NCR-SARE Farmer Forum
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Saturday Schedule |
The NCR-SARE Farmers Forum gives farmers, researchers, and educators the opportunity to share results from their on-farm grant research projects with other growers. The grant projects are supported by North Central Region-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE), a USDA-funded program that supports and promotes sustainable farming and ranching by offering competitive grants and educational opportunities.nt.
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Morning
9:00 - 9:40 AM Session 1 9:45 -10:30 AM Session 2 10:45 -11:25 PM Session 3 11:30 - 12:15 PM Session 4 |
Lunch
12:15-1:00 PM Afternoon 1:00-2:30 Keynote 2:45-3:30 PM Session 5 |
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9:00 - 9:40 am
Evaluating and Demonstrating Weed Control Options for Direct Seeded Fall Vegetable Crops | Recording This talk will provide information on various techniques to control weeds in fall direct seeded vegetables, using experiences for three small-scale vegetable producers in Douglas County, KS. Tom Buller, Kansas State University 1577 North 1550 Road Lawrence, KS 66046 [email protected] (785) 218-6233 |
Tom Buller is the horticulture extension agent for K-State Research and Extension- Douglas County, Kansas and a farmer who has been growing vegetables organically in the Kansas River Valley since 2006. He co-authored “Growing Under Cover: A Kansas Grower’s Guide” and “Growing Over Cover: A Kansas Specialty Crop Grower’s Guide to Cover Crops” with partners at the Kansas Rural Center and K-State Research and Extension.
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9:45 - 10:30 am
Evaluation and Comparison of Paper Pot Transplanter to Other Hand Transplanting Methods in No-dig Beds and Cover Crop Residue | Recording Brad Dilts, Serenity Farm CSA 3515 W. 125th Street North Sedgwick, KS 67135 [email protected] (316) 570-0791 www.serenityfarmcsa.com |
Along with his wife, Tiffany, and their seven children, Brad owns and operates Serenity Farm, a regenerative and organic (not certified) diversified market farm near Wichita, Kansas. They have been growing a wide variety of seasonal vegetables (year round), pastured pork, chickens, eggs, and any value added items they dream up since October 2014. Their products are sold through a four season CSA, an online store with home delivery, and restaurant sales.
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10:45 - 11:25 am
Exploring the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of No-till Organic Sweet Potato Production | Recording This talk will cover the lessons learned from an experiment using several different methods of no-till sweet potato production. Tom Buller, Kansas State University 1577 North 1550 Road Lawrence, KS 66046 [email protected] (785) 218-6 |
Tom Buller is the horticulture extension agent for K-State Research and Extension- Douglas County, Kansas and a farmer who has been growing vegetables organically in the Kansas River Valley since 2006. He co-authored “Growing Under Cover: A Kansas Grower’s Guide” and “Growing Over Cover: A Kansas Specialty Crop Grower’s Guide to Cover Crops” with partners at the Kansas Rural Center and K-State Research and Extension.
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11:30 - 12:15 pm
Making Value-added Products on Small Farms to Reduce Waste and Add to the Bottom Line | Recording I will be giving practical ideas learned from our three SARE research projects that any small farm can adopt. Our value-added products have reduced waste by turning market returns and seconds into valuable products which have increased our sales and attracted faithful customers. Value-added products have accounted for 35% of sales during the summer and 50-60% of sales during the leaner months. James Leek, Pat and Rachel's Gardens 14780 W. 159th Street Olathe, KS 66062 [email protected] 9132716840 patandrachelsgardens.com |
Certified Organic farmer since 2014. Retired teacher. Recipient of three SARE grants looking into value-added products as a way to reduce waste and add improve bottom line of small farms.
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2:45 - 3:30 pm
Collaborative Food Supply Chains for Iowa's Farmers | Recording High logistics and transportation costs and inconsistent supply, are major challenges for food hubs that can lead to financial struggle and eventual failure. This presentation aims to demonstrate how food hubs can overcome these challenges by establishing technology-assisted collaborations with other food hubs and/or value chain businesses (e.g., food banks) in their geographic region. Jason Grimm, Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development 920 48th Ave Amana, IA 52203 [email protected] (319) 270-3890 www.iowavalleyrcd.org Anuj Mittal 1300 Yale Pl, Apt 236 Minneapolis, MN 55403 [email protected] (515) 708-3430 |
Jason Grimm is the Executive Director at Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development. Jason works with Iowa farmers and businesses as a value chain coordinator connecting producers to each other, to viable markets, and cultivates relationships within the food system. Jason manages his own farm business marketing specialty crops across the state of Iowa. He holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies from Iowa State University.
Anuj Mittal is a faculty member in the Industrial Engineering Technology department within the School of Engineering at Dunwoody College of Technology. Anuj holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Delhi, India, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University. His research interests include developing quantitative methodologies to study and propose effective design strategies of systems focused on promoting environmental, social and economic sustainability. Current application areas include regional food supply chains, renewable energy systems and food waste management.
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