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Live and Online Programs Highlight the Need to Preserve Our Precious Soils
Local Food Forum has been promoting Illinois Stewardship Alliance's Soil Health Week, which takes place March 3 through 9 to draw attention to ideas, actions and strategies to protect the state's vital soils.
The Alliance has posted its first tranche of live and online events that will take place during the week. Here is the list to date — we will update as more segments are added — followed by a link to learn details and register for your preferred event(s).
[Note: The first live event takes place just before the official start of Soil Health Week.]
Online Soil Health Week Events
Monday, March 3
Sustainable Communities Begin with Compost
Hosted by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition (IFSCC)
Making & Using Compost in Northern Illinois
Hosted by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition (IFSCC), Midwest Organics Recycling, The Land Conservancy of McHenry County
Tuesday, March 4
Lunch & Learn: What Are Conservation Planners?
Hosted by Agroecology + Innovation Matters (AIM)
Regenerative Agriculture Results on Small Acreage
Hosted by Ed Dubrick, Owner of DuChick Ranch and Alliance Policy Organizer
Thursday, March 6
Book Reading of Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl
Hosted by Kendall County Soil & Water Conservation District
Cultivating Change: A 37-Year Journey of Conservation on 1,400 Acres
Hosted by Kendall County Soil & Water Conservation District
Friday, March 7
FIND Funding For Soil Health
Hosted by Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership
Hemp, Hemp, Hooray for Soil Health!
Hosted by Illinois Hemp Growers Association
Live Soil Heath Week Events
Friday, February 28
Hemp Farm Tour & "Going Broke" Documentary Screening
Hempstock Pharms, Woodstock
Tuesday, March 4
Prioritizing Conservation, Community, and Food Production in Planned Communities
Hosted by Jacksonville Park Foundation
Midwest Ag and Arts Complex, Jacksonville
Composting is Critical to our Planet’s Health
Hosted by Kenilworth Union Church Green Tea, Kenilworth
Wednesday, March 5
Soil Health Advocacy Day
Hosted by the Alliance, Illinois Environmental Council (IEC), Illinois Soybean Growers Association, and the Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts
State Capitol, Springfield
Soil Guardians: Youth Empowerment in Soil Innovation
Hosted by Carolyn Vazquez
The Collins Academy, Chicago
Thursday, March 6
SIU Carbondale Forced Air Compost Facility Tour
Hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale & Illinois Food Scrap Composting Coalition (IFSCC)
Intergrating Cover Crops into Your Crop Rotation
Hosted by Kendall County Soil & Water Conservation District
Yorkville Public Library, Yorkville
3rd Annual Southern Illinois Soil Health Symposium
Hosted by Glacier’s End & Food Works of Southern Illinois
Glacier's End, Marion
Friday, March 7
Healthy Soils in an Inner-City Urban Garden
Hosted by Enos Park Neighborhood Gardens
Springfield
Saturday, March 8
Busting Soil with Slum Busters
Hosted by Slum Busters
Slum Busters Historical Garden, Chicago
Sunday, March 9
Coffee + Soil Talk
Hosted by Advocates for Urban Agriculture
Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago
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