business Development Coordinator with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) working primarily with farmer related grant opportunities. She manages the AGRI Livestock Investment Grant, Protecting Livestock Grant, and the Preparing…