Soil is both the literal and figurative foundation of your farm.

Because soil management is an integral skill on successful sustainable farms; producers should develop an understanding of basic soil principles and implement soil management practices that maximize soil biology, structure, and nutrition. This online workshop will present agricultural soil basics, complemented by a showcase of real-world sustainable soil management practices from real farmers and knowledgeable speakers. In-person farm tour will be offered after!!

ONLINE WORKSHOP AGENDA: (9:00 am -12:00 pm CST)

• Jamie Patton, Regional Outreach Specialist, Northeast Wisconsin Nutrient and Pest Management Program , University of Wisconsin-Madison : Basics of Soils (30-45 min)

• Brooke Salvaggio, Farm Owner Urbavore Urban Farm: No-till production at Urbavore Urban Farm (30-35 min)

• Cary Rivard, Associate Professor and Center Director, K- State Research & Extension: Rainfall Simulator (15 min)

• Tom Ruggieri, Farm Owner Fair Share Farm: Soil Health Practices at Fair Share Farm (35-40 min)

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IN PERSON FARM TOUR: (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST)

Farm Tour of Where the Redfearn Grows Natural Farms with Dave Redfearn.

Directions, farm address and parking information will be sent to those who register.