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Tag Archives: soil health
Soil Health Week
Mark your calendar for Soil Health Week! In 2022, the Alliance’s Soil Health Farmer Caucus will work with state lawmakers to introduce a resolution that creates a day and week to celebrate one of Illinois’…
2022 Conservation Cropping Seminar
Protect our world while sustaining profitability Find ways to improve soil health, learn about cover crops, remain profitable—and even more marketable—by using sustainable techniques that build up natural resilience to weather extremes, pests, and weeds.…
Mark Your Calendar for Soil Health Week
Mark your calendar for Soil Health Week! March 7 - 11, 2022.
Conservation Program Deadlines & Application Windows are around the corner. Are you prepared?
Conservation Program Deadlines & Application Windows are around the corner. Are you prepared?
Join with farmers in our Soil Health Caucus for the First Annual Meeting in January!
Do you care about soil health? Thriving ecosystems? Economic viability for farmers who are stewarding our land and resources? You’re invited to attend the Soil Health Caucus’s First Annual Meeting in January! Soil Health Caucus…
Health Insurance partially funded for Soil & Water Conservation District Employees
Notice we said partially… not fully. The Illinois Department of Agriculture returns to its’ practice of designating funds from the soil and water conservation program by allocating $1 million to Soil Water Conservation Districts (SWCD)…
Alliance leaders featured in pilot of new Chicago climate podcast Housewarming
Click here to hear the episode Today is the launch of Housewarming, a brand new podcast exploring climate policy and solutions in Chicago and beyond. The first episode, by hosts Abby Wilson and Anni Metz, features…
Soil Health Summit
Join us for a Soil Health Summit on April 9 at the State House Inn in Springfield, bringing together farmers, organizations, agency officials, legislators, and other partners to explore how policy can enhance soil health and stewardship…
Support Conservation on Public Lands HB2819/Miller
Nearly every drop of rainfall that hits Illinois flows west and down to the Mississippi Gulf, carrying with it our soil and our runoff nutrients. Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution comes from wastewater treatment plants, industrial…