The Marshall Putnam Soil and Water Conservation District and Natural Resources Conservation Service staff and the Wetlands Initiative are sponsoring two webinars designed to help farmers interested in developing a conservation plan for their operation and how they can use the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to implement that plan.…

Join Savanna Institute, Delta Institute, and Nathan Aaberg of The Land Connection for the last installment of The Agroforestry Series! This capstone webinar will feature successes from three years of work in Illinois and Wisconsin focused on agroforestry outreach, a live Q+A to answer any lingering questions about agroforestry basics, programs, incentives, and support, and…

Mycologist, Dr. Adam Cobb and Soil Biology Pioneer, Dr. Elaine Ingham will be exploring how soil fungi cooperate with plants and other microorganisms in the soil food web; together they support multiple beneficial outcomes in agricultural and natural ecosystems. For example, fungi play key roles in the aggregation of soil, accumulation of carbon, and supply of…

In this webinar we’ll be looking at some Case Studies of very different projects that have a common thread – Soil Health. Permaculture Designer Delvin Solkinson will be presenting a community gardening project demonstrating the application of permaculture principles on a small scale. Farmer Cory Miller will be presenting the work he’s been doing to…

Meet some of our Soil-Heroes. Agroecologist and Educator, Nicole Masters, has been helping farmers transition to Regenerative Ag over the last 20 years. Soil Food Web School founder, Dr. Elaine Ingham, pioneered research into the soil microbiome and how to restore it, resulting in abundant and resilient ecosystems. Meet Soil Food Web Professionals, like Brian…