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Monday, February 8 - Grazing Management Telecall
Tuesday, February 9 - Grow Vegetables Year-Round Farminar
Tuesday, February 16 - Opportunities in Agroforestry Farminar
Thursday, February 18 - Stranger Creek Winter Livestock Workshop
Friday, February 26 - 2010 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
(SFMNP) Certification
February 25, March 3, 4 and 10 - Community Development Academy Tuesday, March 2 - Beginning Farmer Fishbowl 1 Farminar Thursday, March 4 - Smoky Hills Agritourism Workshop Tuesday, March 9 - Beginning Farmer Fishbowl 2 Farminar Friday, March 12 - 2010 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition
Program (SFMNP) Certification Tuesday, March 16 - Beginning Farmer Fishbowl 3
Farminar
Monday-Friday, March 15-19 - Renewable Energy Course
Friday, March 19 - 2010 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
Certification
Tuesday, March 23 - Beginning Farmer Fishbowl 4 Farminar 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 or to receive an email reminder of the call, please contact the Kansas Rural Center at 785-873-3431 or send an email to Connie Pantle, KRC’s Information & Education Coordinator at cpantle@rainbowtel.net Support for this networking opportunity comes from a partnership with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Farminar Series from Practical Farmers of Iowa Practical Farmers of Iowa continues the popular farm webinar "Farminar" Series with 8 new sessions in the months of January, February, and March. What's a Farminar? An interactive seminar broadcast over the internet with information slideshow, and audio presentation on farming topics. 90-minute farminars Tuesday nights this Winter feature topics of interest to beginning farmers. Winter Schedule
For more information, or to participate, just go to http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/farminar Stranger Creek Winter Livestock WorkshoP Mark your calendar for Thursday, February 18, when the Leavenworth County Conservation District and the Kansas Rural Center will host a winter livestock workshop for livestock producers in the Stranger Creek watershed and surrounding areas. The workshop will feature presentations on optimizing winter grazing and feeding strategies, livestock watering solutions, and services available for local producers. Door prizes will include a freezeless water tank, 150 feet of hardened surface for a feeding strip, and other exciting prizes. The workshop will be held at the Administration Building on the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds in Tonganoxie, KS, with registration at 9:30 AM. Sessions will begin at 10:00 AM and last until 2:00 PM, breaking for lunch which will be catered by Mr. Goodcents. To RSVP by February 12, call either Jason Schmidt, Kansas Rural Center – (864) 417-0272, or the Leavenworth County Conservation District – (913) 682-2133. 2010 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) Certification All Kansas farmers in any of 22 counties (see list below) that hope to accept checks from Seniors participating in the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) need to attend a certification meeting for the 2010 SFMNP, either by conference call or by visiting your local extension office. They must also complete the Farmers’ agreement located on the website: www.kdheks.gov/sfmnp The counties with this requirement are: Anderson*, Atchison, Bourbon, Cowley, Dickinson, Douglas, Finney, Franklin*, Harvey, Jefferson*, Johnson, Leavenworth, Lyon, McPherson, Osage*, Reno, Republic, Riley, Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte (*indicates a new county) Please make a note of the following dates and times to attend a session by phone. To participate, call (866) 620-7326 and when prompted, enter the Conference code: 6294786980. This is a toll-free number. Dates & Times:
The PowerPoint presentation is available on the website: www.kdheks.gov/sfmnp. If you would like to attend the training in person at your local extension office, please contact Jennifer Church at jchurch@kdheks.gov or 785-296-8060. You do not need to RSVP for the conference call option. Certification will be valid for 3 years. Smoky Hills Agritourism Workshop
The Smoky Hills Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Area, Inc. is
hosting the Smoky Hills Agritourism Workshop on Thursday, March 4.
The Agritourism Workshop begins with Registration at 8:30 a.m. at the
Township Hall in Rush Center, located one block west of the 4-way stop on
Highway K-96. Ben Allen of Kansas State University and Becki Rhoades of Kansas Department of Commerce are experts in the field of agritourism. They will be speaking about agritourism in Kansas, including regulations, promotion, and advertising. Shawna Oliver with Farm Bureau Financial Services will discuss high risk and liability insurance. A noon meal is included with your registration, and it will be served by the KEPK-Relay for Life Team. In the afternoon we will have Virtual Tours of Fairview Farms Alpacas, Wild Horse Canyon Bed & Breakfast and Cottage Lane Pumpkin Patch. The final session of the day will be a Panel Discussion with all the speakers. Vendors will also be available the day of the Workshop. Prior to March 1st, a $35 registration fee or $50 for a couple can be sent to the Smoky Hills RC&D at 320 South Sixth Street, Stockton, Kansas 67669. Registration on the day of the event will be $40 per person. Vendors can call the RC&D at 785-425-6647 or email Teresa Webb at teresa.webb@ks.nacdnet.net to register for display space. The vendor registration fee is $50. Current vendors include: Main Street Floral, ArchCraft, Donnetta Robin, Fairview Farms Alpacas, Country Place Bed & Breakfast, Farm Bureau Financial Services - Rush County, Flame Engineering, Golden Belt Telephone Association, Inc., Rush County Economic Development, LoveSmallTownAmerica.com, Southfork Meats and Stone-Post Designs.
CECD HOSTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY Kansas State University’s Center for Engagement and Community Development, with assistance from USDA Rural Development, will host the first Community Development Academy (CDA) February 25, March 3 & 4, March 10 in Independence, Kan. The CDA is a participant-centered workshop that engages volunteer teams in the development of community improvement strategies. No prior planning or community development experience is required, just the willingness to invest in community betterment. Interested participants are asked to put together a group of people (a team of five is ideal) from their community to participate in the workshop. During the training, teams will meet one to two days per week over a three week period. Between sessions, they will be given homework. During this three-week experience, community teams will be guided through a process that asks them to:
After the workshop, participants will have a characterization of their community, a community involvement plan and resources to help them in the process of reaching their goals. Communities are encouraged to recruit team members who have an active role in housing, community or economic development, or those who will have similar roles in the future. Teams are encouraged to include community leaders and youth participants. For teams of five or more, the training costs $125 per person; for teams of four or fewer, the cost is $150 per person. This fee covers all materials and meals for the academy. Thanks to the generosity of the SEK Economic Prosperity Foundation, scholarships may be available to southeast Kansas teams from communities with a population under 5000. Community members interested in scholarships should contact Erika Mason-Imbody (erika@k-state.edu or 785.532.6868) for application information. Applications and registration for the academy session are available online at www.k-state.edu/cecd/cda. This is an excellent opportunity for your community to organize for broad community assessment and project planning. CDA's will also be held in Hays in Fall 2010 and Manhattan in Spring 2011.
For more information, contact: Renewable Energy COURSE This training series at Colby Community College will acquaint the participant with the world of alternative energy. The curriculum includes guest speakers and field trips. Topics covered include wind power big & small, solar power, geothermal, biofuel/bioenergy and magnetic generation. College credit is available for the course. It will be held
from 7-10 PM March 15-19, 2010 at the Bedker Memorial Complex, located at
the SW corner of the campus of Colby Community College in Colby KS.
Click here for a Google Map of the location..
For more information contact: Tom Moorhous 785-460-5534 or Barry Kaaz 785-460-5429. Visit the CCC website for the course description and podcasts on Wind Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology.. ### Kansas Rural Center Links Who We Are Projects Calendar & News Policy & Advocacy Publications Wind Projects Heartland Network Kansas Food Policy Council Clean Water Farms Project Links Home Page © Copyright 2010, Kansas Rural Center. All rights reserved. |
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