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Saturday February 12, 2012 - Kaw Valley Seeds Project Fair
Monday, February 13, 2012 - Grazing Management Telecall
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - North Central KS Commercial Enterprises
Workshop
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - Resourceful Kansas Seminar
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - Resourceful Kansas Seminar
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - Resourceful Kansas Seminar Grazing Management Teleconference Conversations Join other grazers from across the state of Kansas in a telephone conversation with Kansas State University’s Gary Kilgore and Keith Harmoney at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of the month. Hosted by the Kansas Rural Center, these informal discussions will cover all aspects of grazing management. Who should participate? What’s the benefit to me? How do I participate in the call? Anyone can join in the call by simply dialing in 1-888-387-8686. You will then be prompted to dial in a Conference Room Number. Please dial in 4699043 and follow it with the # sign. This will be a toll free call. You are welcome to leave or join the call at anytime between 7:30 and 9 pm. For more information please contact Jason Schmidt at
316-461-3243. Support for this networking opportunity comes from a partnership with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. KRC
Legislative and Policy Watch Project;
Starting January 2012, the Kansas Rural Center will sponsor year two of its Legislative and Policy Watch Project. With this project, KRC will offer Weekly E-Alerts during the State of Kansas Legislative Session, and updates and alerts on the development of the 2012 federal farm bill throughout the year. Paul Johnson, Perry, Ks., farmer and former lobbyist for a consortium of church groups, will be staffing this effort. With state budget woes continuing and Governor Brownback and his cabinet team in their second year, KRC will monitor the state legislature for decisions affecting a diversified agriculture, the environment, our natural resource base, and consumers, as well as to promote a local and regional food system. To sign up for this service, please download this form
and return it to Kansas Rural Center.
The project is possible due to a bequest from Jan Garton, Manhattan, who died in 2009, and left KRC a generous gift. These project services include:
### Regional Farmers Market Workshop Scheduled in Allen County With the current economic situation, producers and consumers alike are looking for local, sustainable food sources. Come catch a vision of how Farmers’ Markets can be an increasingly viable venue for fresh, locally grown food. A free Farmers’ Market Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, December 3, 2011, at the Townhouse West Assembly Room, 217 N. Washington, Iola, KS, from 9:00 to 4:00 for all who are interested in vending, managing or anything in between. A soup lunch will be provided. Pre-registration is requested in order to provide all attendees with take-home materials and plenty of lunch. Workshops include “Production Techniques to the Lengthen the Garden Season” and “Consider Marketing at Farmers Markets a Business, Not a Hobby” with David Coltrain, K-State Research & Extension Agent, River Valley District, Horticulture and Community Development. Katherine Kelly, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Cultivate KC, will present “Market Customers Eat With Their Eyes”. Laura Christensen, will talk about “Post Harvest Handling” and Eileen Nichols will share “Confessions of a Small Town Market Manager – working with vendors, volunteers and the community”. Tracey Graham, Chapter Coordinator of the Our Local Food-Twin Rivers, will discuss “Electronic Bank Transfer at the Market” and “Rapid Market Assessment”. Workshop partners include Allen County Farm Bureau, the Kansas Rural Center and the Our Local Food program with funding assistance from Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops, and the USDA Specialty Crop Grant Program, through a sub-grant from the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Sponsored by: KRC Our Local Food Program, Allen County Farm Bureau. For more information, go to: www.ksfarmersmarkets.org To register online, click here. Delaware WRAPS BMP Cost-Share Program Open House December 14 Crop and livestock producers in the targeted areas of the Delaware River watershed have the opportunity to receive cost-share for crop and livestock conservation practices through a new program sponsored by the Delaware River WRAPS and K-State Research and Extension. This program, known as a Best Management Practices Auction can provide producers with up to $5,000 on select practices within targeted areas.
Cropland practices eligible for cost-share include: establishing vegetative buffers, no-till farming, building water retention structures or sediment basins, establishing or repairing grassed waterways, converting cropland to permanent vegetation, subsurface fertilizer application, and planting cover crops. Livestock practices eligible for cost-share include: relocating feeding pens away from stream or water source, establishing vegetative filter strips around feeding pens, relocate pasture feeding site away from stream or water source, rotational grazing systems, and installing alternate water sources from a pond or stream. Two open houses are scheduled where producers can learn more about the auction and receive help completing an application for cost share. Producers can come and go at their convenience during the scheduled open houses.
For additional information, please contact Marlene Bosworth, Delaware WRAPS Coordinator at 785-284-3422 or mkbosworth@northwindts.com Applications can be picked up any time at the County Extension Office or the Glacial Hills RC&D office in Wetmore, Ks. Application deadline is January 31, 2012. Applications will be evaluated based on water quality improvements per dollar spent. The most efficient practices in targeted areas will be funded first. Kaw Valley Seeds Project Fair The Kaw Valley Seeds Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a Local Living Seed Reserve by fostering a network of people committed to growing and eating, sharing and bartering, buying and selling, primary seed varieties of the Kansas River valley. In addition our goal is to educate the general public about the pleasures of growing their own food by teaching them how to save, store, and plant seeds from their own garden, and where to obtain organic or local seed lines. In order to further our mission, we invite you to join us for our third annual Kaw Valley Seeds Project Fair on Saturday, February 11, 2012, in Building 21 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper Street, Lawrence, KS, from 10am to 3pm, by securing a booth for your organization. The event is being sponsored this year by the Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners and Kansas Area Watershed Council. We will have tables for the public to share and exchange seeds, educational exhibits, local producers including food vendors, demonstrations, and a children’s activity center. Last year’s event was very successful and fun, and we expect this year to be even bigger. If you were a vendor with us last year, we are holding a space for you. Please complete and return your application with your booth fee donation by Friday, January 6, 2012 to confirm your participation. If you are new to the Seeds Fair, please complete the application and return to us with your booth fee donation by Friday, January 6, 2012. Space is limited, and new vendors will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Questions? Please call or email Jessi Asmussen, 785-856-0622, mellowfields@gmail.com Full exhibit/vendor list and schedule will be posted on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kawvalleyseeds
Commercial Enterprises Workshop for North Central Kansas: On Saturday February 25 there will be a day long workshop, "North Central KS Commercial Enterprises: Production, Marketing and Management Workshop" addressing production, management and marketing of vegetables and fruit on a commercial scale. The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Washington High School, 115 North D Street, Washington, KS. Google map link The workshop sessions include: moving your hobby into a business, direct marketing strategies, vineyard and grape production, growing raspberries and blueberries, no till vegetable production, High Tunnel production, marketing at a roadside stand, marketing to restaurants and other institutions, and more. This workshop is sponsored by River Valley Extension, Kansas State University Extension and Washington County Farm Bureau. Registration is $25 for the first registration, and $15 for partners ; students are $10. Registration meal deadline is Feb. 15. Add $10 to your registration after Feb. 15. For more information contact David Coltrain at 785-325-2121, or coltrain@ksu.edu
RESOURCEFUL KANSAS QUARTERLY SEMINARS Resourceful Kansas, funded through the U.S. Department of
Energy, is accepting applications from Take a tour of the Riley County facility and observe
first-hand the operations of renewable energy In addition to the hands-on tour, the seminars will provide information on the following topics:
Select organizations will be eligible for a free, on-site
energy assessment conducted by GBA Architects + Who is eligible to apply?
Seating is limited! For more information or to apply online, see: www.resourcefulkansas.org Contact: David Carter, KSU Pollution Prevention Institute at 785-532-4998 or dcarter@k-state.edu
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