Join us, OGRAIN, Paul Hoffman, and IDEA Farm Network at Hoffman Organic Farm. We’ll focus on Paul’s organic field crops, but this family farm has much more to offer including organic vegetables and grass-fed lamb and beef. Our cover crop conversations will include frost seeded red clover post wheat harvest and cash cover cropping for buckwheat seed production while including pearl millet and sunn hemp. We’ll look at using solar corridors for growing winter squash interseeded into corn. We’ll also spend some time talking about our Organic Grain Mentorship Program with Paul and his mentee, Vickie. Our mentorship program pairs experienced organic farmers with experienced conventional farmers looking to transition acres into organic to facilitate peer support and information sharing.

Register Here: https://ograin.cals.wisc.edu/august-20-2024-field-day-registration/

Free take-home kits featuring local ingredients in a fun, kid-friendly recipe. Includes pre-portioned ingredients, recipe card with a link to a cooking demo video, ingredient feature handout, and occasionally additional fun items! Kits are limited and distributed first come, first served to any kids in attendance at the market or represented by an adult picking up to make with kids.

Purdue University’s MEIGS Horticultural Research Farm in Lafayette, Indiana will be the host site for the 2024 Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day (MMWCFD). MMWCFD connects farmers, machinery manufacturers, and the allied trades from all over the United States and Canada – because it is THE place to see weeding tools. The morning features a trade-show where companies can connect one-on-one with farmers, and educational sessions, and the afternoon features field demonstrations in vegetable and row crops.

Register Here: https://thelandconnection.regfox.com/2024-midwest-mechanical-weed-control-field-day