Urban & Small Farms
Urban agriculture is growing across St. Joseph County, and we recognize the nature of urban and small-scale farms with come with different needs than traditional large-scale farms. We offer technical assistance and educational opportunities and administer financial support to help.
Soil Health Practices are integral to successful, regenerative agriculture. Urban soils are often depleted of nutrients and compacted, and may have contaminants, so it is important to test the soil and choose practices to improve the soil health when you're considering growing food.
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You can find more information on our Soil Health page.
Urban Soil Health is an Indiana organization working on educating on and advocating for improving soil health on Indiana's urban and diversified small-scale farms and gardens. Their website has a host of information focused on small farms: Urban Soil Health.
USH recently released a valuable new resource - Top 10 Small Farm Conservation Practices. Check it out!
Our local working group is SCRAP, St. Joseph County Regenerative Agriculture Partnership. Our goal is to promote soil health practices for urban and small farms in St. Joseph County.
We offer site visits and soil tests to urban and small farms throughout St. Joseph County. If you're interested, get in touch! 574-936-2024 x4 or info@stjosephswcd.org.
In addition to technical assistance, we offer educational opportunities throughout the year. Join our newsletter to find out dates and other information!