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Seeking Milwaukee Site for Urban Agroforestry Demonstration Project: $15,000 Site Partner Award
The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) is seeking a new partner site in Milwaukee County to host a publicly visible,...
Jun 9, 2025


Action Alert: Celebrate Earth Week!
On April 15, WI DNR Secretary Dr. Karen Hyun and Governor Tony Evers visited with MFAI staff including Research Director Dr. Nicole...
Apr 22, 2025


The Work to Support Grazers in WI
Good News from Chuck Anderas, MFAI Associate Policy Director: There’s an exciting bill making its way through the Wisconsin State...
Apr 11, 2025


Action Alert: Ask Your Federal Representatives to Support the HONOR FARMER CONTRACTS ACT
You can find your federal representatives by typing in your zip code at congress.gov . Farm friends, it's time to speak up. For months,...
Mar 31, 2025


Iowa County Uplands Watershed Group Secures Funding to Strengthen Water Quality and Soil Health
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), announced $1...
Mar 6, 2025


Welcome, Kriss!
We’re excited to welcome Kriss Marion as the new Director of Advancement at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute! For over a decade,...
Feb 26, 2025


A Meal Worth Gathering For: Join Us Friday, February 28th
There are moments when we need to set aside the weight of the world, gather together, and celebrate what sustains us. At Michael Fields...
Feb 26, 2025


Coalition practices “Grazing Logic”
Trish Feiring is a field representative for the North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition. With support from SHARE, the coalition is engaged...
Feb 17, 2025


Industrial Hemp Grain/Fiber Growers Needed for On-Farm Trials!
Application Deadline March 1st! The Midwestern Hemp Research Collaborative (MHRC) is seeking licensed and experienced grain/fiber hemp...
Feb 5, 2025


Why soil health collaboration is needed
Jules Reynolds is the program coordinator for the Soil Health Alliance for Research and Engagement. She joined SHARE in August 2024 and...
Feb 5, 2025


Poll: Voters Want Climate and Energy as Government Priorities
Voters continue to say climate and energy should be government priorities. New polling from Yale and GMU finds that most voters continue...
Feb 4, 2025


Cover crops for the win!
Sometimes first impressions are all wrong. Anyone driving Wisconsin Highway 80 in Iowa County in spring 2024 might be forgiven for...
Feb 3, 2025


The Grain of the Future – Meet Kernza
For decades, Big Ag in the west has relied on annual crops—plants that must be tilled, planted, and harvested year after year. While...
Feb 3, 2025


Agroforestry project launched in Southeastern Wisconsin
A new $275,000 project has been funded by the Daybreak Foundation and Caerus Foundation to develop agroforestry plantings in...
Jan 29, 2025


Fertile farming with frass
Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless but scientists have found this waste can improve soil health when...
Jan 29, 2025


Welcome, Mario!
We’re thrilled to announce the newest addition to the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute: Rosenaldo (Mario) Zuniga, who joined our...
Jan 27, 2025


Raise the Roof! Join MFAI For A Night of Food, Music, and Community
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) invites you to us February 28th, 2025 for an evening filled with delicious local food, live...
Jan 26, 2025


Voice Your Support in the Call to Fund Our Farmland
Wisconsin is losing farmland by the minute. By 2040, we will lose 515,200 acres of some of the nation's best and most productive...
Jan 20, 2025


Information sharing, key to soil-health approach
Erin Silva is the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. She also is the State...
Jan 16, 2025


Celebrate Community and Cultivate Connection at the 8th Michael Fields Annual Seed Swap!
Are you ready to kickstart your gardening dreams and share the joy of growing with others? Join us on February 28, 2025 , for the 8th...
Jan 16, 2025
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