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Presentation from the November 20, 2010
Kansas Rural Center Sustainable Agriculture Conference
"Connecting Cows, Carbon, and Carrots: Making Sense of Our Food
Future"
Keynote by Joel Brown, USDA NRC
Climate Change and Agriculture: Challenges and Responses
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PDF (large file - 6 megs)
Cows & Crops - Ecological Approaches to Farming: Models and
Practices for a Sustainable System
- Mary Fund & Ed Reznicek, KRC
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Presentation PDF (large file - 1.4 megs)
Hoop Houses 101
- Dan Nagengast, KRC
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Presentation PDF (large file - 6.5 megs)
Kansas Smoke Management: Melding Legislation and Production
Practices to Preserve Prairie Ecosystems
- Carol Blocksome, KSU
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Presentation PDF
Patch-Burn Grazing the Prairies of Kansas
- Cade Rensink, KSU
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Presentation PDF (large file - 4.3 megs)
Bio Char
- Jeff Schahczenski, NCAT
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Presentation PDF (large file - 6.8 megs)
Opportunities for Local and Regional Food in Kansas
- Scott Allegrucci, KRC Board; Rhonda Janke, KSU; Dan Nagengast,
KRC
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Allegrucci Presentation PDF (Envisioning a Local Food Economy)
Download Janke
Presentation PDF (Food Systems in Kansas) (large file - 5
megs)
Growing Healthy: School and Community Gardens
- Kirk Cusick, WCFEC; Candice Shoemaker, KSU; Jennifer Smith, KSRE
Download Cusick
Presentation PDF (Whispering Cottonwood Farm) (large file -
1.6 megs)
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Shoemaker Presentation PDF (School Gardens) (large file - 1.6
megs)
Download Smith
Presentation PDF (Lawrence Community & Learning Garden)
Specialty Crop Insurance
- Jeff Schahczenski, NCAT
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Presentation PDF (large file - 3.5 megs)
GAPs–Good Agricultural Practices for Food Safety
- Pete Garfinkel & Mercedes Taylor-Puckett, KRC
Link to Cornell Intro
to GAPs Presentation PDF (large file - 4.3 megs)
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Grower Self-Assessment Presentation PDF (large file - 3 megs)
Scaling-Up and Diversifying: A Tale of Two Farmers
- Tom Buller and Jill Elmers, Common Harvest Farms
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Presentation PDF (large file - 1.6 megs)
Food Policy Councils
- Eileen Horn, Douglas County Food Policy Council; Babara LaClair,
Kansas Food Security Task Force
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Presentation PDF (large file - 2.6 megs)
Financial and Resource Assistance for Sustainable Ag Farms
- Karissa Berks, USDA Rural Development; Kerri Ebert, Kansas-SARE
- Mari Tucker, Kansas Department of Commerce-Rural Development
Download USDA RD
Presentation PDF (Rural Business Cooperative Loan Program)
(large file - 1.3 megs)
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KDoC RD Presentation PDF (Value-Added Loan Program)
Farm Bill 2012: What Does the Future Hold?
- Paul Johnson, KRC Board; Troy Schroeder, Kansas Wildlife Foundation;
Donn Teske, Kansas Farmers Union
The 2008 Farm Bill included some positive programs for sustainable
agriculture and food security. Join our panel to discuss the next
Farm Bill–what to protect, what to change, and how to make it work
for our food future.
Download Presentation PDF (Paul Johnson's)
The Kansas State University (KSU) radio program "Agriculture
Today" broadcast a 10-part series on topics related to prescribed
burning and smoke management. These 8-minute broadcasts are archived on
the
K-State "Agriculture Today" website.
In some cases, videotapes of the interviews are also available.
PowerPoint
presentation of Rhonda Janke at May 31, 2008 conference on
"The Future of Food in the Kansas River Valley" in Lawrence, Ks.
3.1 meg pdf file
PowerPoint presentation of Scott Allegrucci at May 31, 2008
conference on "The Future of Food in the Kansas River Valley" in
Lawrence, KS. 5.7 meg
pdf file
Presentation outline of Ken Meter at May 31, 2008 conference
on "The Future of Food in the Kansas River Valley" in Lawrence,
Ks. (160K)
For Ken Meter's complete PowerPoint
presentation, please click the icon,
but
beware, the file size
is 17.4 megs. Even on a DSL
or cable connection, this can take awhile to download. For best
results, right-click the link (on a
PC, or Command+Click on a Mac) and choose the "save as" option
to download a copy to your hard drive.
Comments of
KRC, the Eastern Kansas Chapter of the Organic Crop Improvement
Association, and the Farmer to Farmer Campaign on Genetic
Engineering re: Ventria's proposal to grow pharmaceutical rice in
Kansas (81K)
Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and Sustainable
Agriculture Coalition member directory - May 2003 (96K)
Kansas Country
Living Guidelines (845K)
River
Friendly Farm Environmental Assessment Tool (749K)
2007 Virtual Farm Tour of Value Added Enterprises in Northeast Kansas
(1.1 megs)
Virtual Farm Tour of the Oren Long Farm
(1.9 meg)
2006 Virtual Farm Tour of Value Added Enterprises in Northeast Kansas
(4.2 megs)
Subscribing to Change - Starting and Sustaining a Vegetable
Subscription Service
(8.7 megs)
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