Midwest Agroforestry Farm Network October Meet Up
VirtualConnect with other agroforestry farmers at these monthly online gatherings! Join the Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa Agroforestry Farm Networks to connect with others practicing agroforestry, share your experiences, and learn from one another. This meetup is geared toward farmers in these three states who are practicing agroforestry or looking to add trees to their farms.
Climate Change Adaptation and Preparedness Workshop
Farmers Rising Lodge 1936 Rockton Rd, Caledonia, ILHow can your land be better prepared for increasingly unpredictable weather, changing pest pressures, and extreme climate events? Join Farmers Rising for a hands-on field day where they'll walk through their Climate Adaptation Plan and guide you through developing a climate resilience strategy for your own farm or property. Participants will explore practical, farm-scale approaches…
Fall Field Day and Potluck at Pasture Grazed Regenerative Farm
Pasture Grazed 26673 Malta Road, Clare, ILPack your camp chair and join Illinois Women in Conservation for a grazing-focused Potluck Field Day! The field day will take place at a Pasture Grazed Regenerative Farm, where host Rosalie Trump farms alongside her dad and brother. Join ILWiC and learn how this family farm has made the transition to regenerative agriculture, and hear…
Illinois Conservation On-Farm Network Webinar
The Illinois Conservation On-Farm Network (ICON) convenes agriculture specialists from across Illinois and the broader Midwest region for monthly discussions to explore new research, troubleshoot field conditions, and provide updates on policies and programs related to conservation agriculture. Engaging with presentations by experts, researchers, and industry leaders, our ICON calls provide an opportunity to share knowledge…
Iowa Learning Farms Weekly Webinar
Join Iowa Learning Farms weekly webinars on Wednesdays at 12pm CT. The webinars dive into a variety of topics each week related to conservation agriculture, improving water quality, farmer communications, nutrient management, and more.
Cultivating Commitment: Using Collective Action and Motivational Strategies for Persistent Conservation in the Western Lake Erie Basin with Heather Craska
Addressing water quality challenges and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the Western Lake Erie Basin is fundamentally a collective action problem. While temporary financial incentives can encourage individual farmers to try a practice, this often results in fragmented adoption scattered across the landscape rather than the coordinated, watershed-scale coverage required for meaningful ecological impact. Approaching…
Life Hacks Over Lunch: A Meet-up Series for Watershed Professionals
This free, virtual meet-up series is a peer-learning opportunity for watershed professionals to share ideas and advice for solving real-life challenges of watershed projects. If you work with farmers and communities on watershed-scale projects to improve water quality and have ever found yourself thinking, “I don’t want to recreate the wheel,” this meet-up series is…
Virtual Cover Crop Chats
VirtualAn informal space to exchange cover crop ideas and troubleshoot challenges with fellow farmers.
Iowa Learning Farms Weekly Webinar
Join Iowa Learning Farms weekly webinars on Wednesdays at 12pm CT. The webinars dive into a variety of topics each week related to conservation agriculture, improving water quality, farmer communications, nutrient management, and more.
Solar and Farmland: Navigating Local Land Use, Conservation, and Farm Economics
VirtualAs solar energy development continues to grow across Illinois, agrivoltaics is being explored as a way to balance renewable energy production, diversify income streams, and conserve farmland. Agrivoltaics is a developing field exploring how to integrate solar energy production alongside agricultural production. New projects are prompting community leaders to consider the potential benefits and tradeoffs…