To explore new ideas for creating local food systems, the North CentralRegion Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program hosted a two-day conference in Madison, WI in late September.
The overall goal for the training was development of a regional network ofeducators, working on scaling up local sustainable food systems, who could actively share information and be more effective in efforts to scale up local food systems in their states.
Participants from Kansas included Rhonda Janke, KSU; Dan Nagengast, and Mercedes Taylor-Puckett, Scott Allegrucci, KRC; Twilya L’Ecyer, Washington Co. Farm Bureau;Jennifer Smith, Douglas Co.Extension; and Rebecca McMahon, Sedgwick Co. Extension.
Rural Papers is the voice of the Kansas Rural Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes the long-term health of the land and its people through research, education, and advocacy. The KRC cultivates grass-roots support for public policies that encourage family farming and stewardship of soil and water. KRC is committed to economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially sustainable rural culture. KRC is funded by private foundations, grants, and individual contributions.
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