Learn the ins and outs of urban beekeeping from professionals with the Twin Cities Metro Growers Network! Beekeeper Kristy Allen (Beez Kneez) will give us a tour of her two working hives at The Bakken. We’ll get up close to learn about hive care and honey production in an urban context. Katie Lee (UMN Extension;…

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 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…