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Monday, July 13 - Grazing Management Telecall
Monday, July 13 - Starting and Managing a CSA
Wednesday-Friday, July 15-17 - 3rd National Conference on Sustainable
Agriculture Education
Friday, July 17 - Cedar Valley Farms To Host Field Day
Monday, August 10 - Grazing Management Telecall
August 11-13 - 2009 Tallgrass Range School
Friday, August 15 - Grazing Workshop
August 18-20 - 2009 Mid-Shortgrass Range School 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. Starting and
Managing a CSA CSAs have gained in popularity of late and are a great way to connect with your customers. However, they do require planning, organization and reliable production. Everyone is welcome, but this workshop will focus on current or prospective growers who are considering beginning a CSA or who are in their first year or two of growing for a CSA and would like more information about managing a CSA. Registration is $15 per person. (See form below) Agenda: 4:00 – 5:00 Getting Started with a CSA Directions to Kearney Commercial Bank: From 1-35 N,
take MO 92 (Exit 26 - Kearney/Excelsior Springs).
Contact: Cedar Valley Farms To Host Field Day Cedar Valley Farms will host a field day on Friday July 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Bauman Family, owner-operators of Cedar Valley Farms, are best known for their pastured chicken and eggs, but their farm, located near Garnett, is a diverse family farm that also produces beef, lamb, turkey, duck, milk and traditional row crops. Topics covered will be poultry brooder management, electric fence systems, balanced feed rations, and inspector relations, or how to meet regulatory standards, and a cost-cutting round table. The field day is sponsored by the Kansas Rural Center’s Farmer Educator Program. The field day will be at the farm located at 24161 N.W. Kentucky Road, Garnett, Ks. Lunch will be available for purchase.
Please RSVP by July 10 by calling the Bauman’s at 785-448-2239. For further information, contact Mercedes Taylor-Puckett, KRC’s Farmers’ Market Project Coordinator at mercedes.taylorpuckett@gmail.com or 785-840-6202. 3rd National
Conference on Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture Education Students and faculty in the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, in cooperation with Marshalltown Community College and Michigan State University, have organized three days of cutting-edge, participatory-based programming. Conference participants will have the opportunity to lead in-depth discussions, share experiences, and exchange resources in a variety of thematic topics, including:
Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit local learning farms. Regional food, art, and lively music will be featured throughout the meeting, concluding with an Iowa-styled supper! To support the Marshalltown Community College Entrepreneurial Agriculture Program’s GLove Project, we request that participants bring new work gloves of any size or type. These will be distributed to local farm workers and immigrant horticultural workers. To register, or for more information, see the conference website.
### Saturday August 15, grazing expert Jim Gerrish will conduct a one day workshop on grazing management in Holton, Kansas, at the EUM Church's Family Life Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The church is located at 227 Pennsylvania Street. Topics will include the basics on Management Intensive Grazing, Creating Quality Pastures, and Extending the Grazing Season. Gerrish and his wife Dawn own and operate American GrazingLands Services out of May, Idaho. Jim's experience includes over 20 years of beef-forage systems research and outreach while on the faculty of the University of Missouri a the University's Forage Systems Research Center. His research encompasses many aspects of plant-soil-animal interactions and provided the foundation for many basic principles of Management Intensive Grazing. Jim's research and outreach work have been recognized with awards from the American Forage and Grassland Council, Missouri Forage and Grassland Council, National Center for Appropriate Technology, USDA-NRCS, the Soil and Water Conservation Society, and Progressive Farmer. Sponsors include Jackson County Conservation District, Kansas Rural Center, Middle Kansas and Delaware River WRAPS, Kansas Grazing Land Coalition, NRCS, Four Seasons Grazing Cluster, Meadowlark Extension District, and KDHE. Registration is $20 per person. which includes lunch. Registration is due by August 7 to the Jackson County Conservation District, 307 Montana, Holton, Ks. 66436. For more information call 785-364-4638 Ext. 136.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has provided financial assistance to this project through EPA Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grant and Kansas Water Plan funds. ### 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 2007, Kansas Rural Center. All rights reserved. |
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