SDSPA Contractor Feature Dr. Angela Jackson is the new SDSPA USDA Transitioning to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) contractor for the Plains Region serving South Dakota. In her role, she will be advising and supporting transitioning producers across the state through organic farming education, technical assistance, and outreach
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SDSPA Hosts 2023 Annual Membership Meeting SDSPA hosted their annual meeting at Drifters in Ft. Pierre, with a focus on aggregation on March 21, 2023. The morning of the event, updates were given from partner agencies. Rachel Frei gave an overview of NRCS and updates on Urban
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SDSPA Hosts Annual Membership Meeting The 2022 SDSPA Annual Membership Meeting took place at Drifters Convention Center in Ft. Pierre, SD on March 15, 2022. New and returning members were able to enjoy networking in person, learning on an array of topics, and having round table discussions
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SDSPA Legislative Action Committee Webpage Provides Summary of Activities Members of the SDSPA Legislative Action Committee follow activities during the legislative season to provide weekly or bi-weekly updates for distribution to membership. Members identify needed policy to move forward for legislative action and develop association position statements.
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SDSPA Promotes Specialty Producers at Lakota Food Summit 2022 SDSPA met with attendees at the 2nd Annual Lakota Food Summit in Rapid City on Feb. 15-16, 2022. At the conference, we met individuals doing new & exciting things in their communities to promote vegetable production, local foods,
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SDSPA Shares Local Food Resources at SDSU’s Energize! 2024 Conference On May 21st and 22nd, leaders from across rural South Dakota descended upon Hot Springs for the South Dakota State University Energize! 2024 Conference. Energize! 2024 was created to empower rural South Dakota communities with the motivation,
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‘Minority’ Crop Growers and Beekeepers Suffer Defeat in Pierre A bill (HB 1202) heavily supported by specialty crop growers, organic growers, beekeepers and even conventional commodity crop growers was defeated by the South Dakota House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 23, 2021. This simple to
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