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Funds Available for Kansas Farmers for Organic Transition Practices; Includes hoop house cost-share; KRC offers information to interested farmers
Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 8:44pm by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
Whiting, Ks.-  The Kansas Rural Center (KRC) is offering  information to farmers interested in the transition to organic production.  March 12, 2010 is the deadline for signing up for...
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Kansas Farmers Markets a Growing Opportunity
Posted: Monday, February 15, 2010 - 6:44pm by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
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Farmers Market Coalition Awards Nine Educational Mini-Grants to Farmers Market Associations
Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 11:53am by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
This winter, the Farmers Market Coalition awarded mini-grants of $500 each to support educational events for farmers market managers and producers in early 2010. Take a look at our nine very...
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Leavenworth Farmers Market at the Home & Garden Show
Posted: Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 4:16pm by
Leavenworth Farmers Market
The 2010 Leavenworth Home & Garden Show is on Saturday, March 20th, 2010 and the Farmers Market will have a booth space there.  Come by to visit or get aquainted with some of our vendors and...
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Leopold Center Study Compares Local, Non-Local Food Prices
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 8:32pm by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
AMES, Iowa -- If you think local foods are more expensive than their conventional counterparts, think again. Research conducted last summer by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture shows few...
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CANCELLED!-Munsch Featured Speaker at KRC Growing Your Farm Profits Workshop
Posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009 - 10:51am by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
Please Note: This workshop has been cancelled. Due to a health emergency, our presented is unable to make the trip to Kansas. We will try to reschedule the workshop for later in the year. If you've...
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Great Plains Vegetable Growers to Meet in Early January
Posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 9:55am by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
OLATHE, Kan. – The 2010 Great Plains Vegetable Growers Conference will be Jan. 8-9 at the Fulkerson Center of Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Mo. Three preconference sessions...
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Kansas Specialty Crop Awards Announced
Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 12:05pm by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
 TOPEKA—Acting Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Josh Svaty says specialty crops will gain a stronger foothold in Kansas markets as a result of several projects that will be funded using...
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Local-Foods Market Faces Growing Pains
Posted: Friday, September 25, 2009 - 3:25pm by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Food industry experts estimate that U.S. consumer demand for locally grown foods could reach $7 billion by 2012. “Increasingly, consumers want to have more connection to...
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USDA Launches 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' Initiative to Connect Consumers with Local Producers to Create New Economic Opportunities for Communities
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2009 - 10:08am by
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
WASHINGTON, September 15, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced a new initiative - 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' - to begin a national...
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