Presentations from 2017 Conference
Below are presentations from KRC’s 2017 Farm & Food Conference, held November 17-18, in Manhattan, Kansas.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Room 1
Diversifying/Intensifying Crop Rotations in Semiarid Environments – Strahinja Stepanovic
Economics of Organic No-Till Sweet Potatoes – Tom Buller
How to Write a Successful Farmer/Rancher SARE Proposal – Kerri Ebert and Tom Buller
Room 2/3
Promoting Farmers Markets in Kansas – Farmers Markets of Kaw Valley, From the Land of Kansas, Douglas County Food Policy Council, Perry Lecompton Farmers Market
Defining Our Purpose, Values and Vision for the Sake of Our Future – A Practical Application – Pastor Roberson
Room 4
The Future of Organic: An Overview of the Status of Organic Practices and Certification – Jack Geiger, Jackie Keller, and Ed Reznicek
Specialty Crop Opportunities in Kansas – Kansas Department of Agriculture
Room 5
Building Resilience from the Ground Up: Conservation Practices ad Cover Crops in Specialty Crop Production – Tom Buller, Jim French
Ballroom
KEYNOTE: What Can One Person Do? The Perspective of a Long-Time Activist – Denise O’Brien
KEYNOTE: Recognizing the Adaptive Challenges of Defining Our Purpose, Our Values, Our Vision for the Sake of Our Future – Pastor Roberson
Southwest Kansas: A Panel on the Region’s Agriculture, People and Food – Johnathan Aguilar, Natalie Fullerton, Don Stull
Local Food Councils in Kansas: Addressing Food and Health Equity in Our Communities – Missty Lechner
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Room 1
Climate, Health and Resilience: Connections and Conversations – Dorothy Barnett and Rachel Myslivy
Portable Grazing System for Goats on Invasive Weeds and Brush – Jody Holthaus
Exploration of a Mobile Meat Marketing Unit – Rosanna Bauman
Room 2/3
Share Your Story and Shape Policy: 2018 Farm Bill – Jim French and Anna Johnson
Room 4
When Tyson Comes to Town – Don Stull, Terry Spence
How Agroecological Farming Practices Can Help Improve Crop Production and Grazing Systems and Create a More Resilient Future – Dr. Marcia DeLonge, Union of Concerned Scientists
Room 5
Increasing Biodiversity, Carbon and Forest Products in Your Woodlands – Bob Atchison, John DuPlissis
Carbonomics – Keith Berns
Ballroom
“The Past, Present and Future of Sustainable Agriculture.” – Ferd Hoefner, Senior Policy Advisor, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Remembering Gil Alexander – Johnella Holmes, Kansas Black Farmers Association
Panel on Diversity in Kansas: The People and Cultures of Food and Farming – Johnella Holmes, Matthew Kost, Bertha Mendoza
Local Food Procurement in Kansas: Updates and Future Vision – Tina Khan, Rebecca McMahon, Rachael McGinnis-Millsap, Andrea Northup
2018 Kansas WEALTH (Water, Energy, Air, Land, Transportation and Health) Policy Preview – Dorothy Barnett, Paul Johnson, Rachel Myslivy, Zack Pistora