Global energy demand is expected to double by 2050, and large-scale renewable energy “farms” are being deployed across the United States with increasing frequency to meet demands for clean energy generation and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to climate change.

Start where you are: plan where you want to go. Talk to someone who already has a homestead, the animals, or the garden you think you’d like to have. Budget for the time the farm needs; it will always need more time than you expect. It’s difficult not to want to rush headlong into doing everything all at once. I get it because I wanted to as well, but that’s the best way to  burnout and feel like a failure.

During this webinar, Professor McEowen reflects on previously ruled-on cases as a guide to how proceedings may go in a court case. Ryan Goertzen-Regier joins to share resources that may be helpful to specialty crop growers and beyond. The webinar concludes with a Q&A session and the opportunity to connect with Professor McEowen.

Kansas Rural Center staff share their accomplishments of 2023 and give insight into what they’re looking forward to next year.

The Kansas Rural Center’s mission is to promote the long-term health of the land and its people through research, education and advocacy that advance an economically viable, ecologically sound, and socially just food and farming system. The three tools at the heart of KRC’s mission are research, education, and advocacy. Perhaps no piece of our work more perfectly ties those three tools together than the efforts of our Policy Analyst, Paul Johnson.

Enjoy this look back at the start of the Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops. Kansas Rural Center has been a proud supporter of this from its inception and enjoys seeing Kerri Ebert’s continued work.

Ryan Goertzen-Regier discusses his recent urban ag tour in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The Kansas Rural Center is excited to address that need and is happy to announce that enrollment is open for our very first “Farm Beginnings” training, which will run for eight weeks from January 15 – March 10.

If you’re interested in running for office, there are a few key points that you might want to know before throwing your hat in the ring. You don’t have to know everything and everyone to run for office and make a difference.

The USDA has organized regional food business centers across the United States, and the Heartland Center will work across Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and a designated tribal corridor…

To date, KLT has conserved more than 40,000 acres in 22 counties, across 80 properties in Kansas, with more than 1,300 of those acres being open to the public. The Kansas Land Trust is one of thousands of land trusts across the U.S. and one of a handful in the state of Kansas.

A friend recently was reported to the city by her neighbor for not complying with the 12-inch rule on grass. The front yard was mowed, but the back/side yard was “messy” and tall. She had bought a prairie seed mix and successfully cultivated it. A city official agreed that not only were they glad she had installed her native mix, but she could keep her newly installed prairie if she made it look like it was “on purpose”.