Indiana Small Farms Conservation

05/06/2026

See you at 9am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81909196128

Join us Wednesday May 6 at 9am Eastern to hear from Sarah Finney of Finney Family Farm about their use of cover crops in high tunnels. She'll share how they use cover crops and other practices to build soil health, and what crops they grow in their rotation.🌱
➡ Zoom link on our website https://insmallfarms.org/take-action/events/small-farms-updates/

05/01/2026

Join us Wednesday May 6 at 9am Eastern to hear from Sarah Finney of Finney Family Farm about their use of cover crops in high tunnels. She'll share how they use cover crops and other practices to build soil health, and what crops they grow in their rotation.🌱
➡ Zoom link on our website https://insmallfarms.org/take-action/events/small-farms-updates/

04/01/2026

15 min till we start! Crop Rotations with Cover Crops, Mulch, and more!
📆Join Small Farms Updates April 1 9-10am Eastern
📍Zoom call: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81909196128

Ian Zeglin, Director of Garden Operations, will share some of Greenacres Foundation’s "tried and true" vegetable crop rotations and the detail of how you sequence cover crop, bed prep, mulching, crop planting, and bed flips. Soil health and conservation are integral to their production practices.

03/27/2026

Crop Rotations with Cover Crops, Mulch, and more!

📆Join Small Farms Updates April 1 9-10am Eastern
📍Zoom call: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81909196128

Ian Zeglin, Director of Garden Operations, will share some of Greenacres Foundation’s "tried and true" vegetable crop rotations and the detail of how you sequence cover crop, bed prep, mulching, crop planting, and bed flips. Soil health and conservation are integral to their production practices.

Greenacres Foundation is a non-profit based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their mission is education, research, and preservation. At their farm they grow diverse vegetables, along with pasture-raised livestock including cows, sheep, pigs, and poultry. They run a garden apprentice program, and perform research on the farm.

They recently took over operations at the Michaela Farm in Oldenburg, Indiana.

Learn more! https://green-acres.org/farm-market/

03/14/2026

With high winds and incredibly low temps on the horizon, we're canceling the Low Tunnel Build and Learn at DePauw's Ullem Student Farm this Sunday, March 15th. However, Thursday, March 19th from 9 - 11 AM, the student farm will host volunteers willing to help start the growing season off right! So stop by on Thursday if you can to lend a hand!

03/13/2026

We're sorry! Due to high winds and very low temperatures in the forecast, Sunday's Low Tunnel Build and Learn at DePauw's Ullem Student Farm has been canceled for Sunday's Living Farm Series. However, the student farm opens their arms to any volunteers on Thursday, March 19th from 9 - 11 AM to engage on-farm and start the growing season off right!

03/05/2026

📣 Calling all small farmers! We'd love to come out to your farm. Would you like a site visit and some soil tests? Have conservation planning goals? Like to chat about Farm Bill programs like EQIP? (🤓psssst there are a lot of small-farm applicable practices). We would be honored to learn about all the awesome things you're growing and your farm's vision.🌱 Let us know via this form and we'll be in touch.
➡ https://forms.gle/BetXeJWzievQwLTg9

03/03/2026

The Indiana Horticulture and Small Farm Conference kicked off today. It’s wonderful to see familiar faces after the past year. The strength of relationships between growers is evident; everyone cares deeply about each others’ success.

Our coworker Megan Ayers shared her own farm experience up on the stage during the luncheon farmer panel on mistakes and learning opportunities. When she started Unvarnished Farm in Southeast Indiana she shared “my number one priority was going to be adding life back by all means… I changed my mindset, and I fully build in failure every year. I had to have a more experimental mindset. I encourage you all to try something new.” Thanks Megan for sharing your experience.

Purdue Diversified Farming and Food Systems
Indiana Horticulture & Small Farm Conference

02/24/2026

Sign up for this part of the Living Farm Series which will teach you all about Season Extension and Conservation!

This session will be held in Marion County at Soul Food Project Indy Farm.

Event date is Saturday, March 7th and it will be held 2 - 5 pm.

Link to RSVP for this free event: https://insmallfarms.org/events/living-farm-series-indianapolis-in/

02/04/2026

Sign up for this part of the Living Farm Series which will teach you all about Season Extension and Conservation.

This session will be held in Vanderburgh County at Seton Harvest Farm.

Event date is February 15th and it will be held 2 - 5 pm.

Link to rsvp for this free event: https://insmallfarms.org/.../living-farm-series-seton.../