The local Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) chapter will hold its April meeting from 1:30 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 27 at Seven Acre Dairy, 6858 Paoli Road, Paoli. 

The South Central, Dane, Kenosha/Jefferson/Racine and Walworth County WFU chapters are joining together to offer an educational event about Regenerative BioChar. The DNR’s Brian Zweifel and NRCS’s Kristin Foehringer will be on hand to talk about what BioChar is and how to make BioChar rich carbon for small scale farm or garden soil. 

The Ring of Fire BioChar making demonstration will be on the banks of the Sugar River alongside the Seven Acre Dairy at 1:30 p.m. followed by Q&A, talk, snacks and a 3:30 to 5 p.m. movie in the Seven Acre Dairy Hotel. Earth Conscious Film’s “The Need to Grow” movie showcases BioChar inventor, urban intensive small scale gardening, soil solutions and the fight for non-GMO foods. The award-winning movie is a family-friendly documentary. 

The event is free and open to all but reservations are required and seating is limited. RSVP to penny@stillpoint.farm.