Events Calendar
Instructors Amber Miller and Heather Lux from WWBIC
This class will be a chance to ask questions as to how to put all this information together to create a business plan worthy of funding. WWBIC personnel are trained to help small and new business owners navigate the seas of the start-up world and will can work with you to create the best business plan for your farm or small business. Remember: No one plans to fail, they fail to plan. Register for this class here
Farm to Table Dinner – SOLD OUT
No additional detail for this event.
Farm to Table Dinner – SOLD OUT
No additional detail for this event.
A Night of Cooking & Eating
What to do with all these veggies? How can I prepare healthy and tasty foods? Why not taking a cooking lesson?
Bring a friend and join Danielle Drogier and Lydia Gronwa from M.A.T.C. Dietetic Program for a night of deliciousness. We will begin cooking a 3course meal at 5:30 pm. The menu will be determined by what is fresh in theorganic garden. Each course will be accompanied by a wine pairing. Cooking lesson in The Big Brown Barn’s commercial kitchen.
$60 per person
Seats are limited get your tickets now! Buy Tickets Proceeds go to support the intern program at Michael Fields.
CANCELLED A Night of Cooking & Eating
What to do with all these veggies? How can I prepare healthy and tasty foods? Why not taking a cooking lesson?
Bring a friend and join Danielle Drogier and Lydia Gronwa from M.A.T.C. Dietetic Program for a night of deliciousness. We will begin cooking a 3course meal at 5:30 pm. The menu will be determined by what is fresh in theorganic garden. Each course will be accompanied by a wine pairing. Cooking lesson in The Big Brown Barn’s commercial kitchen.
$60 per person
This event has been cancelled.
Time TBA – Wisconsin Cover Crops Conference
In Lancaster, Wisconsin.
The one-day conference whose theme is “Coupling soil health and economics” will feature a bus tour highlighting the operations of several local cover crop uses, both dairy/ livestock and cash grain as well as cover crop research at the Lancaster Research Station. Special emphasis will be placed on using cover crops to improve the “bottom line”. Continuing education credits for agricultural professionals will be available.
The conference is a joint effort of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Wisconsin NRCS, UW-Extension and UW Agricultural Research Stations.
Please check back later this spring for the full program and additional details. For more information please contact Jim Stute, (262) 642-3303 ext. 112, jstute@michaelfields.org
Wisconsin Cover Crops Conference
Starts and ends at the Grant County UW-Extension Office:
Youth & Agriculture Center
916 E Elm Street, Suite A
Lancaster, WI 53813-0031
The one-day conference whose theme is “Coupling soil health and economics” will feature a bus tour highlighting the operations of several local cover crop uses, both dairy/ livestock and cash grain as well as cover crop research at the Lancaster Research Station. Special emphasis will be placed on using cover crops to improve the “bottom line”. Continuing education credits for agricultural professionals will be available.
The conference is a joint effort of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Wisconsin NRCS, UW-Extension and UW Agricultural Research Stations.
Registration is required by August 20 to assist with event planning. Online registration here.
To register by email contact: Wisconsin Cover Crops Conference, WCCC@michaelfields.org
To register by phone contact: Ted Bay, Grant County UW-Extension, (608)723-2125
Cost of the conference is $30 which includes lunch and materials (fee waived for NRCS personnel). Five CEUs in crop management are available. For more information contact Jim Stute: (262) 642-3303, extension 112 or jstute@michaelfields.org