Presenters: Kevin Fulton, an organic farmer near Loup City, Nebraska Description: Fulton talks about the progress he has made in turning the land he grew up on into a productive organic farm with hard work and planning. With financial profitability as the main goal, Fulton uses high
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Description: An informative video with Martin Goter and Angela Jackson, both Regenerative Organic Certified® (ROC™) farmers in the Dakotas. Goter shares how his biodynamic and regenerative farming practices support and inform his voluntary certifications and conservation practices. Goter’s practices on the farm use biodynamic principles that align
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Presenters: Dr. Angela K. Jackson, SDSPA, and Mark Gutierrez, Executive Director of the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition Description: Jackson and Gutierrez discuss the importance of working through a plan for soil health in your organic operation, and offer tips for developing that plan. Gutierrez points out practical
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Description: Listen as organic buyers talk to producers about how they purchase crops, how they work through contracts, and what they look for as farmers market organic products. Tips and challenges were discussed and many one-on-one conversations were initiated throughout the day’s event. Published: Oct. 11, 2025 This
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Description: Area producers and others interested in Organic and Regenerative farming gathered at the Veranda in Harrisburg to spend the day networking. Buyers of organic crops and products directly from farmers were present from around the region. Valuable time was spent in conversations between producers, with buyers
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Presenter: Charlie Johnson, Johnson Farms Description: Charlie Johnson from Johnson Farms in Madison, South Dakota, discusses their organic farming land management practices on 2,400 acres. They use a six-year crop rotation with 250-275 acres dedicated to each rotation segment. The farm has been organic since 1976 and
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Presenter: Harriet Behar, Organic Farmers Association Description: Harriet Behar joined the SDSPA Organic Operators Chapter meeting to discuss key audit processes, explaining how they work during a crop inspection. She addressed concerns from transitioning farmers, such as: 1) What records are essential to keep from planning to
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Description: Greg Stach discussed many aspects of farming using biodynamics for healthy plants. Biodynamics requires the use of compost to cover soil and feed microbes, not mulch. He cited several books and using a celestial planting calendar as critical learning pieces, and talked about the importance of
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Description: Doug Voss of the The Soil Health Academy emphasizes the foundational principles of soil health, particularly the importance of minimizing disruption to soils. In light of this, they advocate for a no-till approach, as it is the most effective strategy for promoting soil health and biological
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Description: At the August SDSPA Organic Operators Chapter meet-up Angela K. Jackson, SDSPA Organic Ag Advisor, gave an organic farming policy update. Published: Aug. 13, 2025 This program is funded under Conservation Collaboration Cooperative Agreement NR246740XXXXC008 between the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and South Dakota Specialty
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