Healthy Roots & Clean Boots

🌱Healthy Roots & Clean Boots🌾

A Fun and Educational Soil Health Event for the Whole Family!

***Everyone who registers will be entered into a drawing for one of several door prizes!***

Join us for Healthy Roots & Clean Boots, a free, family-friendly event all about soil health and sustainable farming! Explore exciting, hands-on exhibits and demonstrations designed to teach both kids and adults about how farmers are caring for the land. There will also be several agricultural vendors on site, including consultants, product suppliers, and more!

Enjoy activities like:

Rainfall Simulator
Cover Crop Plots
Stream Table
Seeding Drone Displays
Soil to Snack
The Edible Underground
GeoSandbox Explorer
Equipment Displays
"Ask-a-Soil-Health-Farmer" Booth
And much more!

🍽️ A free-will donation meal will be served, with all proceeds supporting local soil health programs.

Come get your boots a little dirty and your minds growing!

Event Details

Cost: FREE!

Date: July 30th

Time: 5:00-8:00pm

Location: 1015 70th Ave SE, Murdock, MN 56271

Meal: Fresh grilled hamburgers, baked beans, apples, bakery cookies, chips

*PLUS*

Mini Donut Food Truck and Malt Machines

Interactive Family Activities

Ask a Soil Health Farmer
- Katie Johnson
- Luke Sanders
- Brody Lindquist
- Brady Wulf
- Scott Olson
- Ed Hegland
- Larry Mahoney
- Doug Schliep
Soil to Snack
The Edible Underground
Manure Matters
GeoSandbox Explorer
AgCentric Technology Trailer
Where's Your Watershed?
Stream Table
Plant It Forward

Geosandbox Explorer

AgCentric Technology Trailer

Rainfall Simulator

Slake Test

Demonstrations

Seeding Drones
Rainfall Erosion Demo
Wind Erosion Simulator (Gone With the Wind)
Infiltration Station
Soil Pit

Wind Erosion Demo

Displays

Cover Crop Plots (14 different plots!)
Cover Crop Root Display
Equipment Display (no-till drill, strip till machine, vertical tillage machine, manure spreader, silage equipment, tractors, combines)
Soil Your Undies
Native Plant Roots Interactive Display
Soil Health Tunnel

Soil Health Tunnel

Soil Warrior