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Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.
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Organized by the North Central Region Water Network, this webinar will discuss how conservation professionals can use social norms to promote adoption of conservation practices. What do we know about social norms and how they impact the agricultural community? Information here. Register here.
Join us to better understand the basics of agriculture through a multi-component course taught by experienced local, state and federal conservationists. This training is intended to provide conservation professionals with the necessary skills and farming knowledge to implement conservation practices for improved land management. Jointly sponsored by WI Land+Water and UW–Madison Division of Extension. Wednesday, […]
The Women, Food, and Agriculture Network offers a platform, with our conference, to advocate and agitate for social transformation in our lives, communities, and shared work. We are committing to the following statements as our guiding 2021 WFAN Conference principles--and we invite you to join us. Our conference will: Build and strengthen anti-oppression knowledge, initiatives, […]
The focus of this event goes far beyond Nature Farming as a series of recipes, instead bringing in natural philosophy and going back to the traditional roots of farming. As the world gets increasingly connected by technology, it is also causing cultural amnesia as homogenous forces of consumerism cause the domesticated and industrialized to forget […]
The annual meeting brings together Wisconsin farmers, agriculture business professionals and supporters to discuss top issues impacting agriculture. One of the most important items of business at each WFBF Annual Meeting is the grassroots policy development process. County Farm Bureaus elect voting delegates who will participate in a resolution session during Monday’s program to establish […]
2022 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum Presentations Paul Mitchell – Farm Income Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video John Heinberg – Grain Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video Tamas Houlihan – Specialty Crops Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video Mark Stephenson – Dairy Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video Brenda Boetel – Livestock and Meat Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video […]
Humble Hands Harvest (an Iowa-based worker-owned co-op farm) has hosted an annual Queer Farmer Convergence since 2018. It was conceived as a gathering to interrupt racist, capitalist, colonialist, and heteropatriarchal legacies in U.S. agriculture, while building community and alternatives among queer farmers who might experience isolation in those intersecting identities. The gathering is for all […]
Join the MOSES 2022 Changemaker Award recipients as we tour two of their farms. Urban Growers Collective is a Black- and women-led non-profit farm in Chicago, Illinois working to build a more just and equitable local food system. They aim to address the inequities and structural racism that exist in the food system and in communities […]
Wisconsin Land + Water's annual conference provides valuable networking opportunities, forums to discuss current work and new ideas with colleagues, a chance to build technical knowledge, and space to be re-inspired by the passion for conservation across the state.
Are you curious about climate-smart agriculture? Do you want to advance sustainable practices in Northeast Wisconsin? Join us to learn more about the new Farm Climate Smart WI project, interact with other interested community members, and meet Wisconsin Farmers Union staff. This event is family-friendly, indoors, and open to all.
Join University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) for the final session in a free, three-part online series focused on practical weather resources and tools that can help producers adapt to climate change. In this episode, learn about "Using AgRadar to Help Manage Apples in a Changing Climate."
Basic Ag 101 is designed for new agency staff working with landowners. Part 2 of this training focuses on: Understanding livestock resource concerns Safety around livestock Hands on comparison of different farm tillage equipment and impact on crop residue, surface roughness and soil health Picking the dominant critical area in a field Using a Clinometer […]
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