Soil Health – A Global Imperative is the theme for SHI’s 2019 Annual Meeting, reflecting just how critically imminent it is that we safeguard and enhance the vitality and productivity of soils to address food, water, climate, wildlife, fiber, fuel and other global issues.
Visit https://soilhealthinstitute.org/event/annual-meeting-2019/ for more information!
Organized by the Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN), supported by conservation districts in eastern South Dakota through a grant from NRCS. No obligation, just an opportunity to learn from your peers and local professional women conservationists.
THE AGENDA
Coffee, sign-in, resource sharing at 8:30--meeting begins promptly at 9 a.m.
Free lunch and afternoon field tour. The field tour will involve a short walk into a field, so please bring appropriate footwear and clothing.
Return to meeting site for evaluation, dessert and wrap–up by 3 p.m.
Please register at https://www.nolosd.org/learning-circle-meetings
Topics to be covered include: Rotational Grazing, Grazing cover crops and alternative forages, Cropland conversion to Grass, Irrigated pasture
RSVP is appreciated by July 12 to Peggy Loomis (hamlincd@sdconservation.net) or (605) 783-3642 ext 3.