This session will  walk through the certification process (steps, costs, and timelines), key eligibility and recordkeeping requirements, how certification may change day-to-day management, and common problem areas such as buffers, grandfathering, and maintaining compliance during audits and transition

Regenerative workshop covers pasture management and how it affects carcass yield. Cliff McConville of All Grass Farms and Matthew Simms of This Old Farm will be available to answer any questions you may have about grazing, herd health, meat processing, and meat quality.

Together We ROC™ The Midwest is a curated, high impact gathering designed to connect farmers, brands, and leaders advancing Regenerative Organic Certified® systems across the region. The event provides a rare opportunity to engage firsthand with the people and practices shaping the future of regenerative organic supply chains.

Naturally Wisconsin’s Entrepreneur Huddle is a casual morning meetup for food, beverage, and natural products founders to connect over coffee, share challenges, and trade practical advice on growing their businesses in Wisconsin’s natural products sector. 

Join Marbleseed and the Organic Fruit Growers Association at James Lake Farms in Three Lakes, Wisconsin for the Organic Cranberry Field Day. We will visit two cranberry marshes operated by John Stauer of James Lake Farms that will showcase cranberry bed marsh construction and layout, organic fertility and pest control. 

Curious about what it takes to build a successful organic mushroom business? Join us for an engaging webinar featuring Claudio Gómez De La Vega and Joseph Chammas of GGF Specialty Mushrooms. From cultivation techniques to organic certification and market success, you’ll gain firsthand insights from experts growing premium, chef-grade mushrooms.

Join MNWiC for an inspiring discussion featuring women leaders and practitioners with a long history of helping others write Conservation Plans. This discussion will focus on simplyfying the process - real talk about what it involves and why it matters.

Curious about what it takes to build a successful organic mushroom business? Join us for an engaging webinar featuring Claudio Gómez De La Vega and Joseph Chammas of GGF Specialty Mushrooms. From cultivation techniques to organic certification and market success, you’ll gain firsthand insights from experts growing premium, chef-grade mushrooms.

Join UW–Madison Extension’s Emerging Crops Accelerator, Seed to Kitchen Collaborative, Cereals Breeding Program, Artisan Grain Collaborative, and OGRAIN for an informal field walk to learn more about our organic trials. We will tour the field trials and breeding projects and hear the latest about variety releases and research on regional food grade grains

This workshop is geared towards small-scale diversified vegetable growers who have questions and are interested in learning more, however the workshop is free and open to all!

Participants will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with Rodale Institute’s Midwest Organic Center staff and team of Organic Consultants, and learn about our research and demonstration projects focused on organic agriculture and tailored for farmers in the Midwest. This event is ideal for researchers, students, educators and all farmers, whether you are interested in learning more about organic farming, have an interest in consulting services to transition to organic, or are currently a Midwest organic farmer. 

Chris & Juli McGuire have grown organic apples at Blue Roof Orchard since 2012.  They currently raise almost four acres of dwarf organic apple trees primarily for fresh eating. Their primary market is an apple community-supported agriculture (CSA) program feeding eaters in the Madison area and southwest Wisconsin.  At the field day, learn about their production and marketing methods.

Join INFRA for four incredible days of community, education, collaboration at the 2026 INFRA Annual Conference.

Join OFRF for a two-part webinar to learn more about the latest organic agriculture research hosted by NRCS. Part one will cover topics such as organic pest management, nutrient management, and practices to build soil organic carbon.

Grain is often not consumed in the same area where it is produced, and individual farmers are rarely able to fill five rail cars at a time. Aggregation and logistics play a huge role in the value chain of organic grains.

Explore strategies for connecting with buyers, comparing bids, understanding pricing, and navigating conversations with merchandisers through live roleplay examples.

This virtual webinar explores how farmers, food makers, and organic entrepreneurs can move beyond selling raw commodities to intentionally design value added products and market pathways that reward organic practices.

Join veteran organic farmers Hans Bishop and Aaron Vercler as we talk through their process and experience in planting, scouting, and deciding when to replant.

UW Madison Extension and the Climate Resilient Organic Vegetable Production (CROVP) community invite you to a field day at Red Door Family Farm on Wednesday, July 15. Hosts Tenzin and Stacey Botsford will highlight different management practices that build soil health and increase resiliency on their farm, including living aisles and diverse cover crop mixes. 

At this field day, Mark Villers of Homestead 36 Farm will explain his system of growing a variety of berries and creating value-added berry products to sell in grocery stores.

These gatherings are part of Naturally Wisconsin's commitment to fostering meaningful connections, strengthening our entrepreneurial community, and supporting the people behind Wisconsin’s growing natural products ecosystem. All are welcome.

The 2026 OFARM Regional Meeting is a producer-focused gathering for organic and transitioning grain farmers in the Midwest, designed to share marketing insights, policy updates, and risk management strategies while building a stronger regional organic marketing network.

Family owned and operated for over 75 years, Igl Farms specialize in growing organic potatoes and sell in small or large quantities. This field day will showcase growing organic potatoes while discussing pest, disease, and fertility considerations, as well as an overview of the organic potato market and transitioning to organic production.

This webinar equips farm educators and agricultural professionals with a clear, real‑world understanding of how organic certification works on urban farms such as Earthworks. Learn about certification requirements, practices, records, inspection processes, and the challenges specific to urban production.

Presented by Rodale Institute and the Organic Trade Association as part of the National Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP), this webinar is designed for farmers thinking beyond certification. Transitioning to organic is one step; building a viable business around it is another.

Join fellow farm educators and ag professionals for this TOPP webinar on how research, outreach, and education can better center farmer knowledge.

Albert Lea Seed’s virtual conference on Wednesday, July 8 is built for fall decisions on winter small grains and cover crops—delivering timely insights before harvest begins.

Join OGRAIN, Artisan Grain Collaborative, The Land Connection, IDEA Farm Network, Mad Agriculture, and Rodale Institute for this unique field day from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm tailored for both farmers and distillers to learn in the field and at the distillery.

This interactive session digs into how farmers evaluate the return on investment of organic certification—financially, culturally, and in their markets. We’ll explore how producers think through the costs of certification compared to building trust “organically,” through transparency, consistency, and community relationships.

Join MVEG  at The Melanin Urban Garden (Milwaukee, WI) for an on-farm workshop about raised bed urban farming, with farmer Brittney Hutcherson.

The future is now, and advisors and farmers can use proprietary ag ai platforms or work with a chatbot on their own to solve problens and deepen their understanding.

Farm to Feast is an annual community dinner co‑hosted with Red Door Family Farm and the United Way Hunger Coalition to raise funds for the Farm to Family Program. The event supports getting fresh, local food from area farms directly to county food pantries, community organizations like the Boys and Girls Club, and Mobile Markets serving neighborhoods facing food insecurity—all at no cost to participants. This year’s dinner will be held at Rock Ridge Orchard in Edgar, featuring local produce from Red Door Family Farm, and other nearby producers providing meat, in celebration of the program’s impact and the power of farm‑to‑family connections.

Join MVEG  at The Melanin Urban Garden (Milwaukee, WI) for an on-farm workshop about raised bed urban farming, with farmer Brittney Hutcherson.

Join MVEG at Wonka's Harvest (Hollandale, WI) for an on-farm workshop about cover cropping & no-till management, with farmer Patty Grimmer

The field demos are the heart of this event, and MANY cultivation tools of all scales for row crops and vegetables will be demonstrated by company reps. Everything from camera-guided, to autonomous robots, to belly-mounted cultivators and cultivating tractors will be demonstrated in the field and explained by manufacturers.

Calling all farmers and stakeholders who live in the United States! Join us for an in-depth discussion of an updated “Advancing Regional Organic Markets: A Farmer’s Toolkit”, a resource designed to strengthen regional organic economies

Calling all farmers and stakeholders who live in the Midwest region! Join us for an in-depth discussion of an updated “Advancing Regional Organic Markets: A Farmer’s Toolkit”, a resource designed to strengthen regional organic economies. This toolkit provides farmers and stakeholders with data, insights, and opportunity analysis to help expand regional production of high-demand organic crops, reduce reliance on imports, and increase economic opportunities for U.S. farmers

Organic Seed Alliance and University of Minnesota will bring together organic farmers, researchers, and businesses to learn from each other, connect on a personal level, and identify opportunities to advance the regional organic seed system in the Midwest.

Join us for field tours of no-till research trials. Hear results from 10 years of roller crimping and see this year’s plots. Get an update on the state of herbicide resistance and what this could mean for future weed management. See a demonstration of Greenfield Robotics’ new interrow mowing robot..

Join the Organic Trade Association and our partners for our Virtual Buyer-Seller Mixer on August 13, 2026 as a part of the Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP).

This field day will feature tours and talks about the latest research in organic grains and forages, including methods for reducing tillage in corn and soybeans, using biocontrol agents to manage white mold in soybean, and an on-farm research project studying soil health in organic grain systems. Organic systems research on ecological intensification practices (i.e. adding cover crops, reducing tillage, and integrating livestock) will also be shared.

The Food Finance Forum / Expo 2026 is a one-day, in-person event that brings together Wisconsin food and farm entrepreneurs with grocery retailers from across the state, held alongside the Wisconsin Grocers Association Innovation Expo at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells on August 18.

During this field day event, farmers will have a chance to try out a wide variety of weeding and cultivation tools in the field (we are planting 2/3 acre of vegetables specifically for this event!). 

Farm Aid 2026 is an all-day music and food festival supporting family farmers, taking place Saturday, September 26, 2026, at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 

An online event for organic buyers and sellers - think online speed dating to support expansion of the U.S. organic supply chain! Participants' schedules will be created to connect sellers and buyers based on registration information and scheduling availability. 

This Forward Fest session highlights how Wisconsin Organics and partners are launching new online organic directories @ Giant Jones Brewery, Wisconsin’s only certified organic brewery, & will share how these tools support values-driven sourcing, supply chain transparency, and stronger connections between organic producers and local buyers.

Join Michael Fields Agricultural Institute and University of Minnesota's Forever Green Initiative with Kernza® farmers Graham Adsit, Andy Rowntree, and Dr. Nicole Tautges for a field day devoted to Kernza® harvest best management practices.

Join us for the fourth webinar in our Organic Valley series, funded through an Organic Valley FAFO grant. This interactive roundtable discussion will focus on navigating OMRI. 

Over two immersive days, Brian Dougherty and Luke Jones will combine classroom instruction with hands-on field sessions to help you better understand the principles behind regenerative agriculture and, more importantly, how to apply them to your own operation.

Grassworks 2026 annual picnic and pasture walk will be hosted at Paris Family Dairy in Belleville, WI, on August 22nd from 10am-3pm. We'll start the day with a pasture walk.

Join Glacierland as thry explore a new fencing project designed to expand grazing pasture and support the growth of a beef cow-calf operation.

Savanna Institute and the Wisconsin Agroforestry Demonstration Farm Network are offering this diversification-focused field day showcasing three farms that have experienced transitions.

Join MVEG at Bay Branch Farm (Cleveland, OH) for an on-farm workshop about high-tunnel tomato production, with farmer Annabel Khouri.

Please join Iowa County Uplands Watershed Group, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, and OGRAIN to hear insights from the first year of virtual fence trialing at Seven Seeds Organic Farm. Michael Dolan will lead us on a field walk and discussion on the good, the bad, and how their farm plans to utilize this technology and perennial pastureland in the future.

Join Marbleseed on September 19 at Gwenyn Hill Farm for a Diversified Organic Showcase featuring hands-on workshops covering organic vegetable production, orchard management, managed grazing, on-farm sales, farmer wellbeing, and season extension.

Organic farming tends to involve lots of tillage, but tillage can reduce organic matter and soil tilth, making future tillage passes harder and hurting plant health. Fertility can also be limiting on larger scales if farmers don’t have access to enough manure.

A new covercrop/tillage technique from Germany is catching interest because it can build organic matter, improve tilth, and raise fertility. “Surface fermentation” (Flächenrotte in German) involves growing dense covercrops, then, in a single pass, lush covercrops are sprayed with a microbial inoculant, flail mowed, and incorporated with shallow tillage. The lush covercrops provide high-energy fuel for microbial fermentation, with nutrients fixed onto soil colloids. And the shallow tillage (2’’) preserves roots for future microbial inoculation into the surface layer.

This technique is popular with organic field and vegetable crop farmers in Europe because it can raise organic matter, improve tilth, and provide fertility for cash crops.

Join the Savanna Institute in Spring Green on Tuesday, September 1 to learn about the silvopasture grazing techniques and cross-cutting conservation partnerships making lasting change on the landscape. We can’t wait to see you out in the field! Lunch is included and always local. 

Celebrate peak harvest at Deep Rooted Organics’ September 6 party, running from noon to 8 p.m. The ticketed event includes a tomato tasting, greenhouse tours, children’s activities, cooking demonstrations, and live music, with food, drinks, produce, and merchandise available for purchase.

Field day demonstrating vegetable production utilizing living aisles and terminated rye mulch as well as in field methods to evaluate soil health

This webinar brings together Missouri organic farmer Aaron Stark and Michael Johnson of Majestic Milling to discuss the organic row-crop market from both the grower and buyer perspectives. Participants will learn about organic transition and certification, changing market conditions, demand and sourcing, and the practical opportunities and challenges of producing certified organic grain.

See virtual fence collars in action in an organic dairy grazing system!

This two-day Round Barn gathering brings farmers and citizens together for Farmer Friday, focused on making a good living through organic agriculture, followed by a Saturday program centered on a climate-themed main stage debate about how to feed people while protecting the planet.

See how grazing within the orchard has progressed and dig into the successes, challenges, and lessons from the season!

Join organic leaders from across the value chain for three days of networking, collaboration, advocacy, and insights on the issues shaping the future of organic. 

Dig into the beauty and potential of buckwheat with MFAI Research Director and Agroecologist Dr. Nicole Tautges! During this Zoom Community Call, Nicole will share practical insights into growing, harvesting, and processing buckwheat in the Midwest. She’ll also share what MFAI’s field trials are teaching us about buckwheat varieties, along with findings from her flavor trial which explore consumer preferences and the qualities people are looking for in buckwheat for food.

Farm Aid 2026 is an all-day music and food festival supporting family farmers, taking place Saturday, September 26, 2026, at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 

The Wisconsin Economic Summit, hosted by WEDC, brings together hundreds of business leaders, economic development professionals, academics, and students to explore how to unlock investment and build thriving communities across the state. The 2025 Summit in Green Bay focused on workforce development, exporting, risk investing, community-building, and the perspectives of next-generation leaders, and WEDC now invites participants to save the date for the 2026 Summit, to be held September 30–October 1 at the Pablo Center in Eau Claire

Join Mad Agriculture and Savanna Institute for an evening celebrating the launch of the Wilding pilot: a three-year effort across the Driftless region integrating native perennials, prairie corridors, and riparian buffers into working farmland, laying the groundwork for the Wild Grid. The day includes an optional farm tour, a round table with farmers and conservation partners, and a farm-to-table dinner with live music and a bonfire.

Join Marblessed for an engaging day on Steve and Beth Albert's Praire Bluff Farm. The Alberts, who are Marbleseed's 2026 Farmers of the Year, are showcasing their organically managed egg layer farm. They are joined by Andy Paulios, Natural Resource Manager with Dane County Land & Water Resources Department.

Andy will lead a guided walk to share how the Alberts have worked with the neighboring county park to enhance bird habitat. Agronomists and conservationists will be on site to help with discussion and production curiosities. Light locally sourced snacks will be served. Attendance is open to everyone but please RSVP.

Join in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on October 30th through November 1st for an extra-festive fall weekend of workshops, networking, and community-building

The featured food is Wisconsin’s state fruit – the cranberry!

The 2026 Upper Midwest Farmland Summit will bring together practitioners, service providers, conservation organizations, lenders, policymakers, researchers, and farmers to address the evolving landscape of Farmland Access & Transfer in the Upper Midwest.

The 51st Annual Acres U.S.A. Eco-Ag Conference will be held December 1–4, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Coralville Hotel & Conference Center in Coralville, Iowa, with programming on livestock, fruits and vegetables, row crops, agronomy, farm business and marketing, and human health

The Minnesota Organic Conference is an annual two-day event in St. Cloud, Minnesota that brings together organic farmers, aspiring producers, and agricultural professionals to learn, network, and strengthen the state’s organic sector. 

This producer-initiated conference is designed for advanced growers and attracts participants from throughout the Midwest and beyond.

The annual OGRAIN Conference is an opportunity to learn from local organic grain growers, hear about the latest research, and connect with other organic, transitioning-to-organic, or inquisitive-about-organic grain growers and end-users.

The GrassWorks Grazing Conference brings together hundreds of farmer graziers, researchers, and agriculture and conservation professionals for three days of learning, networking, and innovation. Whether you’re looking to refine your pasture management, connect with fellow graziers, or discover practical solutions to real-world challenges, GrassWorks offers an unmatched opportunity to grow your knowledge and expand your network in the grazing community.

Marbleseed’s 2027 conference will take place at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin, on February 26–27, with partner-led pre-conference meetings on February 25. The event serves the Midwest’s small-scale, diversified, organic, and sustainable agriculture community.

The 2027 Roots to Revenue Conference, is taking place February 25–27 at the University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center in Springfield, Missouri. The three-day event will bring together farmers, researchers, and industry leaders for practical education, hands-on learning, speakers, and networking focused on regenerative agriculture, organic production, livestock, specialty crops, soil health, and farm profitability.