Join MFAI’s Margaret Krome for a grantwriting workshop being sponsored by Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) in Chicago. Particularly aimed at helping livestock farmers learn about funding options, the workshop will nonetheless lay out basic principles suited to any farming operation. See registration information at http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E050D68880463C.

Every 4-5 years, congress makes revisions to the Farm Bill which impacts the funding available for USDA grant and loan programs.  The bill also influences additional services provided by USDA agencies (for example, the National Resource Conservation Service).  It can be challenging to stay up to date with the changes, but organizations like Michael Fields […]

Time is running short — REGISTER NOW to get apple rootstock and scion wood in the mail, included with your registration!

With a long-standing commitment to conservation and land stewardship, Wisconsin women landowners and farmers share a love for the land that binds them together. A new project “Wisconsin Women in Conservation”(WWIC), is launching this year! If you are a Wisconsin woman committed to conservation and curious to learn more from other women in the state, this project is for YOU!

MFAI is the recipient of a $250,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) program for perennial crop development efforts (see USDA’s announcement here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDANIFA/bulletins/291fdfc). MFAI was a member of a diverse coalition of more than 15 institutions, including universities, NGOs, farmers, bakers, and governmental agencies throughout the […]

Hello Michael Fields Community, We’re hoping that you and your family are doing well during this increasingly tough time. The COVID-19 pandemic is touching nearly every part of our lives – including food and agriculture. We are compiling a list of resources for farmers and for consumers, below.  Thank you to the organizations, government agencies, […]

During the current COVID-19 public health crisis the Michael Fields Agriculture Institutes main office will be closed to the public. We will respond to your phone calls, e-mails, texts and electronic meeting requests as normal. Please see our  Staff page for staff contact information. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please be safe […]

OVERVIEW GULFS is a dynamic, interactive, and engaging youth-centered curriculum developing youth leaders in food systems change. Focused in Milwaukee and Madison, we aim for youth to learn constructive ways to create tangible change and support their families’ and communities’ well-being through a food systems lens. The curriculum is written for teachers to use both […]

Are you looking for ways to develop your innovative agricultural business?  Join us for a workshop designed to help you identify whether grants or other financial options might be right for you. Wisconsin farmers have used grants to develop value-added enterprises, try out innovative production and marketing techniques, and educate other farmers and the public […]

I would like to introduce and thank SWARM Artists’ Residency for making our busy summer days a brighter place. Swarm is an artist residency for Chicago-based artists and their non-local collaborators. It is a place for artists to come and do the work they often do not have time to commit to due to the […]

USDA Grant Writing Webinar – Transmitted May 11, 2016 (Recording coming soon) USDA specialists held a Grant Writing Workshop on May 11, 2016, that covered important things to know when applying for a grant.  Topics for this webinar included: Grant Writing Tips for Success – 10 Things You Must Do Look Before You Leap Don’t Take […]

The bees have arrived The condition of bee colonies across the United States is deteriorating and Michael Fields Agricultural Insititue is pleased to announce that a 3.5-acre parcel of land located on a farm in north central Indiana is now “a-buzz” with honey bees. In the summer of 2015, Trevor Hughes, the farmer operating the […]

Dr. Richard Quinney and his wife, Solveig, recently donated three framed photographs that were taken by Richard at his ancestral home, the Quinney Farm. Michael Fields Agricultural Institute rented the Quinney farm for several years as part of the USDA funded WICTS Project. The photographs will serve to remind the staff, Board members and stakeholders […]

Michael Fields partners with several organizations to manage land and programs to promote our mutual goals. The Greater East Troy Food and Farm Association grew out of a desire by four of these organizations (Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, the Yggdrasil Land Foundation, the Biodynamic Association and RSF Social Finance) to bring together a combination of […]

Friday, August 26, 2016  5:30-8:30 pm What to do with all these veggies? How can I prepare healthy and tasty foods?  Why not take 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 3-course meal at 5:30 […]

Join us for the “SACRED SUMMER: FOREVER YOUNG” Opening Art Reception Sunday, July 17th, 2016, at 2-3:30 pm at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (W2493 County Road ES, East Troy WI 53120- The “Big Brown Barn”). A beautiful exhibition of paintings by Artist Leo “Nello” Rotelli. Refreshments will be served at reception. EXHIBITION RUNS JULY 17 – SEPTEMBER 16, 2016. Admission is FREE! For more information call 262-684-5193.

David Andrews, Executive Director, at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute will be speaking to visitors of the Geneva Lake Museum on Tuesday, June 21st at 2 pm. His presentation will discuss how food moves from Farm to Table and the educational role the programs taking place at Michael Fields play. Come out and see him!   […]

Fun-filled, Hands-on Sustainable Lifestyle Events The Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) is offering farmers free tickets to the Mother Earth News Fair July 9 and 10 in West Bend, Wis. This event has more than 200 exhibitors with products and services of interest to market farmers and small-scale livestock producers. MOSES will have […]

The bees have arrived The condition of bee colonies across the United States is deteriorating and Michael Fields Agricultural Insititue is pleased to announce that a 3.5-acre parcel of land located on a farm in north central Indiana is now “a-buzz” with honey bees. In the summer of 2015, Trevor Hughes, the farmer operating the […]

David Andrews, Executive Director, at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute will be speaking to visitors of the Geneva Lake Museum on Tuesday, June 21st at 2 pm. His presentation will discuss how food moves from Farm to Table and the educational role the programs taking place at Michael Fields play. Come out and see him!   […]

Dr. Richard Quinney and his wife, Solveig, recently donated three framed photographs that were taken by Richard at his ancestral home, the Quinney Farm. Michael Fields Agricultural Institute rented the Quinney farm for several years as part of the USDA funded WICTS Project. The photographs will serve to remind the staff, Board members and stakeholders […]

Friday, August 26, 2016  5:30-8:30 pm 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 […]

July 7th or 14th, 2016  10 am – 1 pm, $30 each participant Michael Fields Agricultural Institute has partnered with M.A.T.C. Dietetic Program to provide a delicious experience on a working organic farm. What to Expect: A tour of the working farm A harvesting and hands on field work experience A prepared lunch with recipes […]

If you are interested in any of the funding opportunities below please contact Deirdre Birmingham at: deirdreb4@gmail.com   Funding to Verify MI Farming Compliance with Environmental Standards – Apply by May 20, 2016 https://michaelfields.org/funding-verify-mi-farming-compliance-environmental-standards/   NRCS to Help Missouri Farmers Establish Monarch Butterfly Habitat – Apply by May 20, 2016 https://michaelfields.org/nrcs-help-missouri-farmers-establish-monarch-butterfly-habitat-m/   Resources for Producers […]

Join us at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, on Thursday, June 9th at 6:30 p.m. for a FREE movie about Industrial Hemp! The multi-award winning documentary, “Bringing it Home” is all about Industrial Hemp and its uses. Did you know that Industrial Hemp (marijuana’s non-psychotropic sibling), is used as raw material in buildings, insulation, roofing, bio-composites […]