Learn from 2025 UMURAI Conference Videos Great resources are now available from the 2025 Upper Midwest Urban & Rural Ag (UMURAI) Conference. Listen to a variety of thought provoking speakers who shared a wealth of knowledge and expertise! View all the videos on the 2025 UMURAI Conference
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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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Presenter: Bobbi Jo Horsted, Nom Nom Gardens Description: Discover the secrets behind their thriving aquaponics system and geothermal greenhouse, learn how fish and plants create a harmonious ecosystem. Geothermal greenhouses are innovative structures that harness the Earth’s natural heat to create a controlled environment for plant cultivation.
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Presenters: Stacy Adams, Professor of Horticulture University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agronomy & Horticulture Description: Greenhouses are an asset for the production of seasonal ornamentals, urban food production, enhancing farm income through diversification, as an education tool, and adding farm resiliency from climatic variation. This video presents
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Presenter: Bradley Mikkelson, President of How to Grow Corp and owner of How To Grow in Rapid City Description: Lighting Up Your Operation: Grow Lights 101 by Bradley Mikkelson, covers types of grow lights, and how to select and set up the best light layouts for your
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Description: This video explores practical techniques for extending the growing season, improving berry quality, and protecting plants from unpredictable weather. Organic strawberry production in the Great Plains presents unique challenges, including extreme temperature fluctuations, wind exposure, and shorter growing seasons. Marvin Pritts from Cornell University shares about
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Description: Dr. Vern Grubinger is the Vegetable and Berry Specialist at the University of Vermont Extension, where he’s worked with and learned from farmers for 35 years. In 2024, he conducted an in-depth survey of 47 farms growing in-ground high tunnel tomatoes, to better understand what growing
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Description: Are you interested in improving your organic seed starting and transplanting techniques? This informative and practical webinar hosted by SDSPA is designed for organic and transitioning growers. Michelle Grosek, from Bear Butte Gardens in Sturgis, SD shares best practices for starting your own transplants, managing inputs
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Presenters: Shannon Mutschelknaus, Wayward Springs Acres, Aurora, SD. Description: Learn about Passive Solar Greenhouses in South Dakota with this series of videos. Hosted by the SDSU Extension Master Gardener Program & S.D. Specialty Producers Association. Recorded: Feb. 2021 Video 1: An introduction to passive solar greenhouses Video
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Presenter: Michelle Grosek, owner of Bear Butte Gardens Description: Michelle shares with the SDSPA Mentorship group about her seed starting process. She goes over soil blocking, creating a seed starting plan, gathering frost data and information from your seed packets, understanding when your seeds should be going
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