Register Now for 2022 S.D. Local Foods Conference The annual South Dakota Local Foods Conference (SDLFC) will take place Nov. 17-19, 2022 at the Sturgis Community Center (1401 Lazelle St., Sturgis, SD 57785). This year’s conference will kick off Thursday evening with a mixer at the Sturgis
Read more →S.D. Local Foods Conference Registration Closes Oct. 24 Kelsey Ducheneaux will address regenerative production practices, producer friendly agricultural environments, and community-driven food systems in Friday’s keynote address. The 2019 South Dakota Local Foods Conference (SDLFC) will feature keynote speaker Kelsey Ducheneaux on Friday, Nov. 1. Ducheneaux is a
Read more →S.D. Local Foods Conference to Feature Winter Greenhouses Carol Ford, a Minnesota vegetable producer specializing in Deep Winter Greenhouse (DWG) production, will provide the keynote speech on Sat., Nov. 2 at the South Dakota Local Foods Conference (SDLFC) at the RedRossa Italian Grille conference area in Pierre,
Read more →S.D. Local Foods Conference to Feature ‘The Market Gardener’ Jean-Martin Fortier, a farmer, educator, entrepreneur, and best-selling author specializing in organic and biointensive vegetable production, is the featured keynote speaker at this year’s S.D. Local Foods Conference (SDLFC). His award-winning book, The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower’s
Read more →S.D. Local Foods Virtual Conference Nov. 5-7 The 2020 S.D. Local Foods Conference event, November 5-7, will be the first to be held entirely online. While there are logistical challenges to a virtual conference, S.D. Specialty Producers Association looks forward to discussing the new opportunities that this year
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