SDSPA Newsletter- August 2024
This SDSPA newsletter features:
- Upcoming Event: West River Bus Tour
- Price Sharing Project- Early Season Pricing Report
- Fresher is Fun- Meet Your Farmer Event Held at Sioux Falls Co-op
- National Hydrochar & Biochar Conference Recap
- Congrats to RFBC Business Builder Grant Awardees
- Introducing the Transition to Organic Partnership Program Video & Updates
- South Dakota Grown Potatoes In Season Now
- Find a Retailer: Carrots!
- Upcoming Webinar: Lighting Up Your Operation: Growlights 101
- National Farmers Market Week 2024
- Upcoming Event: SDSU Organic Field Day
- Upcoming Event: Fresher is Fun- Jam & Honey Festival!
- Upcoming Event: Field Day- Transition to Organic Vegetable Production
- Upcoming Webinar: The Down & Dirty of Compost
- Upcoming Event: Fresher is Fun- Life is Sweet (Corn) Event!
- Upcoming Event: SDSU Extension High Tunnel & Cut Flower Field Day
- Upcoming Webinar: Rainwater 101 for Garden & Livestock
- Upcoming Event: Value Added Ag Center Day at the S.D. State Fair
- Upcoming Event: Soil Health & Cover Crop Field Day Featuring Blue Sky Vegetable Co.
- Upcoming Event: Field Day- Soil & Nutrient Management in Transitioning to Organic Crop Production
- Upcoming Event: 4th Annual SDSU Extension Specialty Crop Field Day
- Upcoming Event: Maintaining Organic Integrity In Seed Grain Cleaning & Handling
- Upcoming Event: Lewis & Clark Lake Vineyard Tour- A Closer Look at No Chemical Systems for Wholesale Grape Production Systems
- Save the Date: Upper Midwest Urban & Rural Ag Innovation Conference (UMURAI)
- SDSPA Cut Flower Growers Update
- S.D. Farmers Market Coalition Update
- SDSPA Organic Operators Update
- S.D. Local Foods Coalition Update
- S.D. Farm to School Network & School Nutrition Association of SD Conference
- Grants: Emergency Relief Program Assistance for Commodity & Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2022 Natural Disasters, Composting & Food Waste Reduction Pilot Projects, Organic Cost Share Program; Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program; EQIP Program
- Subscribe to SDSPA’s Channel on YouTube
- Producer Spotlights: Fruit of the Coop & The Creek’s Edge
SDSPA provides regular communications on current activities, news, events and trainings, resources and grant opportunities.