Register today to reserve your spot at Kansas Rural Center’s 2013 Farm & Food Conference, “Farming as if People Matter: How to Feed Ourselves, Build New Farms and Adapt to a Changing World.” The conference will be held Saturday, November 2, in Newton, Kansas, at the Meridian Center, 1420 E. Broadway Court, from 9 am to 5 pm.

In addition to an exceptional offering of educational and informational workshops ranging in topic from farm and food policy and grassroots advocacy, to soil health secrets and cover crop integration techniques, community gardens and Farm 2 School opportunities and challenges, pricing and marketing your local farm products, emerging issues in renewable energy, and how to support pollinators on your farm, the conference also includes a hearty lunch featuring locally-sourced ingredients. In order to ensure an accurate meal count, please register for the conference by Monday, October 28.

Registration can be completed online, at www.kansasruralcenter.org/conference, or by calling the KRC office at 785-873-3431. Registration is $45 per person, which includes conference materials and lunch.

A full list of speakers and workshops offered during the day can be found at kansasruralcenter.org/conference.

This conference is an annual event presented by the Kansas Rural Center. Sponsors this year include Kansas Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension, Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops, Farm Aid, and Heartland Mill, Inc.

The Kansas Rural Center is a non-profit organization that since 1979 has promoted the long-term health of the land and its people through research, education and advocacy that advances economically viable, ecologically sound, and socially just food and farming systems.

A conference agenda, list of exhibitors and sponsors and other upcoming events are available at www.kansasruralcenter.org. Or contact conference coordinator, Natalie Fullerton, nfullerton@kansasruralcenter.org or 402-310-0177 for more information.