MOSES Organic Farming Conference
microBIOMETER® attended the 33rd Annual MOSES Organic Farming Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin February 24-26th. The trade show was back LIVE after two virtual years with days full of keynote speakers as well as sessions on homesteading, livestock, water management, and soil health (our favorite!) Our own Laura Decker hosted a booth and spent most of the time running soil test demos and talking to folks about using the microBIOMETER®.
It was great to connect with Dallas McCann of White Feather Farm and hear how he is using the microBIOMETER®. White Feather Farm is participating in the Carbon Sponge Project. Also fun to run into the folks from ACRES USA (hosting the bookstore) as well as Organic Gem and Neptune's Harvest.
One of the most interesting booth finds was WWOOF USA, a cultural and educational program. Visitors, or ‘WWOOFers’, spend about half of each day helping out on a host farm. Here they learn about organic farming and sustainability, and receive free room and board during their visit – with no money exchanged between hosts and WWOOFers. WWOOFing is a way to learn practical farming skills, be part of the organic agriculture movement, and experience the heart of its culture.