Producer Feature: Cody Road Black Currants In 2014, Kari and Rick O’Neill made plans to clear out several rows of their quarter-mile-long tree grove and replant. At that time, Kari had become interested in growing fruit that could be sold to wineries. Black currants ended up being
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This month features: 41 Farmers Markets in S.D. SDSPA Annual Membership Meeting Recap & New Board Members SDSPA 2020 Membership Due Prairie Moon Herbs Farm Feature Seeking Black Current Growers Zoom Conference Access- Membership Benefit Website Development Program for specialty producers Agritourism Workshop Recap Grants: Specialty Crop
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2020 SDSPA Annual Membership Meeting Recap The S.D. Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) held its annual meeting in Chamberlain, SD March 7, 2020. The annual meeting’s purpose is to conduct business, elect board members and facilitate discussion to create a “plan of work” for SDSPA to implement. At
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Workshop Supports Need for Agritourism Business Development South Dakota Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) participated in the South Dakota Agritourism Workshop on Feb. 20-21, 2020. This event provided a full day of educational programming for agritourism businesses focused on successful business development. The presentations were resource from SDSU
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Producer Feature: Prairie Moon Herbs Prairie Moon Herbs is an 11 acre farm in southeast South Dakota, in the heart of corn and soybean crop farms. Grace and Harry moved here after his graduate school in Wisconsin 22 years ago. Grace had been working on organic farms
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S.D. Specialty Producers Association Annual Meeting March 7 The S.D. Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) is hosting its annual membership meeting Sat., March 7, 2020 from 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. CST in Chamberlain, SD. Members as well as non-member producers, farmers market managers and vendors, chefs, value-added businesses,
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This month features: SDSPA Annual Membership Meeting March 7 & Carol Ford Webinar Website Development Program for specialty producers Svec Farm Feature Bizzy Lizzy Flourless Bakery Feature Lakota Food Summit recap REAL Scholarship Awardees Grants- Specialty Crop Block Grant, USDA- Value Added Producer Grant, North Central Region SARE
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Member Feature: Bizzy Lizzy Flourless Bakery A South Dakota business is redefining the bakery world. Bizzy Lizzy Flourless Bakery was started in Michigan from a desire to get our kids to eat breakfast. It has since grown into a busy family business. When we first started out, we did five farmers markets a week, and
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Representatives from SDSPA attended the 1st Annual Lakota Food Summit Feb. 18-20 in Rapid City. The event promoted food sovereignty, tradition, culture and community education. Sean Sherman, The Sioux Chef, kicked off the event with a chef feature that utilized traditional ingredients. Entertainment followed with hoop dancers
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