Just got back from the Southern Sustainable Ag Working Group conference. It was packed with folks from all over. I met participatns from Hawaii, Virgin Islands, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida and more. I ddin't get to attend many of the sessions because I was so busy at the KDA booth answering questions about Kentucky and what we do here. I gave away about 90 of the old FM manuals and I think there is a lot of interest by others in "catching up" with Kentucky.
The conference will leave Louisville next year but the great workshops and fellowship is worth following. See you there next year?
Monday, January 21, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Are You Inventive?
Are you known for your liberal use of duck tape? Have you literally made a silk purse out of a cow's ear or rather designed a tool that you can't do without? This is your kind of contest!!!
At the Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference in Lexington last week Dr. Terry Jones from UK gave a great presentation on equipment for small farms and older farmers. Everyone laughed at his tongue-in-cheek suggestions (a 3-dog security system, for example) wrapped around some really great information about making your own equipment or modifying equipment to meet your needs. He challenged us to hold a contest to award the best designs.
We have taken him up on his challenge and are sponsoring a contest with three divisions - Things you made from scratch, things you modified to do something it was not designed to do, and, my personal favorite, the Dr. Terry Jones Not a Memorial Tongue-in-Cheek Award for fun ideas like the 3-dog security system.
This contest is so serious we have the College of Agriculture's Agricultural Biosystems and Engineering program serving as judges. (You remember these guys - they were the ones with the souped-up pulling lawn tractor that made it on a national TV program.)
We will be trying to get together cash prizes, but I can assure you you will have braggin' rights anyway. Pictures of all entries will be posted on the Ky Farmers' Market Association web site. So start taking pictures of your best ideas and we get more information to you soon.
At the Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference in Lexington last week Dr. Terry Jones from UK gave a great presentation on equipment for small farms and older farmers. Everyone laughed at his tongue-in-cheek suggestions (a 3-dog security system, for example) wrapped around some really great information about making your own equipment or modifying equipment to meet your needs. He challenged us to hold a contest to award the best designs.
We have taken him up on his challenge and are sponsoring a contest with three divisions - Things you made from scratch, things you modified to do something it was not designed to do, and, my personal favorite, the Dr. Terry Jones Not a Memorial Tongue-in-Cheek Award for fun ideas like the 3-dog security system.
This contest is so serious we have the College of Agriculture's Agricultural Biosystems and Engineering program serving as judges. (You remember these guys - they were the ones with the souped-up pulling lawn tractor that made it on a national TV program.)
We will be trying to get together cash prizes, but I can assure you you will have braggin' rights anyway. Pictures of all entries will be posted on the Ky Farmers' Market Association web site. So start taking pictures of your best ideas and we get more information to you soon.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Sampling Information Available On The Web
I have published the step by step instructions on the new sampling requirements on our website. It includes the required chapter out of the Ky Farmers Market Manual and the "test." Please be assured that the "test" – referred to as the affidavit - is easy and should be completed open book. You can get someone to help you with it if you like.
The GAP class requirement covers anyone working for your farm at your stand, but each person must complete the affidavit (test). When they send their affidavits in just attach a note telling me that they work for you (how your GAP participation was registered) and I’ll issue them the right certificate.
Here is the link to the page with all the information http://www.kyagr.com/marketing/farmmarket/sampling.htm
The GAP class requirement covers anyone working for your farm at your stand, but each person must complete the affidavit (test). When they send their affidavits in just attach a note telling me that they work for you (how your GAP participation was registered) and I’ll issue them the right certificate.
Here is the link to the page with all the information http://www.kyagr.com/marketing/farmmarket/sampling.htm
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