NRCS Conservation Practices Field Day

Reimbursable conservation practices like cover crops, pest management conservation systems, irrigation, soil carbon amendments, raised beds, high tunnels, and stormwater runoff management are now available to small scale urban growers. Extension educators Zack Grant and Kathryn Pereira, along with Growing Home Farm Manager Ezra Lee,  

2024 MidFex Harvest Festival

Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

Full details on Harvest Festival are HERE.

2025 Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School

Barefoot Restaurant 106 S Water Street, Hardin, Illinois

  Event Date(s): February 11, 2025 Event Time: 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Location: Barefoot Restaurant, 106 S Water St., Hardin, IL 62047 Event Fee: $35.00   Support the success of your tree fruit operation with practical research-tested best practices from industry experts at the 

$35

Grafting Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

Details are here:  2025 Grafting Workshop Sunday March 23