Please join us on Saturday, July 11, 2015, for an all day women-only workshop and farm tour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Emporia, Kansas, at the Flint Hills Technical College. This is the fourth in a series of educational workshops for women farmers or want-to-be farmers, women landowners, and women interested in sustainable farming and food production. For an agenda of the day, please click here.
Register for the Saturday Workshop
The workshop will include a morning presentation on the importance of building soil health and the value of cover crops by Candace Thomas and Alex Miller from USDA NRCS. Dale Kirkham, grass and grazing specialist, will talk about Livestock and Grazing Management Practices. Dan Phelps, KRC staff member, specialty crop grower and primary author of KRC's 2014 "Growing Under Cover" publication, will present on Specialty Crop Production in High Tunnels. In addition, materials on Farm Service Agency loan programs, USDA NRCS conservation programs, and other resources on crop insurance, organic and specialty crop production practices and resources, will be available. For an agenda, please click here.
At 2 p.m., the workshop will move to Gail Fuller's farm near Emporia for a farm tour and presentation on carbon farming as part of a no-till cover crop system, crop rotations, and small livestock enterprises recently adopted. Dale Kirkham will also be on hand to host a Native Prairie and Grass tour to close out the day.
Fees are $15 to cover lunch, light snacks and workshop materials.
Below is a short video about Gail Fuller's farm and farming practices. We will tour Gail's farm on Saturday afternoon. http://soilhealth.net/gail-fuller-emporia-kansas-soil-health-and-cover-crops/
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