Annual Alternative Crops Field Day with Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
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Our Institute staff look forward to welcoming neighbors, friends, guests, and collaborators for our first Field Day at the New Farm. Join us for field tours and a lunch of delicious alternative crops! Stay after for a Wagon Ride in the Southern Kettle Moraine and a Happy Hour in East Troy.
FREE! Please RSVP to help us plan lunch: https://www.michaelfields.org/event-details/mfai-annual-alternative-crops-field-day
We hope you'll join Michael Fields Agricultural Institute staff and conservation partners for a first-ever field day at our New Farm, set in the heart of the Southern Kettle Moraine. These production fields and research plots are managed in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy's Pickerel Lake Fen Preserve near East Troy, WI. Fens are among the rarest types of wetlands in North America. They are dependent upon natural springs, and so management of the surrounding Mukwanago watershed's sensitive agricultural acres is imperative. Pickerel Lake Fen is one of the most biologically diverse fens in southeast Wisconsin and is one of the few fens in conservation protection. Several rare or endangered species are also protected at the preserve. Pickerel Lake Fen is dedicated as a State Natural Area.
The New Farm is upland of the fen, but includes several kettle depressions, through which contaminants can infiltrate groundwater. MFAI utilizes careful conservation practices - prairie strips, agroforestry, alternative crops, low tillage, and covers - to protect this landscape and create demonstration opportunities. Come see conservation and production in action!
Here's what you can expect:
-Trial plots of Proso Millet varietals, Buckwheat varietals, Mung Beans, Pennsylvania Dutch popcorn, and Kernza in 2- and 6-year -old fields
-Multiple education stations including agroforestry, policy, soil health, and cover crops
-Lunch cooked by MFAI Staff featuring savory crepes and cakes made from millet, East Indian chutneys, buckwheat desserts, and a salad featuring mung bean sprouts
-Farm tour of research fields, prairie strips, and conservation practices
-Fields Best Market Table with alternative crop flours and baking mixes for sale
-Wagon Ride to view and learn about the wooded kettle on the farm, a deep depression with an interesting geologic origin
-Happy Hour in East Troy
We're looking for sponsors for the field day, including in-kind donations of supplies and booth exhibits. Let's get your logo up on our web outreach materials! Contact Kriss Marion for more information: [email protected] or 608-636-4652.
FREE! Please RSVP to help us plan lunch: https://www.michaelfields.org/event-details/mfai-annual-alternative-crops-field-day
FREE! Please RSVP to help us plan lunch: https://www.michaelfields.org/event-details/mfai-annual-alternative-crops-field-day
We hope you'll join Michael Fields Agricultural Institute staff and conservation partners for a first-ever field day at our New Farm, set in the heart of the Southern Kettle Moraine. These production fields and research plots are managed in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy's Pickerel Lake Fen Preserve near East Troy, WI. Fens are among the rarest types of wetlands in North America. They are dependent upon natural springs, and so management of the surrounding Mukwanago watershed's sensitive agricultural acres is imperative. Pickerel Lake Fen is one of the most biologically diverse fens in southeast Wisconsin and is one of the few fens in conservation protection. Several rare or endangered species are also protected at the preserve. Pickerel Lake Fen is dedicated as a State Natural Area.
The New Farm is upland of the fen, but includes several kettle depressions, through which contaminants can infiltrate groundwater. MFAI utilizes careful conservation practices - prairie strips, agroforestry, alternative crops, low tillage, and covers - to protect this landscape and create demonstration opportunities. Come see conservation and production in action!
Here's what you can expect:
-Trial plots of Proso Millet varietals, Buckwheat varietals, Mung Beans, Pennsylvania Dutch popcorn, and Kernza in 2- and 6-year -old fields
-Multiple education stations including agroforestry, policy, soil health, and cover crops
-Lunch cooked by MFAI Staff featuring savory crepes and cakes made from millet, East Indian chutneys, buckwheat desserts, and a salad featuring mung bean sprouts
-Farm tour of research fields, prairie strips, and conservation practices
-Fields Best Market Table with alternative crop flours and baking mixes for sale
-Wagon Ride to view and learn about the wooded kettle on the farm, a deep depression with an interesting geologic origin
-Happy Hour in East Troy
We're looking for sponsors for the field day, including in-kind donations of supplies and booth exhibits. Let's get your logo up on our web outreach materials! Contact Kriss Marion for more information: [email protected] or 608-636-4652.
FREE! Please RSVP to help us plan lunch: https://www.michaelfields.org/event-details/mfai-annual-alternative-crops-field-day
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N8832 Pickeral Lake Rd, East Troy, WI 53120-1861, United States
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