These events are FREE to all CRAFT members, interns and employees. (CRAFT Farms MUST add interns/employees that want to attend CRAFT events. Cost is $10 each.)

Monday April 19    1pm – 4pm

Hoop House Construction:  A Hands-on Look at Season Extension
This is a working field day – come prepared to learn AND work

Peasants Plot Farm, Manteno, IL

Monday May 24    1pm – 4pm
Woodland Harvest: Permaculture on the Farm
Wellspring Farm, West Bend, WI

Saturday June 5    1pm – 4pm
Pigs, then more Pigs:  Diversifying the Vegetable Farm
Dea Dia Organics, Grayslake, IL

Thursday, July 8      2pm – 5pm

Quality and Abundance through Angelic Organics’ Fertility, Insect Control,
& Blight Control Programs
Angelic Organics, Caledonia, IL

Saturday, July 24    1pm – 4pm
On-Farm Poultry Processing
Pine Row Farm, Roscoe, IL

Monday, August 30    Time 1pm - 4pm, Potluck at Noon

Mulches Study on Vegetables:  Switch Grass, Straw, and Black Plastic
Scotch Hill Farm, Brodhead, WI

Sunday, September 12    1pm – 4pm

How Does Your Garden (Machinery) Grow?
Green Earth Institute, Naperville, IL

Sunday September 18      1pm – 4pm
Wild Farm:  Integrating Food Production and Conservation Practices
Sugar Prairie Wildlife Corridor, Rockton, IL

Saturday September 25     2pm into the evening

Biodynamic Preparations
Zinniker Farm, Elkhorn, WI

Monday, October 4    1pm – 4pm, Potluck at Noon

Choosing and Installing the Appropriate Fencing
This is a working field day – come prepared to learn AND work
This is also a Beginning Farmer Field Day – advisors will be on hand at this new farm
Hidden Marsh Farm, Hebron, IL

Wednesday, October 20    1pm – 4pm

Tomato Talk:  Out in the Field and In the Hoop-house
This is a working field day – come prepared to learn AND work
Kinnikinnick Farm, Caledonia, IL