The Germinator Magazine Fall 2024
The Germinator – Fall 2024 Edition
Included in this issue of the Germinator you’ll find
- Featured articles and information about the financial side of farming
- Recap of 2024 Field Day Events
- State of NPSAS
- Value-added ideas for your farm or ranch
- Unique organic and regenerative agriculture funding source in Mad Capital
- Health Insurance in Agriculture
- Announcing 2025 Conference Speakers
- Innovation in Ag: Controlling weeds with laser
- Member Feature: The Venner Farm
- Pitchfork and Hoe
Check out The Germinator
Our Local Plate: Farmfest and Market
Enjoy Breakfast with Chef Beth Dooley, a James Beard Awarded Food Writer, for a Chef’s demo & talk featuring her cookbook: The Perennial Kitchen: Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future. Breakfast grazing table included in ticket price; book signing to follow.
Then onto the Farm Fest and Market where your ticket includes a meal from Heart-n-Soul Community Cafe. Featuring a Foraged Foods cooking demo with Chef Candace Stock, Farm-2-School champion, Shannon Nowak, a Locally-Sourced Ingredients panel hosted by Bjorn Solberg, and mulching demo from Whitewater Gardens Farm.
Plus, there will be on-farm fun all day, including a nature walk, farm tour, farmer’s market, guided kids activities, and more!
Shifting Gears
Shifting Gears – Learn to Drive Farm Equipment
If you or someone you know is looking to get into farming and needs to learn how to drive equipment, this event is for you. Whether you’re a retiree, a stay-at-home parent, a high school kid, or someone looking for a second income that didn’t grow up on a farm, take part in this event and drive an actual simulator to get the feel for the farm life.
Doubting Thomas Farm
12506 20th St N, Moorhead, MN
August 10, 2024
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Cost is $10
Register Here
Hands-on class helping to master manual transmission or
heavy equipment driving ages 16+.