Dear KRC friends, We received the request below from Pesticide Action Network North America and we support their efforts to address the emerging threat from dicamba herbicide drift. We encourage you to read the letters and determine for yourself if…
By Natalie Fullerton The Kansas Rural Center will host its annual Farm and Food Conference November 17 and 18, 2017, in Manhattan, Kansas, at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel. This year the two-day program will highlight how biological, human, and…
By Mary Fund, Executive Director The Kansas Rural Center board met in late July at The Land Institute in Salina, an apt location for the conversation we were to have, as many of our earliest board meetings occurred at The…
By Joanna Voigt Since the mid-2000s, there has been a dramatic change in pesticide use in agricultural fields in the US and around the world due to a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. Currently, over 100 million acres of farmland…
The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) has released a series of educational guides designed to help organic farmers and ranchers enhance the soil health and overall resilience of their operations. “These guides to practical organic soil health management will assist…
by Paul Johnson and Mary Fund The 2017 Kansas Legislative session finally ended June 26. The State budget has been pulled out of the ditch with the passage of a modest income tax bill over the Governor’s veto. The…
By Joanna Voigt On Wednesday, July 26, 2017, over 50 farmers and people concerned with pollinator health on the farm gathered in Holton, Kansas, for a farm tour and workshop. The KRC-sponsored workshop focused on farming practices that benefit pollinators…
By Natalie Fullerton Southwest Kansas’ farm and food future was the focus of three meetings hosted by KRC in March and April, 2017. Kansas food producers, Extension agents, educators, community leaders and others actively working in farming and food attended…
By Jennifer Kongs Last Spring KRC hosted two women in farming workshops – one near Newton at the Walton School in south central Kansas and the other in Palmer in north central Kansas. About 25 women attended each workshop to…
