The Soil Health Nexus is hosting a series of informal soil health webinars featuring Extension soil health experts and researchers from across the region, who will discuss the latest soil health research, resources, and news. The webinars take place monthly; they are an hour long, with a 20-minute presentation, followed by 10 minutes of Q&A, and then a casual 30-minute Digital Café where attendees can continue discussing the topic in more depth with Soil Health Nexus members.
Upcoming Digital Café Episode
How do Soil Health and Regenerative Agriculture Align?
Wednesday, February 18th at 2pm CT
Join us for the February edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café, where we discuss regenerative agriculture and soil health. What resources are needed to help farmers transition to regenerative agriculture? What resources are needed to support farmers on their soil health journeys? Do these align? How does organic agriculture fit in? Join us for an engaging conversation with fellow soil health and agriculture educators from across the region.
Latest Digital Café Episode
The Wisconsin Cover Crop Data Network: Reflections on 5 years of building a participatory data engagement and visualization platform
This webinar was originally broadcast on December 10, 2025
This December edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café, spotlights the Wisconsin Cover Crop Data Network (WCCDN). The WCCDN began in 2020 with just 15 farmers and the goal of addressing a gap in real-world local data about cover crop performance across Wisconsin. In 2025, they have 50-60 farmers participating each year, representing farms of different systems and sizes, from 3 to 10,000 acres. Together, they’ve built a unique farmer-led dataset and sharing platform on cover crop management and results in the region. They have learned about farmers’ experimentation and innovation with cover cropping and the types of data useful to farmers as they adapt cover cropping to their farm systems, locations, times, and other resources.
