Training for All Urban Growers: Field Day and Dinner at Frogtown Farm in St. Paul
Mon, Oct 21
|Frogtown Farm
This field day at Frogtown Farm in St. Paul will cover important topics for those who want to grow successfully next spring and provide information about funding improvements through federal farm programs.
Time & Location
Oct 21, 2024, 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Frogtown Farm, 946 Minnehaha Av W, St Paul, MN 55104, USA
About the event
This workshop will be a training for all urban growers in and around the Twin Cities. Three experienced farmers will be hosting. We'll be touring Frogtown Farm and demonstrating harvest and post-harvest techniques to help you grow in 2025 and discussing possibilities for funding urban ag improvements through federal farm programs.
The co-hosts for this event are Nura Ahmed, of Kilimo Farms, and Hannah Lewis, of Renewing the Countryside. Both are trained Connectors with Go Farm Connect, experienced in helping other farmers connect with USDA farm programs and staff. Lachelle Cunningham, Frogtown Farm Executive Director and Keanue Driscoll-Cherland, Frogtown Farm Manager, will talk about assistance and services the farm can provide to growers who lease land there. They will also take suggestions for what would be helpful for spring growing success.
They will be joined by USDA staff from the Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service who will…