More than 14 workshops and sessions falling under the theme “Farming as if People Matter: How to Feed Ourselves, Build New Farms and Adapt to a Changing World” will be offered at Saturday’s Farming and Food Conference in Newton.
The annual conference is put on by the Kansas Rural Center, which provides resources for entrepreneurs in the agricultural industry.
About 15 businesses and organizations will hold workshops, focusing on a variety of topics such as farming with limited access to land, credit and capital, the farm to school program, and establishing community gardens.
Wes Jackson, founder of the Land Institute, will be the conference’s keynote speaker. The Land Institute is a non-profit research, education, and policy organization dedicated to sustainable agriculture that is based in Salina.
The conference will be held at the Meridian Center, 1420 E. Broadway Ct. in Newton on Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendance is $45 per person. Click here to register.
To view a full schedule, click here.
View the following video to learn more about the Kansas Rural Center and its mission. The video features the owner of Lawrence’s Red Tractor Farm.
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