SDSPA Newsletter- December 2024

This SDSPA newsletter features:

  • SD Specialty Crop Producer of the Year Nominations Open
  • 2025 SDSPA Membership
  • Upper Midwest Urban & Rural Ag Innovation Conference (UMURAI) Conference
  • Video: What is the O-RAPP Program?
  • NRCS Offers Technical Assistance to Landowners
  • Traveling Workshop Highlights SD and NE Agritourism Businesses
  • 2024 SD Local Foods Conference Brings Together Producers and Industry Professionals
  • Find South Dakota Christmas Trees!
  • Upcoming Webinar: Cultivating Morel Mushrooms for Production
  • Upcoming Webinar: Profitability for Transitioning Organic Producers
  • Upcoming Webinar: Recycling Ag Plastic Wastes into Useful Ag Products
  • Upcoming Webinar: Moving Forward: Transitioning from Traditional to Regenerative Agriculture
  • Upcoming Webinar: Garden Friends or Foes
  • Upcoming Webinar: Seed Starting: Seed to Sprout
  • Upcoming Webinar: Rotational Grazing
  • Upcoming Webinar: Help! Assisting Urban Farmers and Where to Find Resources
  • Upcoming Webinar: Tools of the Trade: Understanding Ag Equipment
  • Upcoming Webinar: Transition or Organic Dairy
  • Upcoming Event: Ask the Organic Transition Advisor at the NPSAS Conference
  • SDSPA Cut Flower Growers Update
  • SDSPA Fruit & Vegetable Growers Update
  • S.D. Farmers Market Coalition Update
  • SDSPA Organic Operators Update
  • Video: Organic Policy Priorities & Advocacy with Kate Mendenhall
  • S.D. Farm to School Update
  • Grants: NC SARE Grants, Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program, Farm to School Grants
  • SCBG Priority Survey
  • Videos: 2024 UMURAI Videos
  • Video: Zoning & Planning Your Urban Operation
  • Video: A Closer Look at No Chemical Systems for Wholesale Grape Production
  • Video: Marketing the Whole Crop Rotation
  • Video: Understanding Approved Materials for Use in Organic Crop & Livestock Production
  • Video: Identifying Organic Specialty Grain Crop Marketing
  • SDSPA Transition to Organic Office Hours
  • SDSPA Seeking Board Member
  • Producer Spotlights: Dakota Forb & Bouza Farm and Produce

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