Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program Specialty Crop Producers who wish to sell their raw agricultural commodities may find food safety certification will allow for new market opportunities. Additionally, the food safety programs allow you to become more aware and take action to provide safer food.
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S.D. Organic Producers Host Educational Tours Four organic producers in and near Meade County were excited to share their farm and story with over twenty individuals who attended the bus tour on Aug. 20, 2022 to learn about organic local food production during a day long event.
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Burke Area Farmers Market to Host Chef Brave Heart The Burke Area Farmers Market is hosting a chef event Thurs., Sept. 8, 2022 highlighting the use of specialty crops. The market will feature renowned Oglala Lakota culinary artist and caterer, Chef Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart. The market is
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New Program to Support Retailers Who Offer Local Specialty Crops Are you a South Dakota retailer who supports your local producers? Let S.D. Specialty Producers Association help support you! SDSPA is completing a grant funded project to help promote South Dakota retailers who are distributing specialty crops
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Specialty Producers to Showcase Products at S.D. State Fair The Value Added Agriculture Development Center (VAADC) invites you to attend the 23rd Annual Value Added Agriculture Center Day at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron, SD on Thurs., Sept. 1 from 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. Be sure
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Celebrate National Farmers Market Week 2022 What comes to mind when you think of ‘farmers markets?’ Ripe seasonal produce, colorful flowers, freshly baked bread, and music? While local farmers markets can have a direct positive impact on your weekend morning, they also make a huge impact on
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Food Safety Certification Assistance for Specialty Crop Producers- Program Overview Webinar Food safety certification can provide customers with greater confidence in their local purchases, and increase opportunities for new specialty crop markets. FSA is currently providing specialty crop producers with funding to assist with the costs of:
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Register for Bus Tour of Black Hills Organic Farms S.D. Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) invites you to an agricultural excursion of four local, organic farms in the Black Hills to learn about their agricultural production methods and to sample their products. SDSPA and Meade County area producers
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Local Foods Purchase Assistance Program Seeks Interested Producers South Dakota’s Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources has signed a Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) cooperative agreement with the USDA, allowing for the procurement and delivery of locally grown food to South Dakotans in need, and to provide
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Clay County Specialty Producers Host Tour Spending an afternoon driving down the backroads of South Dakota touring local farms sounds like a perfect way to spend the day. Participants of the SDSPA tour would have to agree! The first stop was hosted by Prairie Moon Herbs, such
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