Join us for a webinar with experts who will discuss production for pre-commercial and new growers in Kentucky interested in growing Christmas trees. Topics include site selection, planting, fertility, pruning, and marketing your crop. Experienced growers will share their advice for success.
Join OAK for a virtual field day on CSAs in KY on November 1! Digging In To CSA Planning, Recordkeeping, and Marketing Virtual - via Zoom November 1, 2022, 10-11:30am ET Join OAK for this CSA-focused walk through the planning, recordkeeping, and marketing systems and strategies of multiple Kentucky and Ohio farms and their Community-Supported Agriculture … Continue reading "Digging In To CSA Planning, Recordkeeping, and Marketing"
Grower-Buyer MeetUps bring together buyers and growers and is co-hosted by the Kentucky Vegetable Growers Association, the Kentucky Society for Horticulture Science, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Center for Ag and Rural Development, the University of Kentucky MarketReady Program and the Kentucky Horticulture Council. Produce buyers include chefs, retail, and distribution representatives together … Continue reading "Grower-Buyer MeetUp – West Kentucky (Daviess Co)"
Kentucky Green Industry Winter Conference, presented by KNLA January 25-26, 2023 Holiday Inn Louisville East 1325 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy Louisville, KY 40222 For more information contact us at info@knla.org or www.knla.org
The Organic Association of Kentucky’s annual farming conference, now in its 12th year, includes a growing audience of hundreds of Kentuckians and neighbors active in our community food systems: farmers, researchers, nonprofit professionals, federal and state agency partners, allied service providers and conscious consumers working collectively to build a local, resilient and healthy food system. … Continue reading "Organic Association of KY (OAK) Annual Meeting"
Make plans now to attend the 46th Annual UK Turf and Landscape Management Short Course! The Short Course will be in person February 21-23, 2023 at the Hardin County Extension Center in Elizabethtown, KY. The program will be two full days of comprehensive turfgrass and landscape management education and is appropriate for anyone interested in turf, … Continue reading "2023 Turf & Landscape Management Short Course"
The 92nd Annual Convention of The Garden of Club of Kentucky, Inc. March 12-15, 2023 Berea KY at Historic Boone Tavern
This 2-day evening event (March 13 & 14 from 6:00pm-9:00pm ET/5:00pm-8:00pm CT) is for agriculture producers selling directly to consumers. Sessions will cover social media tactics, maximizing your marketing resources, hosting farmers market events, improving customer communication, and more. The event is co-hosted by the Kentucky Center for Ag and Rural Development (KCARD), Kentucky Department … Continue reading "2023 Agriculture Direct Marketing Summit"
The Kentucky Horticulture Council, Organic Association of Kentucky, and UK Center for Crop Diversification invite you to a sustainable ag webinar with special guest Jackson Rolett from No-Till Growers on March 23, 2023 at 6:30pm ET/5:30pm CT. Jackson will teach us about the practical implications of appropriate or no-tillage, cover cropping, and mulching in small-scale … Continue reading "Sustainable Ag Webinar with No-Till Growers’ Jackson Rolett"
Join OAK for a summer field day! For nearly two decades, Cedar Ring Greens farm in Frankfort has operated with a commitment to sustainability, which includes improving the health of the land, encouraging biodiversity, working for food justice, and powering their home and farm with the sun. Join this OAK Field Day to tour the … Continue reading "Integrating Sustainability in a Solar Farmhouse and Organic Market Garden"
