Kansas Pollinator Conservation Planning Short Course
Thursday September 2, 2010
The 2008 Farm Bill makes pollinators and their habitat a conservation priority for every USDA land manager and conservationist. This training session provides an overview of pollinator-specific language within the Farm Bill, and how to translate that language into on-the-ground conservation.
This day-long Short Course will equip conservationists, land managers, farm educators, and agricultural professionals with the latest science-based approaches to increasing crop security and reversing the trend of pollinator decline,... Read More
Thursday September 2, 2010
The 2008 Farm Bill makes pollinators and their habitat a conservation priority for every USDA land manager and conservationist. This training session provides an overview of pollinator-specific language within the Farm Bill, and how to translate that language into on-the-ground conservation.
This day-long Short Course will equip conservationists, land managers, farm educators, and agricultural professionals with the latest science-based approaches to increasing crop security and reversing the trend of pollinator decline,... Read More
Source: ACES News: Karen Moore, 815 268-4051; ksmoore@illinois.edu
Pay close attention to your child's high school assignments. They may become a family business one day. That's how Lynn Wilken got into the worm business.
His son A.J. needed a project for Future Farmers of America. "Worms were a hobby for me," said Wilken. "About four years ago, A.J. took it over as an FFA project. He worked at building it up, and took it to the FFA contests." Today, producing vermicompost is a part of the Wilken's diversified farming operation.
The University of Illinois is hosting this year's first sustainable... Read More
Pay close attention to your child's high school assignments. They may become a family business one day. That's how Lynn Wilken got into the worm business.
His son A.J. needed a project for Future Farmers of America. "Worms were a hobby for me," said Wilken. "About four years ago, A.J. took it over as an FFA project. He worked at building it up, and took it to the FFA contests." Today, producing vermicompost is a part of the Wilken's diversified farming operation.
The University of Illinois is hosting this year's first sustainable... Read More
Source: Xerces Society
Michigan Pollinator Conservation Planning Short Course
Thursday June 24, 2010
The 2008 Farm Bill makes pollinators and their habitat a conservation priority for every USDA land manager and conservationist. This training session provides an overview of pollinator-specific language within the Farm Bill, and how to translate that language into on-the-ground conservation.
This day-long Short Course will equip conservationists, land managers, farm educators, and agricultural professionals with the latest science-based approaches to increasing crop security and reversing the trend... Read More
Michigan Pollinator Conservation Planning Short Course
Thursday June 24, 2010
The 2008 Farm Bill makes pollinators and their habitat a conservation priority for every USDA land manager and conservationist. This training session provides an overview of pollinator-specific language within the Farm Bill, and how to translate that language into on-the-ground conservation.
This day-long Short Course will equip conservationists, land managers, farm educators, and agricultural professionals with the latest science-based approaches to increasing crop security and reversing the trend... Read More
Source: Xerces Society
The 2008 Farm Bill makes pollinators and their habitat a conservation priority for every USDA land manager and conservationist. This training session provides an overview of pollinator-specific language within the Farm Bill, and how to translate that language into on-the-ground conservation.
Each day-long Short Course will equip conservationists, land managers, farm educators, and agricultural professionals with the latest science-based approaches to increasing crop security and reversing the trend of pollinator decline, especially in heavily managed agricultural landscapes.... Read More
The 2008 Farm Bill makes pollinators and their habitat a conservation priority for every USDA land manager and conservationist. This training session provides an overview of pollinator-specific language within the Farm Bill, and how to translate that language into on-the-ground conservation.
Each day-long Short Course will equip conservationists, land managers, farm educators, and agricultural professionals with the latest science-based approaches to increasing crop security and reversing the trend of pollinator decline, especially in heavily managed agricultural landscapes.... Read More
Source: Beth Wischmeyer, The Dickinson Press
Area soil conservation officials are looking for participants for a new cover crop incentive program, which would provide $750 a year in exchange for feedback and information about how the cover crops worked on their land.
The 2010-2012 Cover Crop Demonstration Plot North Central Region-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Incentive will provide funding for 20 acres of land per producer for up to three years, said Shawn Krance, project manager for the Southwest North Dakota Soil Health Demonstration Project.
Producers must follow incentive... Read More
Area soil conservation officials are looking for participants for a new cover crop incentive program, which would provide $750 a year in exchange for feedback and information about how the cover crops worked on their land.
The 2010-2012 Cover Crop Demonstration Plot North Central Region-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Incentive will provide funding for 20 acres of land per producer for up to three years, said Shawn Krance, project manager for the Southwest North Dakota Soil Health Demonstration Project.
Producers must follow incentive... Read More
Source: Organic Ecology
Are you interested in learning about low-input methods of growing produce earlier in the spring and later in the fall? Season Extension Day at the University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center (SWROC) near Lamberton will highlight a number of topics relating to earlier and later vegetable and fruit production techniques.
Topics and speakers include:
• A review of the SWROC high tunnel’s first season with Kelley Belina and LaMoine Nickel, SWROC staff.
• Managing fertility in high tunnels with Carl Rosen, Professor and Extension Soil Scientist from the... Read More
Are you interested in learning about low-input methods of growing produce earlier in the spring and later in the fall? Season Extension Day at the University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center (SWROC) near Lamberton will highlight a number of topics relating to earlier and later vegetable and fruit production techniques.
Topics and speakers include:
• A review of the SWROC high tunnel’s first season with Kelley Belina and LaMoine Nickel, SWROC staff.
• Managing fertility in high tunnels with Carl Rosen, Professor and Extension Soil Scientist from the... Read More
The 2010 North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program’s (NCR-SARE) Professional Development Call for Preproposals is now available online at http://sare.org/ncrsare/PDP/pdp.htm
The PDP provides funds for professional development projects that provide sustainable agriculture training to agricultural professionals and educators in the Cooperative Extension Service (CES), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), other governmental agencies, and educators in the profit and non-profit sector serving the food and fiber system.
Projects can be two to three years in... Read More
The PDP provides funds for professional development projects that provide sustainable agriculture training to agricultural professionals and educators in the Cooperative Extension Service (CES), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), other governmental agencies, and educators in the profit and non-profit sector serving the food and fiber system.
Projects can be two to three years in... Read More
Source: University of Minnesota Extension
MCINTOSH, Minn. (3/12/2010) — University of Minnesota Extension will coordinate a “Farm to Cafeteria” workshop on bringing local foods to community cafeterias March 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the McIntosh Community Center, 240 Cleveland Ave. SW, McIntosh.
Community cafeterias are those found in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, colleges or similar institutional settings. Producers, food service staff, parents, teachers and other community members interested in supporting the local foods movement in their region are encouraged to participate.
A... Read More
MCINTOSH, Minn. (3/12/2010) — University of Minnesota Extension will coordinate a “Farm to Cafeteria” workshop on bringing local foods to community cafeterias March 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the McIntosh Community Center, 240 Cleveland Ave. SW, McIntosh.
Community cafeterias are those found in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, colleges or similar institutional settings. Producers, food service staff, parents, teachers and other community members interested in supporting the local foods movement in their region are encouraged to participate.
A... Read More
Source: The Rock River Times
URBANA, Ill.—University of Illinois Extension is looking for organic and sustainable farmers with weed problems to participate in on-farm research.
“In 2009, 15 Illinois farmers participated in the project,” said Dan Anderson, University of Illinois Extension Specialist. “We visited their farms, helped them identify weed-management issues, and developed some strategies to help solve the problem.”
This year, Anderson hopes to have a total of 20 participants in the program.
Anderson said that across the Midwest, organic and sustainable farmers report that managing... Read More
URBANA, Ill.—University of Illinois Extension is looking for organic and sustainable farmers with weed problems to participate in on-farm research.
“In 2009, 15 Illinois farmers participated in the project,” said Dan Anderson, University of Illinois Extension Specialist. “We visited their farms, helped them identify weed-management issues, and developed some strategies to help solve the problem.”
This year, Anderson hopes to have a total of 20 participants in the program.
Anderson said that across the Midwest, organic and sustainable farmers report that managing... Read More
What are SARE grantees in your state doing? In Ohio, researchers at Ohio State University, OSU’s Organic Food and Farming Education and Research program, Iowa State, and University of Wisconsin are starting to provide state farmers with critical information about which corn hybrids are best suited to organic production – and how best to control weeds and build soil fertility.
Learn more about SARE grants in your state here:
http://sare.org/highlights/state_summaries.shtml
For detailed information on SARE projects, go to www.sare.org
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Learn more about SARE grants in your state here:
http://sare.org/highlights/state_summaries.shtml
For detailed information on SARE projects, go to www.sare.org
