Allen County Soil and Water Conservation District
Mission: To Promote the Wise Use of Soil, Water, and Related Natural Resources
Join us and learn all you need to know about becoming a vendor at a farmer’s market, and learn how others have success!
Join us as we learn from Jennifer Nettles of Vincennes University and Naim Edwards of Michigan State, both experts on urban agriculture.
Please join us for our 6th Annual (almost) Soil Health Field Day to be held 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, September 8th 2021 at Roemke Farms. Lunch is provided. Our expert speakers will be discussing a wide variety of topics in four separate sessions which include: The Grown Down on Cover Crops - Inter-seeding & cover […]
Join us for Rivers Summit III, Partnerships for Water Quality. Leaders, innovators, elected officials, and community members come together to discuss the state of our rivers, the fluid economics of good water, and how to turn challenges into opportunities. More info to come
Grab that coffee and learn about tillage, why should is no-till the future? How does this work in a homeowner's garden? Find out when Brian Musser (NRCS) speaks and Kevin Allison from Marion SWCD!
Tune into Coffee and Tillage on October 26th! Our speakers will share about the different types of tillage in row-cropping and gardening, as well as explore how tillage impacts soil health!
Register here: https://allenswcd.org/coffee-and/
Join us January 18-20 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for the 2022 Fort Wayne Farm Show. This year's farm show features educational programs from Ohio Sea Grant Director, Dr. Chris Winslow; Grain Market Outlooks with Jon Cavanaugh, David Kohli, Ryan Martin, and Rob Winters; carbon credit talks; commodity marketing workshops; resources for small […]
Join us on February 15th from 9am-10am for a discussion on Urban Soils! James Wolff, the Allen County Extension Director, will be sharing about the unique characteristics of urban soils. If you farm or garden in the city, or if you interested in starting , you won’t want to miss this webinar!
Join us on March 15, 2022 from 9am-10am for Coffee and Cover Crop Termination! Kevin Allison, the Urban Soil Health Specialist with the Marion County SWCD, will share all about what to do with your cover crops before the spring gardening season!
