Emporia, KS

Kansas Rural Center's Sustainable Agriculture Conference is November 20

Saturday November 20, is KRC's Sustainable Agriculture Conference. The theme for this year's conference is "Connecting Cows, Carbon and Carrots: Making Sense of Our Food Future". The conference will be held at the Flint Hills Technical College 3301 W. 18th Ave., Emporia, Ks. from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Google Map Link

Workshops following the four tracks of Cows and Crops (farming practices), Carbon (carbon, climate and farming practices), Carrots (local food and marketing) and Connections (politics of food) follow morning keynote speaker Joel Brown, who will speak on "Climate Change and Agriculture - The Challenges and The Responses".

Brown is a rangeland ecologist at Jornada Experimental range in New Mexico for the USDA Natural Resources Service. He is involved in research and development of land classification systems, carbon sequestration on rangelands, and grazing land ecology. He also works as the CSIRO (Australia) Project Leader and scientist, and NRCS Global Change Leader and Cooperating Scientist with the ARS Jornada Experimental Range.

To register for the event and a brochure - click here

The Kansas Rural Center, Inc. (KRC) is a non-profit organization that promotes the long-term health of the land and its people through research, education, and advocacy. The KRC cultivates grassroots 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.