CRAFT BEER l Dovetail, a German-style brewery in Chicago, seeks a taker for its spent grain that can be used for animal feed or composting..

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION l Anthropocene Alliance, an environmental protection coalition, is seeking to create State Organizing Committees...

ORGANIC FARMING l Real Organic Project — which believes food must be grown in soil to be organic — has opened certification applications

SUSTAINABLE FARMING l Early March brings a webinar on how corporate ag harms rural America, & a conference on sustainable covers and grains.

SOIL HEALTH l The first tranche of events of Illinois Stewardship Alliance's Soil Health Week (March 3-9) are posted & open for registration

FOOD NON-PROFITS l Frontera Farmer Foundation, created by Chicago Chef Rick Bayless, has opened applications for this year's farmer grants

FOOD NON-PROFITS l Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is holding a fundraising event on February 28 (4 p.m. to 9 p.m.) in East Troy, WI..

HEMP INDUSTRY l The Green Buffalo, a film on hemp as a building material, will be screened at a Chicago Patagonia store on February 19...

LOCAL FOOD l Our Chicago community roundup leads with an opening for a market manager at a groundbreaking, sustainability focused school...

FARMING CONFERENCES l Winter is farm conference season. Learn about four major upcoming gatherings, two each in Wisconsin and Illinois...