2 Cover Crop Events

Happy Thursday! Are you interested in…say…cover crops? You are!? Then have I got just the thing for you. The Soil and Water Conservation Society is putting on two events to satiate your thirst for cover crop knowledge, the first taking place on December 13-14 in Altoona, Iowa, and the second one on January 29-30, 2013, […]

Local agriculture experiences welcome growth at Hendrick House

Alisa DeMarco’s first year at Hendrick House has been marked with huge strides towards more sustainable food options and integration more local foods on campus. Hendrick House has been a privately owned residence hall on the University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign campus since 1948, with a strong family tradition behind the management team. The efforts to […]

New Biotic Research Grants Up for Grabs

Prairie Biotic Research Inc., a volunteer nonprofit based out of Wisconsin, is offering at least 100 grants, up to $1,000 each, to those seeking to do research in natural history and experimental sciences in prairie and savanna habitats. Any U.S. citizen with a social security card may apply for the grant, and special consideration will […]

Sustainability Week SECS Potluck and Movie Symphony of the Soil

Sustainability Week!   Food Day Events:  Students for Environmental Concerns Potluck and ASAP Movie When: Wednesday October 24 Food starts at 5.30 pm. Comments by Michelle Wander about the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program and ‘Value Based Purchasing’ at 6.15 pm. Movie starts at 6.30 p.m. Gerry Walter MC. Where: YMCA, Latzer Hall, 101 S. Wright […]

Become a NCRS Technical Service Provider

The USDA is putting a call out to all organic inspectors, crop advisors, organic farmers and non-governmental employees working with organic and sustainable farmers to partake in a November 1 Technical Service Provider training webinar. The USDA defines the position as “individuals or businesses that have technical expertise in conservation planning and design for a […]

Job Opening: Food Processing Certification Specialist

Attention anyone who wants/needs a job: the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association announced this week an immediate opening for a full-time position, based in Columbus, OH, as a Food Processing Certification Specialist. The position will be responsible for providing support in reviewing applications submitted by organic processors and producers, providing technical assistance and maintaining compliance […]

New Urban Gardening Research And More – Get Up to Speed!

Article by Laura Witzling The first community gardening literature review has been published, a massive quantitative research study on urban soil in New York community gardens is underway, Mother Jones just featured a powerful spread of photographs from a Chicago urban garden, and an inspirational TED Talk about growing food with students has more than […]