Spring Quarterly Alphabet Soup Meeting

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9:00 am         Coffee and Networking
9:45 am         Welcome and Introductions
10:15 am      Updates – resources and programs

• Woody Woodruff – Illinois Stewardship Alliance Training Videos
• Advanced Soil Health Training
• Advanced Conservation Drainage Training
  • ISAP Risk Management Conference
  • ISAP Event Calendar – group activity to try out online submission or to fill out cards for April
  • New Extension Watershed Coordinators – Jennifer Woodyard
  • Other updates?

11:00 am      Local flavor – What’s different about northern Illinois?

• Local issues/programs – Philip Alberti, Daryle Wragge, Marty McManus
• NW Illinois Planning – Carrie Zethmayr, The Land Institute (invited)
• Cover crops and grazing – Dean Oswald

• Next steps for northern Illinois – planning for Advanced Soil Health Training and S.T.A.R.

12 noon         Lunch and Networking – sponsored by The Zea Mays Foundation
1 pm               Creating local farmer led networks

• Sara Walling, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture (invited)

2 pm               Spotlight – NW IL farmer led network success stories/case studies

• Tri-county Farmer Network – Dean Oswald
• Nutrient Stewards of Northern Illinois – Malcolm Stambaugh

2:15 pm         Rainfall simulator / desktop soil demo training
3pm                Wrap Up and Adjourn

Next meeting – Aug/Sept in SE Illinois –  Future lunch sponsorship opportunities available!