Events

Surface Fermentation (Flächenrotte): Building Organic Matter, Tilth, and Fertility

Tuesday, September 1 Today

12 pm – 1 pm

Virtual

Organic farming tends to involve lots of tillage, but tillage can reduce organic matter and soil tilth, making future tillage passes harder and hurting plant health. Fertility can also be limiting on larger scales if farmers don’t have access to enough manure.

General
Virtual Fencing: Takeaways From Year One

Thursday, September 17

2 pm – 4 pm

Seven Seeds Farm:
5079 County Road Z Spring Green, WI

Please join Iowa County Uplands Watershed Group, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, and OGRAIN to hear insights from the first year of virtual fence trialing at Seven Seeds Organic Farm.

OGRAIN Field Day