Registration Deadline Extended to 5pm CST on July 23.
Join the Chicago Wilderness Alliance and our Growing with Agriculture Green Vision Initiative Team for a very special Field Day to learn about the diversity, history, preservation, and innovation of agriculture taking place in Northwest Indiana.
Visit agricultural sites around the region that are rooted in sustainable farming practices, committed to community wellness, climate-friendly, and focused on farmland preservation. Along the way, you will meet farmers, conservationists,
and other agriculture-curious people from the region.
No matter your field of expertise, all are welcome to join us for this informative day of professional development and networking! View a flyer about the farms and partners.
Tickets are $50 per person and we are limited to 50 participants only.
Details
Date: Wednesday, July 24
Time: 8am-4pm pm CST (see schedule below)
Cost: $50 per person, lunch and bus included; no-questions-asked scholarships are available
The trip will take place rain or shine, so please dress for the weather.
Schedule (all times CST and subject to change)
8:00am – Meet at Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District,
Crown Point, IN
8:10am – Travel by bus to Perkins Good Earth Farm
8:45am – Perkins Good Earth Farm tour
9:45am – Travel by bus to Wappel Grain and Herb Mint Farm; bus speaker: NWI Food Council
10:15am – Wappel Grain and Herb Mint Farm tour
11:15am
– Travel by bus to Design Barn
11:45am – Lunch and presentations at Design Barn; presentations by Porter County Farm Bureau, Purdue Extension, Design Barn
1:00pm – Travel by bus to Meadowbrook Nature Preserve Farm; bus speaker: Shirley Heinze Land Trust
1:30pm – Meadowbrook Nature Preserve Farm Program
2:30pm
– Travel by bus to Dale B. Engquist Nature Preserve Area; bus speaker: Porter County Soil & Water Conservation District
3:00pm – Farmland Conservation and Wetland Restoration Program
4:00pm – Return to Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District
4:45pm – Optional social at Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District
Need any ADA or other accommodation? Please contact Laura Reilly.
Sponsor the Growing with Agriculture Northwest Indiana Field Day
Your support is critical to making this Field Day possible, and to providing scholarships for attendees who do not have the funds to attend.
Your sponsorship will:
- Show your support for conservation in your local community and the region
- Strengthen your business relationships
- Provide opportunities for networking with diverse stakeholders
- Demonstrate your commitment to urban forestry and other urgent conservation issues
Click on links below or download the sponsorship flyer
Growing with Agriculture Field Days Sponsorship Levels
- Four complimentary tickets to Field Day
- Organization name/logo featured on promotional materials, Alliance website, and during the event
- Opportunity to address the group on the bus
- Thank you on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn
- Purchase your $2,500 Field Day Bus Host Sponsorship
- Two complimentary tickets to Field Day
- Organization name/logo featured on event materials and Alliance website
- Opportunity to speak at the event
- Thank you on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn
- Purchase your $1,000 Field Day Food Sponsorship
Field Day Supporter Sponsor: $500
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