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Road to Health Focuses on Taste and Well Being
The Road to Health workshop at Menoken Farm brought community members together to explore how taste, pleasure and authenticity shape human nutrition, featuring food‑research advocate Mark Schatzker as the keynote speaker.
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Soil Health Principle 1 – Soil Armor
Agriculture has a long history of bare soils, even contributing to the downfall of past civilizations. Bare soils come with several challenges, such as prone to wind and water erosion, temperature extremes, moisture extremes, rainfall compaction, salinity, and many...
60-Inch Corn &Cover Crops
What: 60-Inch Corn & Cover Crops Where: Menoken Farm-Burleigh County Soil Conservation District When: May 2020 Why: Provide crop diversity and enhance sunlight harvest 60-inch corn rows provide the window of opportunity...
Fifteen Inch Spring Wheat
What: 15-Inch Spring WheatWhere: Menoken Farm-Burleigh County Soil Conservation DistrictWhen: May 2020Why: Providing crop diversity with a biennial cover crop.Rethinking spring wheat production in the Northern Plains. A broadleaf biennial cover crop, such as sweet...
Rain Barrels
CONSERVATION... Our Purpose. Our Passion. What is a Rain Barrel? A rain barrel is a catchment system designed to store rain water running off a roof, usually attached to a downspout. Benefits of using a rain barrel: Help lower...