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SUMMARY:Iowa Learning Farms Weekly Webinar
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://ilsustainableag.org/event/iowa-learning-farms-weekly-webinar/2026-10-14/
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Commitment: Using Collective Action and Motivational Strategies for Persistent Conservation in the Western Lake Erie Basin with Heather Craska
DESCRIPTION: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. \nApproaching Year 4 of The Pilot Watershed Project\, our longitudinal research and social network analysis examine how program elements\, such as annual research feedback from partner scientists\, peer-to-peer networks\, and systematic barrier reduction\, build broader community coordination and foster long-term behavioral persistence. This session will explore findings from the watershed and discuss implications for scaling these strategies to establish local environments where producers remain motivated to maintain conservation practices after financial incentives end.
URL:https://ilsustainableag.org/event/cultivating-commitment-using-collective-action-and-motivational-strategies-for-persistent-conservation-in-the-western-lake-erie-basin-with-heather-craska/
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SUMMARY:Life Hacks Over Lunch: A Meet-up Series for Watershed Professionals
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIf 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 for you. Join us for these informal gatherings of peers who share a passion for watershed work – and bring your lunch! Registration required.
URL:https://ilsustainableag.org/event/life-hacks-over-lunch-a-meet-up-series-for-watershed-professionals/2026-10-20/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Cover Crop Chats
DESCRIPTION:An informal space to exchange cover crop ideas and troubleshoot challenges with fellow farmers.
URL:https://ilsustainableag.org/event/virtual-cover-crop-chats/2026-10-21/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Iowa Learning Farms Weekly Webinar
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://ilsustainableag.org/event/iowa-learning-farms-weekly-webinar/2026-10-21/
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SUMMARY:Solar and Farmland: Navigating Local Land Use\, Conservation\, and Farm Economics
DESCRIPTION:As 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 of agrivoltaics.   \nExplore trends and research around solar development and farmland conservation in this free webinar that covers:   \nHow solar energy development is affecting local land use\, including solar land leases\, the rate of farmland conversion to solar development\, and an overview of the Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement process required in Illinois that ensures land developed for solar is restored to pre-construction conditions.  \nAmerican Farmland Trust’s Smart Solar initiative\, which brings solar developers\, landowners\, farmers\, community organizations\, and policymakers together to advance policies and programs that support renewable energy adoption while strengthening farm viability and protecting natural resources.  \nAn analysis of the cost and benefits of row crops and solar panels from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Institute for Sustainability\, Energy\, and Environment Sustainability Colocating Agricultural and Photovoltaic Electricity Systems project.
URL:https://ilsustainableag.org/event/solar-and-farmland-navigating-local-land-use-conservation-and-farm-economics/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:all events,online/virtual
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SUMMARY:The Land Grant University We Need Today: Bridging the Divide Between Academia and Farmers
DESCRIPTION:Join the Soil and Water Conservation Society for the most attended presentation from SWCS’s SOLD OUT 2026 International Annual Conference\, “The Land Grant University We Need Today: Bridging the Divide and Harmonizing Academia and Farmers.” \nOpportunities for farmers to benefit from land-grant university research and support are expansive and urgently needed\, but transformation is necessary. \nSWCS CEO Clare Lindahl will sit down with Linda Prokopy of the University of Vermont and Abe Collins of Land Care Cooperative and LandWEB to thoughtfully explore how land-grant university research and extension can better address contemporary agricultural challenges as trusted farmer partners.
URL:https://ilsustainableag.org/event/the-land-grant-university-we-need-today-bridging-the-divide-between-academia-and-farmers/
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