What happens when we slow down enough to notice what is happening beneath our feet? Buds in Bloom invites you to Below the Surface, a 2½-hour forest therapy experience exploring the living world beneath us.

Special Ohio Soil Health Week pricing: $10 per participant
Space is limited to 15 participants. Register here.

Celebrate Ohio Soil Health Week by joining the Environmental Professionals Network for a breakfast program exploring how Ohio-based regional farmer collaboratives are advancing soil health, water quality, and climate resilience. Featuring leaders from two Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) initiatives, this event will examine how outcome-based conservation approaches are creating new opportunities to reward farmers for the environmental benefits generated by healthy soils. Attendees will gain insights into the growing role of soil health incentives and conservation finance in supporting sustainable agricultural systems and delivering measurable environmental outcomes.

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Pasture, composting manure, soil health discussions.

Register by November 4 here.

Celebrate Ohio Soil Health Week with a tour of the Hirzel Farms facility in Luckey, Ohio. Learn about their various processes and services, including organic crop production, food-grade grain processing, composting, canning, and research. Hirzel Farms is dedicated to feeding their community and nurturing soil biodiversity, and they are committed to environmentally and socially responsible farming practices. 

Register for this free tour here.

Come celebrate Ohio Soil Health Week by digging into Cincinnati’s compost scene! We will spend the afternoon exploring how scraps get turned into soil at Common Orchard’s Camp Washington Perennial Farm with a guided tour from Farm Manager, Mel. Afterwards, you can join Julia from Queen City Commons on a walking tour of Northside’s compost drop off points. Wrap up the night with a well-earned drink alongside food system partners at Urban Artifact, courtesy of Ohio Organics Council.

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Join HC Regenerative Ag Group for an evening celebrating regenerative agriculture at The Orpheum in downtown Hillsboro. Good food, a great film, and a pasture-raised hog going home with one lucky guest.

Get your tickets here.

A Globe winning documentary film narrated by Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson, Groundswell shares a breathtaking journey across five continents showing a global movement of practical and proven regenerative farming practices that build living soil, store vast amounts of carbon, eliminate harmful inputs, and produce healthier, more nutrient-dense food. And it’s quietly reversing three interconnected crises facing us all: climate change, species extinction, and soil loss. Come see positive examples of how farmers, ranchers, scientists, change-makers, and Indigenous leaders are using regenerative agriculture practices to restore the planet one acre at a time. Join us after the film to connect with local organizations implementing these and other sustainable practices in our community!

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Ray Archuleta, a Soil Health Specialist, retired from NRCS, will be the keynote speaker. Ray speaks internationally on the value of no-till with cover crops and the role in building soil health. Danielle Kusner will speak on nutrient dense crops and how that translates to healthier people.

Jim Moseley, former Deputy Secretary, USDA, will share insights on USDA programs from the 1990s (he created EQIP), working with Bill Richards at SCS, and current programs and insights into future for no-till and cover crops.

Register by November 5 here.

Join composters, organics recyclers, government agencies, researchers, industry partners and other stakeholders from across Ohio for a full day of education, conversation and connection focused on moving organics recycling forward.

This year's conference will feature educational sessions, industry updates, networking opportunities and discussions about the issues and opportunities affecting composting and organics management in Ohio.

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Michael Watercutter, Conservation Agronomist and Founding Board Member of OhFARM will speak on the principals of regenerative agriculture and the opportunities for farmer-to-farmer mentorships in Ohio. The target audience is farmers and partners in agriculture. The Nature Conservancy Ohio Ag Team will host the zoom event as part of our monthly Lunch and Learn series. The goal is to increase farmer participation in mentorships and regenerative agriculture practices.

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Join Annie Warmke—longtime creator of innovative, community‑centered projects—as she shares how she pivoted from Blue Rock Station Sustainability Center and Farm to establishing Warmke Farm’s first urban food forest garden in the spring of 2023. What began as a 30' x 70' lot has now grown: in 2026 Annie added a new forest floor on the 30' x 60' lot next door to begin expansion of the original garden’s footprint and purpose.

For planning purposes people need to email annie@bluerockstation.com to register. There may be a need to create two separate times during the day depending on how many register.

Join us for an online workshop about cover cropping & no-till practices to benefit your soil health, presented by the Midwest Vegetable Growers Network.

You'll learn about a multitude of cover crop varieties & their uses, along with timelines for sowing & terminating, plus approaches to implementing & managing no-till or low-till practices in your operation. We'll also cover soil testing & other ways to assess your soil's vitality. Presenters are Patty Grimmer, farmer at Wonka's Harvest - a no-till, organic-practicing diversified vegetable farm in Wisconsin; accompanied by Rue Genger, Emerging and Specialty Crops Program Manager, & Dane Elmquist, Conservation Cropping Outreach Specialist, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension. They'll teach anyone interested in exploring no-till practices & planting into cover crops how to incorporate these approaches on your farm & reap the benefits of improved soil health.

Register here.

Join us for an afternoon celebrating Soil Health Week at The Foodbank, Inc.! We will have many hands-on activities for attendees to interact with, community partners, a seed swap, and educational presentations by local organizations surrounding the importance of composting in our communities, as well as a tour of The Foodbank's Urban Farm, and a documentary screening of Groundswell to follow!

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We want to understand, encourage, and celebrate the soil web of life plus how we create human systems of caring and sharing.

Join the virtual event here.

In celebration of Ohio Soil Health Week, The Ohio State University’s Agroecosystem Management Program (AMP) will host a free screening of Roots So Deep (You Can See the Devil Down There). The documentary explores how adaptive cattle grazing practices may restore soil health, improve farm profitability, enhance biodiversity, and mitigate climate change. The event will also highlight ongoing research by OSU AMP examining the environmental and economic impacts of different grazing systems.

Register here.

The goal of the event is to educate the local producers on different methods of cover cropping.

The local farmer presentations include:

• Brandt Family Farms - Various cover crop seed mixes and the benefits of each.

• Kevin Carr - Explaining drone cover crop seeding process and the advantages of this technique.

Register here.

Antioch College’s 2026 Soil Health Symposium, “Roots, Reach, and Responsibility: Connecting Soil Health to Food Forests and Pollinator Pathways for Community Impact,” will take place on Friday, November 13.

Hosted by the Antioch College Farm, this daylong gathering is free and open to all — students, faculty, gardeners, farmers, environmental professionals, nonprofits, community organizations, and neighbors from Yellow Springs and the region. It's about sharing knowledge and building community and capacity around soil health. Breakfast and lunch are provided, and a $25 per person donation is appreciated but not required.

Learn more and register here.

Policy and Pints is a series of fun social events with OEFFA Policy’s team, offering a chance to network with food and farm policy leaders from across the state. Learn about the work they do to advance state and federal policy, hear about opportunities to plug into advocacy efforts, and engage with other changemakers. Connect with other advocates at each event and join a fun game of bingo for a chance to win a local product prize! A portion of purchases at each event will be donated to OEFFA. 

OEC will host an Ohio Soil Health Week event centered on soil health education and live music at the Athens Farmers Market on 11/14, connecting Soil & Soul. OEC will share information about the foundational importance of soil health along with information about regional and statewide resources for further education. Regional partners who engage in different ways with Soil Health (such as Community Food Initiatives) will be welcome to join, ensuring an accessible, community‑focused event that elevates soil health through authentic farmer perspectives and familiar public spaces. OEC’s Southeast Ohio Regional Director Molly Jo Stanley will coordinate live music to complement the information booth, featuring various local musicians and songs that connect us with our roots and the Earth.

American ginseng is a high-value forest botanical with a long and illustrious history. It’s a native herbaceous species that occurs naturally in eastern deciduous forest understories of Appalachia. The plant is harvested for its medicinal root, and is threatened throughout most of its native range. This workshop, led by Tanner Filyaw, Rural Action Sustainable Forestry Director, will help participants gain a fundamental understanding of how to cultivate and manage American ginseng, using basic forest farming practices, and will also include a planting demonstration. Attendees will take home an ounce of ginseng seeds to plant on their property. Target audience includes forest landowners, forest farmers, medicinal plant growers and native plant enthusiasts.

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Land owners and managers in Southeast Ohio looking to improve their property, enhance local natural resources, or explore management programs are invited to attend Rooted in Resources.

The self paced event will allow attendees the opportunity to speak one-on-one with specialists across several key land management disciplines, including: Wildlife Habitat, Forestry, Pasture, and Soil Health. The team of professionals providing technical assistance will be promoting a broad range of techniques and practices that all relate to soil health.

Join us at Gorman Heritage Farm as we celebrate Ohio Soil Health Week with a family-friendly Soil Health Science Fair! Through hands-on experiments, interactive demonstrations, creative activities, and conversations with local experts, curious minds of all ages are invited to explore the fascinating world beneath our feet.

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Beneficial microbes and compost can transform soil health, but results depend on your soil's pH, texture and existing biology. Microbiologist Mopelola Oluwadare shows what the research says and how a simple side-by-side growth trial tells you what's worth buying, and how much to use.

Join the virtual event here.

9413 Sophia Avenue provided the foundation to envision and deploy a circular and localized group, to repurpose and remediate construction and demolition waste on a brownfield in Cleveland, Ohio. The truth is that a localized commitment to circularity has its challenges and barriers— and we can share what this looks like as we celebrate soil health and take a walking visit and circular support systems invitation to attendees.

Our time together will invite you into our soil journey to share a toxic-free and remediative landscape turned in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland-based composters Rustbelt Riders and Artist Malena Grigoli were vital to bringing this all together in partnership with My Grow Connect, Redhouse and Collective Citizens Organized Against Lead. We hope you will join us at 9413 Sophia Ave to celebrate soil health in Ohio and beyond.

Composting is an easy, economic, and essential practice that everyone can do to convert organic waste from our yards and kitchens into nutrient-rich soil. Join the Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District to discuss composting basics and benefits, different composting methods, and how to avoid common composting problems. Participants will have the chance to win a free kitchen compost pail!

Text or call (440) 506-3245 to RSVP or get more information.