Farmers: “Keep It Growing” - you can grow more food all year long!

Learn from farmers who use "season extension" to harvest more food in spring, fall, and winter. 

• Visit their farms to see how they're using low tunnels, high tunnels, and caterpillar tunnels to produce more - and earn more money - throughout the year. 

• Connect with other farmers and learn together.

“Keep It Growing” is a free 7-part workshop series where we’ll cover:

• What you can grow for harvest in the "shoulder" season (November-March).

• How season extension can increase your income, even out your cash flow, and build your business.

• Challenges and things to consider before building.

• What infrastructure and costs are involved.

We start soon, and we only have room for 30 farmers. Click here to RSVP today (it's free!) or learn more at www.indianafarming.org/events. Free dinner at in-person events, plus participants will be entered to win prizes from High Mowing Seeds, Nifty Hoops, and others.

The workshop series is a combo of farm tours and virtual workshops in southeast IN. 

Farm tour sites and topics:

• Infrastructure options + Choosing your crops: Lobenstein Farm (St. Leon, IN) + Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Soil Prep and Fertility: Splinter Ridge Farm (Madison, IN) + Urban Soil Health

• Tools: Wild Pansy Farm (Crothersville, IN)

Virtual session topics and presenters:

• Making a planting plan + succession timing (High Mowing Seeds)

• Airflow, managing moisture, etc (Nifty Hoops)

• Daily management (Unvarnished Farm)

• Finding profit (Partners IN Food and Farming)

• Finding buyers (Food and Growers Association)

Dates/Locations:

• August 29th, Lobenstein Farm--St. Leon, IN  5:30-8pm

• September 19th, Splinter Ridge Farm— Madison, IN 5:30-8pm

• October 24th, zoom webinar--6-8pm

• November 14th, zoom webinar--6-8pm

• December--no class (optional one-on-one meetings with hosts)

• January 23rd, zoom webinar--6-8pm

• February 20, zoom webinar--6-8pm

• March 26th, Wild Pansy Farm--Crothersville, IN 5:30-8pm

This free workshop series is a collaboration between the Food and Growers Association, Partners IN Food and Farming, Purdue Extension, and Urban Soil Health.