Kansas Rural Center Presents: Recent Episodes
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For those who want a future in farming, who care about the environment, and who care about their communities and their food, KRC offers practical solutions, information and analysis from a Kansas point of view, and most importantly, hope for a healthy future.
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Farm Commons
Investopedia - Wills vs Trust
Forbes - LLC’s vs Corporations
Leslie Montee
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Audubon of Kansas
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The Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education
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Harvesters - The Community Food Network
TEFAP Factsheet
Planet Harvest
Brook Rollins Press Release
Food Security and the Farm Bill - Karen Siebert, Rural Papers - Summer 2022
Feeding America - Rural Hunger Facts
Farm Progress: A Tribute to Berry Flinchbaugh
Bob Dole Institute on Politics: Nutrition and Agriculture
Video: Making America Stronger: U.S. Food Stamp Program
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K-State 105
K-State College of Architectural Planning
K-State Construction Science
Net Positive Studio
Fort Riley Transition Assistance Program partners with Home Builders Institute and Manhattan Area Habitat for Humanity
Ogden Workforce Prototype Home #1
Flint Hills Renewable Energy & Efficiency Cooperative
Episode Timeline:
01:22 Carey has worked in ag reporting since 1998, starting with Reuters
4:00 How did Carey fall into her work of bringing to light underreported information in the ag sector?
08:00 Carey hails from Chanute. KS
11:30 There’s progress being made, slowly
13:00 What would Carey tell farmers who have neighbors that have treated crops?
16:30 What’s Carey currently working on?
20:00 What does Carey see in the Future?
Links:
Well-Intentioned Whiteness: Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City
Black, White, and Green: Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy
Foxfire Book Series
Kansas City Black Urban Growers
What’s in Season in Kansas?
Heartland Regional Food Business Builder Grants
Episode Timeline:
01:22 Carey has worked in ag reporting since 1998, starting with Reuters
4:00 How did Carey fall into her work of bringing to light underreported information in the ag sector?
08:00 Carey hails from Chanute. KS
11:30 There’s progress being made, slowly
13:00 What would Carey tell farmers who have neighbors that have treated crops?
16:30 What’s Carey currently working on?
20:00 What does Carey see in the Future?
Links:
Carey Gillam’s Website
Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science
The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice
A Big Idea
The Idea Farm
The New Lede
The Environmental Working Group
Carey Gillam Guardian Articles
Into the Weeds Film
Common Ground Film
Episode Timeline:
4:30 Is this follow-up to Kiss the Ground?
06:00 What set Josh and Rebecca on the path to create Common Ground?
09:00 Kansas State is a Sponsor of the Common Ground Film Showings
11:00 How will we get this film in front of farmers?
14:40 What is the first step towards transition?
21:00 Is there a correlation between mental well-being and regenerative practices?
Links:
Ray Archuleta - Soil Health Academy
Gabe Brown - Understanding Ag Videos
Rick Clark - Farm Green
Carey Gillam - Books and Articles
Daniel Imhoff Book The Farm Bill
Dr. Jonathon Lundgren - Blue Dasher Farm
Leah Penniman - Soul Fire Farm
Leah Penniman Book Farming While Black
Iowa Tribe Holistic Land Management Video
Regenified
Common Ground Film
Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts
Episode Timeline:
09:45 Amy introduction
11:00 Seedkeeping
13:45 What Made Amy Transition her Farming Methods
16:30 Sharing Space with Other Farmers
20:30 What ways and practices had been used?
24:00 Biodegradable Mulch Review
29:00 Has location changed the way Amy June farms?
33:00 What programs has Amy June taken advantage of?
38:00 Barriers for Regenerative Practices
45:00 Seed Savers
48:00 How would Amy like to see ag and food systems change in the future?
51:40 Advice for those transitioning offer help in exchange for knowledge
56:00 Involving Youth on the Farm
Links:
Goodway Farm
Instagram @goodway_farm
Book Recomendation: Emergent Strategy
Common Ground Food Incubator
True Love Seeds, “Seeds and Their People”
Native Lands Restoration Collaborative (seed team)
Haskell Greenhouse
Kaw Valley Seed Fair
Food as a Human Right
Wahaub Prairie, Land Institute
Joseph Williams Tallgrass Prairie, Pawhuska Oklahoma
Appel Farm Arts and Music Camp, South Jersey
The Land Institute
American Farmland Trust - Brighter Future Fund
Common Ground Film
Kansas Farmers Union Convention
Prairie Ramblings Podcast
Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts
Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference
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:
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Episode Timeline:
00 - Introduction
10 - Conservation changes through Tom's life
18 - Commodity volume is becoming more important than diversity
30 - New ownership, giving your land to the next farmer
38 - Understanding how water is utilized
39 - Transition to conservation
45 - The problem with regulation
48 - Federal programs vs policy
53 - Succession
55 - Advice for the next generation
Links:
Freedom to Farm Bill 1995 - https://bit.ly/3KmAdht
The past, present, and future of the cover crop industry - https://bit.ly/3PNN9Ob
Kansas Rural Center Links:
Soil Health - https://bit.ly/3QRZOB1
Beginning Farmers - https://bit.ly/3KkBmps
Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50
Subscribe - https://bit.ly/3KsmJ3B
What would you like to hear from us? email media@kansasruralcenter.org
For those who want a future in farming, who care about the environment, and who care about their communities and their food, KRC offers practical solutions, information and analysis from a Kansas point of view, and most importantly, hope for a healthy future.