This program will provide an overview of the diversity and ecology of native bees in Boulder County.  Wild bees play an integral role in both natural and agroecosystems.  Understanding the impacts of human environmental change on wild bee communities is thus paramount to agriculture and bee conservation.

Join Mad Agriculture’s Director of Stewardship, Clark Harshbarger, as he takes us through a geologic history of the Left Hand Valley and Haystack Mountain. To highlight the day's events, we will spend time identifying and describing inherent and dynamic soil properties, such as the soil’s horizons, aggregates, organic matter content and porosity in a soil pit at Haystack Farm.

Join us for an insider tour of Friends Farm, a two-acre biodynamic vegetable and herb farm at Nyland Cohousing! Whether you’re curious about the realities of regenerative farming or looking to get hands-on experience, this is your chance to dive deep into the nitty gritty of working with our climate and food system.