November 2-16, 2020 Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education is offering this online beekeeping course designed to provide information that new beekeepers need to start and care for a honey bee colony. Participants will be introduced to bee biology and management. Participants will also learn how to assemble hives, open and examine colonies, and see how honey […]

Improving Soil Health in Arable Systems - Part 1 - Planning - 2x Afternoons - Online Farming Course About this Event Transition your arable or mixed farming operation into a regenerative agriculture system using the soil health principles. Course Outcomes • Reviewing and analysing your successes/failures in the season • Finding more ways soil health […]

November 5 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST FREE Join Dr. Gladis Zinati, Director of Rodale Institute’s Vegetable Systems Trial (VST), to learn about the recent research findings related to the impact of management practices on vegetable nutrient quality and soil health in the long-term side by side comparison of organic and conventional cropping practices in the Vegetable […]

Updates have been made to the Midwest Cover Crops Council’s online cover crop decision tool. The tool has a fresh new look, is mobile-friendly, ADA compliant and has lots of updated information. The new tool was launched in September. In this webinar, Anna Morrow and Eileen Kladivko will focus on the tool updates that are […]

The Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions is hosting a virtual conference for growers, environmentalists, changemakers, creatives, health providers, students, and teachers November 6 – 8, 2020. We live in fragile and unpredictable times that challenge our connections to place, nature, and our idea of a shared future. As a global community, we are at a choice […]

WFAN will host our virtual 2020 conference on the web platform, Whova. Conference participants will gather in a space designed to foster connection and community. We are excited to offer seventeen different workshops, affinity groups, a movie night, yoga sessions, and more! Please join us in this time of both reflection and action planning together. […]

How about some good news for a change? KISS THE GROUND unveils a game-changer to our climate crisis: the Earth’s own soil. The film explains how we can reverse global warming using “Regenerative Agriculture”. It presents the research, practice, and hope we need to move forward. Regenerative Agriculture can: Revive farmer prosperity, reduce flooding & draught, replenish […]

This is the third and final part of a three part silvoculture webinar series. Our presenter is Steve Gabriel from Wellspring Forest Farm in NY. He is also an agroforestry extension specialist for the Cornell Small Farm Program.

Farmers who join our research projects have the opportunity to connect with a learning community of their peers. During this online meeting for vegetable farmers participating in our Soil Health Benchmark Study, you’ll be able to discuss the results from your customized Soil Health Benchmark Report that you’ll be receiving before this meeting.

Join us for a virtual tour of Freedom Food Farm in Raynham, MA to learn from farm manager Chuck Currie and guest presenter Julie Fine, from Johnnys Seeds, about cover crops and cover crop strategies for no-till farms. We'll see videos of his farm where he uses holistic and biodynamic farming principles to raise livestock, grow grain […]