Spring Cover Crop Management

Our spring session asks: What do you do with cover crops once winter ends? Together, we’ll explore practical approaches to managing overwintered cover crops as the growing season begins.

We’ll begin with a brief overview of cover crop species before heading into the fields to observe them growing and discuss management strategies used on both tractor-scale and hand-scale farms.

Whether you’re a farmer, land steward, or simply curious about soil health, this workshop offers practical insights to help you use cover crops more effectively.

• Cover Crop Management Techniques: Learn best practices for managing overwintered cover crops, including termination timing, residue management, methods for incorporating cover crop biomass, and preparing fields for the next crop.
• Field-Based Learning: Experience cover crops growing in Oxbow’s production fields and observe different species, mixes, and management approaches in action.
• System Integration: Understand how cover crops fit into broader farming and soil stewardship systems, including how to prepare fields for the next planting.

Anthony Reyes brings over 17 years of experience at the intersection of food, agriculture, and social justice, having worked with nonprofit farms across the West Coast. He was honored as WaSHI’s 2024 Producer of the Year, recognized for his community-rooted leadership in soil health and organic practices.

Anthony serves as a Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) mentor, supporting farmers across the region in their shift to certified organic growing. He’s the author of the Fertility Guide Companion and a frequent guest lecturer at seminars and conferences, including the Organic Farm School.

At Oxbow, we’re proud to celebrate Anthony not just for his accolades, but for the grounded, reciprocity-centered philosophy he brings into his practice every day. And honestly, we can’t get enough of his joyful tangents into topics including biomass and lignin content. His curiosity is contagious.

We’re excited to offer this workshop (valued at $30) for FREE, thanks to generous funding from 4Culture’s Doors Open grant and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP). To learn more visit organictransition.org.

All participants must register in advance—spaces are limited!

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Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center, 10819 Carnation Duvall Road Northeast, Carnation, United States

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