July 19, 2024: Many Paths to Soil Health at Stapleton Farms
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The Uplands Watershed Group and local and regional agricultural professionals gathered recently at Joe Stapleton’s farm near Spring Green...
canderas
Jul 27, 20232 min read
July 18, 2023: Otter Creek Farm Systems Field Day
On a beautiful, sunny, July day in Spring Green, we gathered on Otter Creek Organic Farm to hear from farmers Gary Zimmer and Patrick...
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canderas
Dec 22, 20222 min read
December 15, 2022: Farmland Forever
Thanks to all who attended and especially to our two speakers, Uplands farmer Dick Cates and American Farmland Trust's Alison Volk. Get...
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canderas
Oct 4, 20222 min read
In Grateful Memory of Paul Bickford
For a soft-spoken man, Paul Bickford was larger than life. Several Uplands farmers and Michael Fields Ag Institute staff and board...
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canderas
Sep 23, 20223 min read
September 1, 2022: Building soil with cover crops, crop rotations, and no-till
Tom and Stacie Novak hosted a field day on Thursday September 1 at their dairy farm in Highland, Wisconsin. Novak Farms is one of the...
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canderas
Sep 23, 20222 min read
July 27, 2022: Protecting vulnerable streambanks
Over fifty people gathered at two farms along beautiful Otter Creek in Iowa County on July 27, learning and exchanging strategies for...
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canderas
Sep 23, 20221 min read
May 28, 2022: A Walk With The Kids, Small Ruminant Field Day
The adults were huffing and puffing, and children were scampering up and down the hills like billy goats. The weather was perfect -...
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UplandsGroup
Aug 31, 20212 min read
August 2021 Field Day
A friend's phone displayed the radar image five minutes before the August 27 field day of Iowa County's Uplands Farmer-Led Watershed...
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UplandsGroup
Feb 2, 20211 min read
January 2021 Virtual Farm Tour - Opportunities with Silvopasture
On January 27th, the Iowa County Farmer-led Uplands Watershed group hosted their virtual farm tour, "Opportunities with Silvopasture:...
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UplandsGroup
Dec 16, 20201 min read
December 2020 Virtual Field Event - Tiny Grazers with Big Soil Health Dreams
On December 11th, the Iowa County Farmer-led Uplands Watershed group hosted their first virtual field event, "Dung Beetles--Free Labor...
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UplandsGroup
Jun 29, 20191 min read
June 2019 Field Day
On June 30th, 2019 the Uplands Watershed Group hosted a "Grain Chain" field day at Meadowlark Organics Farm.
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UplandsGroup
Nov 13, 20184 min read
Fishers, Farmers Continue Tradition
DODGEVILLE, Wis. – A seafood dinner hosted by the Uplands Watershed Group at Folklore Village in Dodgeville has become an annual...
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UplandsGroup
Nov 1, 20183 min read
Conservation-Practice Economics Calculated
DODGEVILLE, Wis. – Whether conservation can pay is a question on the minds of many farmers. It was a topic of discussion at a recent...
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UplandsGroup
Oct 30, 20181 min read
October 2018 Conservation Celebration Dinner
On October 23rd, 2018 the Uplands Watershed Group hosted a Conservation Celebration Dinner.
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UplandsGroup
Oct 30, 20181 min read
October 2018 Field Day
On October 24th, 2018 the Uplands Watershed Group hosted a "Can Conservation Pay?" Field Day at Ryan & Krista Dolan's farm.
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UplandsGroup
Jul 30, 20181 min read
July 2018 Farm Tour
On July 27, 2018 the Uplands Watershed Group hosted a "Keeping Water in Our Soil" farm tour at the Joe Stapleton and Cates farms.
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UplandsGroup
Feb 8, 20181 min read
The Louisiana Connection - Wisconsin Foodie
Travel the Mississippi to see the effects of farm runoff on Bayou fisheries. Margaret Krome of the Michael Fields Institute rallies...
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