Produce Best Practices Training is a Kentucky-specific voluntary basic food safety training available through local extension offices. This program is a prerequisite for sampling certificates and a good idea for anyone growing produce. It replaces the GAP training offered through extension offices. Learn more about PBPT here: https://www.uky.edu/ccd/foodsafety/pbpt. Call the office to register.

How’s your record-keeping? Join UK’s MarketReady team and UT’s Center for Profitable Ag workshops for value-added farm business! Somerset (Mar. 5). Space is limited. Pre-register now ($20):  www.uky.edu/marketready/upcoming-events

The OAK conference covers an array of organic production topics, regenerative agriculture, livestock management, marketing, homesteading and food systems change making. The 2020 conference - Healthy Soils, Healthy Farms: Reshaping Kentucky with Organics - offers more than 45 sessions in 7 educational tracks, more than 70 speakers, and 6 immersive short courses.

Tree Risk Assessment Qualification Renewal Course (TRAQ) (One day only) Location: Watson-Powell Community Center, Louisville, KY Date: Monday, March 9, 2020 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Deadline to register: Monday, February 10, 2020 Link to register:  https://isa-tree-risk-assessment-qualification-renewal.eventbrite.com

Kentucky Farm Bureau has announced their Certified Farm Market Program Educational Meeting on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at the Warren County Cooperative Extension Office, 5162 Russellville Rd., Bowling Green, KY. The meeting is open to both current members of the Certified Farm Market Program and non-members. Registration is free for members of the Certified Farm … Continue reading "KFB Certified Farm Market Educational Meeting"

Lexington CSA Fair March 15, 2020 3:00-5:00 ET Wise Bird Cider Lexington, KY Check out the Facebook Event Page for more details.

Who Should Attend: Fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in learning about produce safety, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), co-management, and the proposed FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Register by March 13 with: Badrinath Jagannathan Email – badrivj@uky.edu Address – Badrinath Jagannathan 325 Cooper Drive, Room 210 W.P Garrigus building Department … Continue reading "PSA – FSMA Grower Training (Bath Co)"

Dr. John Strang from UK will be conducting a fruit tree pruning and grafting workshop on March 19th, 2020. The pruning portion will take place at 2pm at the home of Doug Stephens in Strunk. (Turn onto Hwy 1470 by Bobby Duncan's store, left onto Murphy Ridge Rd., left onto Lloyd Trammel Rd., veer left … Continue reading "Pruning & Grafting Workshop"

Produce Best Practices Training is a Kentucky-specific voluntary basic food safety training available through local extension offices. This program is a prerequisite for sampling certificates and a good idea for anyone growing produce. It replaces the GAP training offered through extension offices. Learn more about PBPT here: https://www.uky.edu/ccd/foodsafety/pbpt. Call the office to register.

The 2020 Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium will be held on March 23rd at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington, Kentucky. The day-long symposium combines platform and poster presentations that allow attendees to hear the latest in water resource related research. A tentative agenda is available here, 2020 Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium Agenda DRAFT. … Continue reading "KY Water Resources Annual Symposium"