Soil Health and the Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture

7845 Church Street,Egg Harbor WI 54209

13 January, 2022

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Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A with local farmers to learn how they're building resiliency through sustainable farming practices. Soil Health and the Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture The Climate Change Coalition of Door County will host a panel discussion with four area farmers to speak about their conservation farming efforts and they ways they're building resiliency. Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 7:00 pm at the Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor, WI. This in-person program is free and open to the public. Facial masks are highly encouraged. LIVE STREAM OPTION AVAILABLE. Please use this page to register to receive the Zoom meeting link via email. Registration is not necessary for in-person participation. Panelists include: Lauren Brey, focusing on rotational grazing. Brey is a fourth-generation dairy farmer in Sturgeon Bay and co-owner of Brey Cycle Farm, which has increasingly deployed cover crops, no-till farming and other conservation techniques to improve soil health and water quality. She is managing director of Farmers for Sustainable Foods, which supports farmer-led solutions to environmental challenges.Lee Kinnard of Kinnard Farms, speaking about manure and carbon sequestration. Kinnard Farms is a family-owned dairy and crop farm in Kewanee County, where a principle of “smart sustainability” uses education, innovation and continuous improvement to protect and enhance soil and water resources. Kinnard is vice president of Peninsula Pride Farms, a collaboration serving farmers in Kewaunee and southern Door counties, and serves on the board of Farmers for Sustainable Food. Mike Polich is an Organic Valley farmer at Polich Farms in Sturgeon Bay. Chris Shuh will discuss composting techniques at Door Karma Farms in Baileys HarborModerated by Jamie Patton, senior outreach specialist with UW-Madison's Nutrient and Pest Management Program. Patton provides education and technical expertise to farmers, organizations, and agencies to improve soil health with a goal of achieving food sovereignty, farm profitability and resiliency, and ground and surface water quality. Patton will open the session with an introduction to soils and the connection between soil health and carbon sequestration. She’ll then engage the panelists in a discussion, followed by a Q&A with the audience. The Climate Change Coalition of Door County of a volunteer run organization focused on educating the public and inspiring climate action. Established in 2012, CCCDC is currently a regional network of the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership.