Presenter: Jeff Stewart, National Aronia Growers, LLC Description: Jeff Stewart is a SDSPA member and co-owner of National Aronia Growers. In this podcast, you will learn more about the aronia berry, and an aggregation system that he and other aronia growers have developed to be able to
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Presenter: Connie McDonald, Dakota Fresh Food Hub manager & Chara Hymans, StarFresh Farms owner Description: Residents & producers near Sioux Falls, SD have a great opportunity to buy & sell local produce through the Dakota Fresh Food Hub. In our fourth aggregation-focused podcast, we explore how this hub
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Presenter: Kiara Poytra and Michelle Grosek of Bear Butte Gardens Farmstand, LLC. Description: You’ve carefully selected your seeds, started them in just the right conditions, prepped your beds, weeded, harvested and then perhaps created a value added product with your produce. As you get ready to take
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Presenter: Connie Johnson, Freedom Acres SD and Christy Heckathorn, Fleurish Flower Farm Description: In this podcast Connie Johnson of Freedom Acres SD in Brandt and Christy Heckathorn of Fleurish Flower Farm in Elk Point share how they got started with cut flowers, and provide ideas for others
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Presenter: Kathy Zeman, Executive Director, Minnesota Farmers’ Market Association Description: Explore market garden profitability by learning important record keeping considerations, common mistakes made by specialty crop farmers, and how to utilize the Grow Your Green profitability resources created by the Minnesota Farmers Market Association. Check out the
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Presenter: Kent Wilsey, Elk Creek Foods and Peggy Martin, Cedar Creek Gardens Description:In this podcast we will learn from two South Dakota producers who provide their fellow residents with a summer salad necessity- lettuce. Kent Wilsey of Elk Creek Foods and Peggy Martin of Cedar Creek Gardens
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Presenters: Dr. Margaret Brady, Owner of the Mill Downtown; Jamie Smidt Fowler, Local Food Coordinator, Golden Hills Resource Conservation Development; and Deborah Solie, Project Associate, Center for Rural Affairs. Description: Listen in to hear about Market at the Mill, a new year round market for local
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Presenter: Teresa Wiemerslage, ISU Extension & Outreach Description: In our second podcast of the season on Aggregation, we are learning about how Iowa uses food hubs to help connect producers with schools. Teresa Wiemerslage, of Iowa State University Extension, shares her experience with helping to set up
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Presenter: Dr. Raymond Cloyd, Kansas State University Description: Integrated Pest Management for berry crops with special guest Dr Raymond Cloyd, Extension Specialist in horticultural entomology at Kansas St University. Recorded: Mar. 15, 2021 IPM for Berries on Spotify. This podcast was supported in part by the Specialty Crop
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Presenter: Marissa Schuh, University of Minnesota Extension Description: Integrated Pest Management for curcubits with special guest Marissa Schuh of the University Of Minnesota Extension. Recorded: Mar. 18, 2021 IPM for Cucurbits on Spotify. This podcast was supported in part by the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program at the
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