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We're excited to share our latest newsletter with you! Get to know our Program Coordinator, here about progress on the Upper Sugar Creek Watershed Project and our upcoming events. Check it out https://t.co/JEOljaGfiB
#newsletter#farmtotable#growyourown#farmers
Check out the Green Issues Summer Movie Series co-sponsored by Wabash College Library and League of Women Voters of Montgomery County. In Kiss the Ground, activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians turn to regenerative agriculture to work to save the planet's topsoil.
Thank you to everyone who came to our Farm Tour this past Saturday at Gillenwater Farms and Trinity Acres Farm. It was a great time for growers to connect and learn from another. Special thanks to our hosts Jordan Gillenwater, Gary Cox, and David Schamber.
Our plant pre-sale will be ending next Monday May 16th. We still have white oaks and tulip poplars left so get them while you still can! For those of you who bought plants from us already look out for an email from us about more details for plant pick-up next Friday May 20th.
So many of you loved the native plants that we had available that we are down to 4 species of plants for our pre-sale! Check them out before they're gone! https://t.co/s2RtzCTn5I
Happy Earth Day! Here are some easy steps you can take all year long to help our planet!
1. Reduce, reuse, recycle
2. Volunteer
3. Educate others
4. Conserve Water
5. Buy your clothes second hand
6. Grow your own food
7. Eat less meat
8. Bike more. Drive Less.
9. Plant a tree
We had a restock of some of our plants so the species we have available now include:
Black-eyed Susan
Allegheny Serviceberry
Redbud
Smooth Hydrangea
Tulip Poplar
Common Witch Hazel
Sycamore
White Oak
You can check out our plant pre-sale at https://t.co/tFY7125y0e.
The Soil and Water side of the USDA Office will be closed tomorrow (04/15) in observance of Good Friday. We will be open again on Monday (04/18).
Have a great weekend!
Climate change is happening. As we celebrate #NationalAgDay today we must commit to working together to combat its harmful impact by implementing climate-smart agriculture practices such as no-till and cover crops. https://t.co/qBrRvbel2Y
Join us on Tuesday March 22nd at noon to learn about the small changes you can make to your lawn management to help environment and save yourself time and money! This is a zoom event that you can register for at https://t.co/Wy1AnEhtwM. #conservation#backyard
Work has begun on a two year project to improve the water quality of the Upper Sugar Creek Watershed. You can contribute! If you have questions, concerns, or would like to learn more about what we're doing please join us for a meeting on March 16th. RSVP 👉https://t.co/PXEzGHw97U
#invasivespeciesweek was a fitting time to
hold our CISMA workshop/Call-out. We learned
some invasive species 101 from Amber Slaughterbeck
@SICIM35and how people in the county can get
involved with Montgomery County CISMA. Thanks to all who
stopped by!
We're almost sold out!! Our annual meeting is one week from today. Join us for dinner with guest speaker Lali Hess. The event is free but RSVPs are required as capacity is limited. RSVP here: https://t.co/mQnhDsUxp2 or call the office at 765-362-0405 extension 3.
Our annual meeting is coming
up on March 8th which includes a free dinner catered
by Juniper Spoon and a talk given by our speaker, and
the owner of Juniper Spoon, Lali Hess! If you would like
to attend please RSVP using the link 80
https://t.co/82sPGVRKXD by Tuesday March 1st.
We decided to reschedule our CISMA call-out/workshop for tonight to next week due to weather. It was rescheduled to March 3rd at 7 pm at the Crawfordsville District Public Library in Meeting Room A. Everyone stay safe!