SFA-CM is launching a new project called the 100 Orchards Project. Its mission is “ to teach our neighbors how to plant and care for diverse, stable, and resilient orchards that provide productive quantities of high quality food. As part of the project, we had a grafting workshop in April and a pruning workshop in August. Our next workshop is planned for October and will be an “Apple Festival”. It will give ideas on how to preserve the harvest. The time and location are yet to be determined, so please contact Sue Peterson for details (azariahsue@yahoo.com).

A workbook/catalog for the 100 Orchards Project is in the process of being written and should be available in time for the annual meeting on January 5 2008.

Extending the Harvest, Expanding the Season workshop featuring author and gardener Eliot Coleman http://www.mda.state.mn.us/food/organic/

Fall Field Days:

Every fall we have a number of field days at member farms where we meet and discuss the

projects that farmer is doing. It is mostly about community and it is lots of fun!

Watch this space for more information coming soon.

Annual Meeting:

Early each year we have our annual meeting, where we bring in a speaker about a current topic of interest, and we meet to discuss the business of the chapter. In 2007, we met in January and our topic was “Carbon Sequestration”

Become a Member!

The Aims and Purposes of this Association are:

To develop a support system for family farmers in acquiring knowledge and understanding of economical and environmentally sound practices of production farming;
To achieve this through a newsletter and website with the latest information on sustainable farming practices, as well as providing farm tours, seminars, and supervised test plots;
To develop policies which will influence legislation in areas pertaining to environmental problems, i.e. groundwater contamination;
To support farming methods without endorsing commercial products;
To support and encourage Extension and University research programs that promotes sustainable agriculture and
To promote farming as a positive way of life.

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We welcome non-farming persons committed to a safe and sustainable environment. Our membership is open to any person regardless of race, color or creed.

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A number of years ago, we published and distributed a coloring book for first and second graders called Annelid

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