SDSPA Newsletter- August 2023

This SDSPA newsletter features:

  • National Farmers Market Week 2023
  • Apprenticeships & Your Farm Webinar Aug. 16th
  • Fresh Sweet Corn Now Available
  • Late-Season Price Sharing Project
  • Value Added Ag Day at the State Fair- Presentations & Booths
  • Regional Commercial Kitchen Exploration
  • Connecting Schools & Producers
  • Survey: Safety & Health Among Famers in the North Central Region
  • Fresher is Fun! Sweet Corn is in Season
  • S.D. Local Foods Coalition Update
  • SDSPA Cut Flower Growers Update
  • S.D. Farmers Market Coalition Update
  • S.D. Organic Producers Update
  • Cut Flower Webinar: Liz Graznak- Happy Hallow Farm, Aug. 3rd
  • Soil Health & Livestock Webinar: Gwendolyn Kitzan, Kitzan Family Farms
  • Weekly Producer Webinars on Facebook Live
    • Farm to Table, Denise Venner & Chef Lauren Forsch
    • Raising Sheep and/or Goats for Beginners
  • Pastures & Plates: A Teeswater Farm- to- Table Soiree, Busy Ewe Farm & Fiber
  • Fresher is Fun! Retail events coming in September
  • Cut Flower Workshop in Sturgis coming in September
  • Grants:  NC SARE Grants, Organic Cost Share Program, Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program
  • National Farmers Market Week Tool Kit
  • UMURAI Conference 2023 Videos Now Available
  • Learn more about SDSPA Members: Odessa Farm & Meteor Garden Co.

SDSPA provides regular communications on current activities, news, events and trainings, resources and grant opportunities.