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Dig Into Illinois Soil Health Programming Next Week
- Bob Benenson
- Feb 24
- 2 min read
Annual Illinois Stewardship Alliance Event Has Informative Live and Virtual Segments
Protecting and regenerating the Illinois' vital soils is crucial to the well-being of farmers, eaters and the state's economy. That is the message behind the annual Soil Health Week, organized by Illinois Stewardship Alliance, which is coming right up next week. (March 2-8).
Here is a rundown of the week's informative and impactful virtual and live events, all focused on how important healthy soils are to building and sustaining a healthy food system. Click the button below to get descriptions of each of the segments.
All times are central time. Note: While the official dates are March 2-8, there is one additional event on March 10.
MONDAY, MARCH 2
9:00 a.m: How Conservation Planners, STAR, and Farmers Work Together to Achieve Soil Health — Virtual
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
9:00 a.m: Cover Crops to Feed Your Veggies- Carbon-to-Nitrogen Ratio 101 — Virtual
3:00 p.m.: Digging Deeper Into Cover Crops & N2O Emissions — Virtua
5:30 p.m.: No-till Cover Cropping System for Tomatoes and Peppers with a High Tunnel — Live — University of Illinois Dixon Springs Agricultural Research Station, Simpson, Illinois
6:00 p.m.: “Kiss the Ground” Film Screening — Live — Aledo Opera House, Aledo, Illinois
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
8:00 a.m.: Midwest Covers and Grain Conference hosted by Practical Farmers of Iowa — Live — Five Points Washington Community Center, Washington, Illinois
2:30 p.m.: Small Grain Infrastructure Workshop: Part of the Midwest Covers and Grains Conference — Live — Five Points Washington Community Center, Washington, Illinois
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
2:00 p.m.: Conservation Walk at the Illinois Soybean Association Agronomy Farm — Live — Heyworth, Illinois
5:30 p.m.: The 4th Annual Southern Illinois Soil Health Symposium —Live — Glacier's End, Marion, Illinois
6:00 p.m.: 2026 Soil Summit — Live — St. Rose Development Center, Breese, Illinois
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
10 a.m.: 90 Years Later: Learning From the Largest Windbreak Planting in the United States — Virtual
1:00 p.m.: Regen Ag: Nook and Cranny Style Farming — Virtual
4:00 p.m.: Knox Farm Celebrates Soil Health — Live — Knox College Farm, Galesburg, Illinois
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
10:00 a.m: Kick-off the 2026 Season of the Hope Garden — Live — Hope Center, Blue Island, Illinois
1:00 p.m.: Know and Improve Your Garden Soil — Live — Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery, Champaign, Illinois
1:00 p.m.: Container Planting Demonstration — Live — Slumbusters Historic Garden, Chicago
TUESDAY, MARCH 10
10:00 a.m.: Growing it Back and Keeping it Home — Live — Two Mile Creek Farm, Sullivan, Illinois
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