Kansas Rural Center Presents

Episode Timeline:

02:00 How did Lacy get into agriculture?

06:00 Buying Compost

08:30 What brought Lacy to Farming?

12:00 Barriers to farming success

16:00 What setbacks has Lacy Faced?

18:00 How does Wild Hollow market themselves?

23:00 Raising Chickens and Kids on the Farm

26:00 Considerations when looking for land and property

35:00 Soil Health and Nutrition

42:00 Fruition Seeds, Beet Seeds

44 Advice for other beginning farmers

Links:

Rolling Prairie CSA

Wild Hollow Farm

Lawrence Farmers Market

The Market Gardener

The Winter Market Gardener - Use Market25 to receive a 25% discount

Soil Health and Nutrient Density: Preliminary Comparison of Regenerative and Conventional Farming

Fruition Seeds

Prairie Ramblings Podcast

Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts

Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference

Episode Timeline:

00:00 - What is Mercedes relationship with farming?

02:20 Land Institute and work with Perennial Grains

03:30 What Regenerative Practices have you implemented on your farm?

08:30 Framing regenerative practices with climate solutions

10:00 What makes Mercedes want to be involved in agriculture

16:00 Kernza Poster, look at these roots.

18:00 Annual Monocrops and Insurance

19:00 Farm Bill

22:40 What made you want to farm in this particular way?

24:00 Intellectual Hootenanny

27:00 What has been the biggest barrier to regenerative and perennial agriculture.

29:00 Funding and Supply Chains

33:00 Plant Domestication

35:30 What setbacks has Mercedes experienced in regenerative and perennial agriculture

38:00 How should agriculture and food systems change in the next decade?

42:30 What advice does Mercedes have for farmers and ranchers interested in these practices.

46:00 Community Resilience Hub - Kansas Wesleyan

49:00 Soil is the Cradle of Life, the Highest Thing

Links:

Common Ground Producers and Growers

Next Gen Farming

Kansas Black Farmers Association

Kansas Farmer’s Union

Kansas Appleseed Article

The Land Institute

K-State Horticulture

NSAC - Farm Bill Platform

Prairie Ramblings Podcast

Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts

Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference

Episode Timeline:

00 - Introduction

3:30 - Regenerative Practices

7:30 - Mobile Market

11:00 - Farming Runs in the Family

14:30 - Creating a Space for Urban Farmers

16:00 - Kansas Black Farmers Association

19:00 - Working with FSA

21:00 - Finding a Seat at the Table

23:00 - Overcoming Barriers

27:00 - The Future of Food

32:00 - Farming with Community

35:00 - Nobody’s Hungry All Are Fed

37:30 - Where to Start Farming

44:30 - Just Keep Moving

Links:

Common Ground Producers and Growers

Next Gen Farming

Kansas Black Farmers Association

Kansas Farmer’s Union

Kansas Appleseed Article

The Land Institute

K-State Horticulture

NSAC - Farm Bill Platform

Prairie Ramblings Podcast

Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts

Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference

Episode Timeline:

00 - Introduction

02 - Central Topeka Grocery Oasis

06 - Getting to the Farm

16 - Expanding the Garden to Business

24 - Finding Farm Help

27 - Homegrown Nutrition and Shelf Stability

29 - Soil Health

33 - Working in the Community

37 - Education and Agritourism

44 - Where to find the Arkenbergs

Links:

Arkenberg Farm Website - https://bit.ly/krcssarkfarms

Keith’s Youtube - https://bit.ly/krcssarkyoututbe

Central Topeka Grocery Oasis - https://bit.ly/KRC-CTGO

Integrated Voter Engagement - https://bit.ly/krc-ive

Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

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Episode Timeline:

Episode Timeline:

00 - Introduction

09 - What is an Experiential Learning Specialist?

12 - Farm-to-school, Title 4 in the Farm Bill

16 - What values underpin the practice of “no fossil fuels”?

21 - Soil health on practices Maseualkualli Farms.

26 - What USDA programs does Pantaleon use or wish to see?

35 - Rethinking tools and infrastructure in agriculture.

39 - The issue of land access.

Links:

The Chichimeca Nation - https://bit.ly/3VZUfn5

Common Ground Incubator Farm - https://bit.ly/3vSF4l6

Seed Savers Exchange - https://bit.ly/3z8tIKy

Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

Subscribe - https://bit.ly/3KsmJ3B

What would you like to hear from us? email [email protected]

Episode Timeline:

00 - Introduction

05 - Why does Demetria practice organic?

12 - There are 206 certified organic operations in KS, is it worth it?

16 - Practices on the Hill Farm

22 - How can the Farm Bill assist Demetria’s organic operation?

28 - Crop Insurance and FSA Programs

32 - Is there growing interest in organic?

40 - Are there barriers to being a female in agriculture?

Links:

National Farmers Organization - https://bit.ly/3SYKzHj

Farm Hacks - https://bit.ly/3rwJSZZ

Demetria’s Presentation on Turkey Red Wheat - https://youtu.be/mtPjfqxZGAM

Heartland Mill - https://bit.ly/3CbamoT

KDA Organic Cost Share Program - https://bit.ly/3C8fMB7

NRCS Agriculture Programs - https://bit.ly/3Rync6g

Kansas Organic Producers Association - https://bit.ly/3EhVzeP

Grassland CRP Dustbowl Zone Map - https://bit.ly/3Eg89Lz

Woman Landowners Learning Circle, Nov 11 - Salina, KS - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

Organic Crop Improvement Association - https://ocia.org/

Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

Subscribe - https://bit.ly/3KsmJ3B

What would you like to hear from us? email [email protected]

Episode Timeline:

00 - Introduction

08 - What do Jim and Lisa love about their farm?

11 -How agriculture ethics develop

15 - Practices on the French Farm

21 -What challenges do Jim and Lisa face when practicing soil health?

32 - Can we better support and incentivize sustainable farming practices?

44 - The importance of peer-to-peer feedback

Links:

Geiger Farm - https://geigerfarm.com/

Geiger Farm Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/GeigerFarm

Organic Crop Improvement Association - https://ocia.org/

Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

Subscribe - https://bit.ly/3KsmJ3B

What would you like to hear from us? email [email protected]

Episode Timeline:

00 - Introduction

03 - Where do Jack’s crops go?

09 - A Farm is a Machine

12 - Soil Health

17 -Tillage and Other Practices

18 - Government Programs

24 - Subsidies

26 - Crop Insurance and Risk Mitigation

30 - Our Metrics are Going in the Wrong Direction

35 - Farming is Not About Instant Gratification

38 - What Jack Doesn’t Want to See in the Farm Bill

41 - Paradigm Shift is Coming

48 - Subsidize Beginning Farmers?

Links:

Geiger Farm - https://geigerfarm.com/

Geiger Farm Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/GeigerFarm

Organic Crop Improvement Association - https://ocia.org/

Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

Subscribe - https://bit.ly/3KsmJ3B

What would you like to hear from us? email [email protected]

Episode Timeline:

00 - Introduction

03 - Take care of the land and it will take care of you

06 - Climate Change

11 - Where do we come from, and what could we do better?

17 - What do we have to do to take the Farm Bill to the next level?

21 - Stats on individuals approved for programs stemming from the Farm Bill.

25 - Working with the current administration.

27 - Who Is representing Kansas farmers in D.C. and how can we reach them?

33 - Will political games get in the way?

36 - Nutrition programs are the most divisive but everyone gets behind conservation programs.

39 - This is the most American Bill! Links:

Kansas Farmers Union - https://www.kansasfarmersunion.com

History of the United States Farm Bill - https://bit.ly/3Qcd7eC

National Farmers Union Fly-In - https://nfu.org/fly-in/

Conservation Stewardship Program - https://bit.ly/3CX4DVE

EQUIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program - https://bit.ly/3AQMxSO

Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

Subscribe - https://bit.ly/3KsmJ3B

What would you like to hear from us? email [email protected]