Events

Protect & Preserve – Paddle the Preserves – Kayak and Hike

Quaas Creek 2500 Country Creek Cir, West Bend, Wisconsin

Join us as we kayak the Milwaukee River in West Bend with the Savanna Institute Team! Quaas Creek Park ~Fellenz Woods~ Goeden Park Bring your own kayak OR kayak rentals available. Register Now

Agroforestry Field Day with Riveredge Nature Center

Riveredge Nature Center Saulkville, Illinois

The Agroforestry Field Day is a series of field demonstrations and workshops on agroforestry and ecological restoration. This full-day workshop will make ecological management accessible to everyone.

Permaculture Design & Forest Farming Workshop

Oceana Conservation District 1064 Industrial Park Drive, Shelby, Michigan

Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agricultural systems based on mimicking the ecosystems and patterns found in nature. Nathan Ayers will introduce one practice of Agroforestry called Forest Farming.

Full Circle Organic Experience Field Day

Full Circle Community Farm W2407 Hofa Park Rd, Seymour, WI

Join the 2024 Marbleseed Farmers of the Year for a tour of their farm! Learn from their diversified enterprises including organic vegetables, grass-fed beef, pastured pork and poultry as well as conservation practices implemented on the farm.

Agroforestry for Foresters Farm Tour

Lowery Creek, South Farm Spring Green, Wisconsin

This field day at the Savanna Institute’s Spring Green campus will introduce foresters to agroforestry practices such as silvopasture, alley cropping, windbreaks, forested riparian buffers, and forest farming.

$25

2024 Comprehensive ElderBerry Workshop & Orchard Tour

Stony Creek Inn 2601 S Providence Rd, Columbia, Missouri

Learn from passionate experienced growers, researchers, value-added producers, and industry experts who’ve been diving into the best practices for growing and marketing your American elderberry crops and products. Learn More & Register

Agroforestry Office Hours

Online

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 […]

The Farms: Demonstration Farm Tour at the 4-H Memorial Camp

Join the Savanna Institute for a tour of a unique system of farming at a Demonstration Farm Tour at the 4-H Memorial Camp on Wednesdays, May 15, July 10 or Oct. 16 from 1 to 2 p.m. Meet at the overflow parking lot across from the Main Parking Lot. Planted into an agroforestry alley cropping system in 2020, this […]

Northern Nut Growers Association/Chestnut Growers of America Annual Conference

The Collegian Hotel and Suites Syracuse, New York

The joint annual conference/meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association (NNGA) and Chestnut Growers of America (CGA) will take place July 21-24, 2024 at the Collegian Hotel and Suites (315-476-4212), 1060 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13210 with the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF) co-hosting. Learn More & Register

Perennial Bioenergy Crops Technical Assistance Workshop

Waunakee Public Library Community Hall Waunakee, Wisconsin

This workshop will provide detailed agronomic expertise to farmers & landowners on the steps to adopt a perennial bioenergy crop like switchgrass and native prairie mixes.

Savor the Summer Feast

Hilltop 6447 Hilltop Road, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Celebrate the season and all the Lower Wisconsin River Valley has to offer at the Savor the Summer Feast, presented by Savor the River Valley & Edible Madison.

2024 Wisconsin Hazelnut Week

North Farm E6856 Wisconsin 60 Trunk, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Join 2024 Wisconsin Hazelnut Week!

Get the Scoop on Silvopasture and Soil Health

North Farm E6856 Wisconsin 60 Trunk, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Learn about silvopasture practices and soil health at the Savanna Institute’s North Farm in Spring Green. Topics will cover silvopasture by addition, grazing infrastructure, associated soil health benefits, financial resources for implementation, and much more!

The Tasteless Chef: Mad Agriculture Journal Launch Party

Spring Green E6856 WI-Trunk 60, Spring Green, WI

Mad Agriculture, Ben Hunter, and Homecoming Spring Green invite you to an evening of celebrating regenerative agriculture, seasonality, and culinary writing as a genre, as Mad Agriculture launches Issue 11 of its biannual Journal.

Learning Circle for Women Farmland Owners

Terra Vitae Farms Woodstock, Illinois

An event intended for women farmers and farmland owners to join other women to share ideas, stories, and expertise on how to manage the land you love.

$5

Farming in a Changing Climate: Field Walk and Roundtable Discussion at Zumwalt Acres

Zumwalt Acres 3105 E 2000 N Rd, Sheldon, Illinois

Join The Land Connection and Zumwalt Acres on September 19th for a full-day event of skill sharing, relationship building, a morning tour of Zumwalt’s climate-smart farming practices with an emphasis on their work with basalt, and an afternoon facilitated discussion on climate change and farming!

2024 Southern Ohio Forest Farming Conference

United Plant Savers Goldenseal Botanical Sanctuary 35703 Loop Road, Rutland, Ohip

Join us at the beautiful United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary and gain a broad understanding of the many aspects, strategies, and opportunities of forest farming.

$100

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