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This is a replay of NCAT’s third annual national conference. This free virtual convening will feature renowned speakers and showcase farm stories that make the connection between our changing climate, healthy soils, and farm productivity and resilience. We will hear from farmers and ranchers who are producing food, fiber, and fuel in ways that restore and maintain landscape health and mitigate greenhouse gases. We will hear from producers who have come to understand the centrality of carbon to agroecosystems. We will share stories of people coming together to support each other in challenging times. We will leave you with an understanding of climate beneficial agriculture and actions you can take on your own land to make your farm and your local community resilient in the long term. Week 1 will focus on Climate and Soils, week 2 on Ecosystem Health, and week 3 on Community Resiliency. Topics include carbon farm planning, fertilizer reduction, agroforestry, grazing for climate, farm and ranch resiliency, and the power of community.

Restoring prairie from cropland has well-known benefits to soil health – at least to the soil directly underneath the prairie.  How might prairie strips, or contour plantings of native prairie species embedded in row crop fields, affect the surrounding soil and crops? This Digital Café will feature Dr. Marshall McDaniel, Associate Professor at Iowa State University, who will discuss this question and provide key answers.