Lucinda Stuenkel, Presenter “How to Handle Cattle…Without Getting Handled“

Presentations are listed in order by day.  If you do not see the presentation you were hoping for, please note that not all presenters used or provided a digital presentation.  

Full Conference Program 

November 7 

Keynotes

Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture – “Alternative Paradigms for the Future of Agriculture”  (video)

Julie Mettenburg, Executive Director, Kansas Rural Center  – “Who will farm? The future of land stewardship in a time of transition“  (video)

Dan Nagengast, Former Kansas Rural Center Executive Director – 35th Anniversary Dinner, Opening Comments (video)

Conference Sessions

Building Soil Health through Diversification: The Carbon Foundation – Gail Fuller, Fuller Farms

Growing Farm to School – Barb Depew, KSDE; Nellie Hill, KDA

Saving & Creating Pollinator Habitats – Holly Shutt, Wildlife Biologist, pheasants Forever and Quail Forever

Community Gardening – Evelyn Neier, KSU

Fruit & Vegetable Production: Promoting Soil Health & Water Conservation Strategies – Cary Rivard, KSU

What Women Need to Know About Land, Leases, & Estate Planning – Forrest Buhler*, KAMS; Mykel Taylor, KSU  (*Slides provided by Forrest Buhler)

GMO Seed Challenges & Non-GMO Opportunities – Ken Roseboro, Editor Organic and Non-GMO Reporter

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November 8

Keynotes

Ricardo Salvador, Director and Senior Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists – “The Future of Food“  (video)

Hattie Mitchell, Treasurer, Prairie Band Patawatomi Nation  & Bob Dixson, Mayor, Greensburg, KS – “The Future of Sustainability in Kansas – A Tale of Two Communities“  (video)

Conference Keynote Panel – “Reflections on Sustainability: Looking Ahead 35 Years”   (video)     Panel includes: Fred Kirschenmann, Ricardo Salvador, Hattie Mitchell, Bob Dixson, and Hank Will

Conference Sessions

STRIPS: Agro-ecology that Harnesses Prairie Power – Matt O’Neal, Iowa State University

Water in Kansas: An Alternative 50-Year Vision – Duane Schrag*, Sierra Club;  John Strickler, former director of Kansas Forest Service, Lisa French, cheney Lake Watershed, Phil Barnes, KSU Associate Professor Biological & Ag Engineering; and Mary Fund, Kansas Rural Center.  (*Slides provided by Duane Schrag)

Building Soil Health through Diversification: The Carbon Foundation – Dale Strickler, Star Seed

Organic Certification: The Why’s and How-to’s of Certifying Organic – Jackie Keller, OCIA; Rachel Savage, OCIA; Ib Hagsten, independent inspector

• Rachel Savage Presentation – Organic Crop Regulations
• Ib Hagsten Presentation #1 – Organic Land Steward Nutrition
• Ib Hagsten Presentaiton #2 – Organic Certification

Fruit & Vegetable Production: Promoting Soil Health & Water Conservation Strategies – Stu Shafer, JCCC

Advocating for Action: A Plan for Growing the Farm-to-Fork System in Kansas – Julie Mettenburg, Natalie Fullerton, and Cole Cottin, Kansas Rural Center

• View or download the complete plan: Feeding Kansas: Statewide Farm & Food System Assessment with a Plan for Public Action