2018 WorkshoPS AND EVENTS

Our Market Farming Workshops are open to the public, they cover a wide range of topic areas and are intended to benefit a variety of experience levels. Growing Growers Apprentices receive free registration to all Growing Growers Workshops and Partner Events. The core workshop series cover more foundational subjects of farming practices and are apart of the required curriculum for apprenticeship. The Advanced Series highlight more specialized information and activities which we update annually. Half-day workshops are scheduled on Monday afternoons and are typically $15 for registration whereas full-day workshops take place on Saturdays, the registration is $30 and includes lunch. The full 2018 schedule is shown below.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:


K-STATE COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE RESEARCH FIELD DAY 
K-STATE OLATHE HORTICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER​​
35230 W 135TH ST, OLATHE, KS 66061
MONDAY, AUG 27, 2018, 4 PM-7 PM

Come and learn about the fruit and vegetable production research being conducted at the K-State Olathe Horticulture Research and Extension Center (OHREC).
 
Bring your walking shoes for this event, as we’ll take a detailed tour of our trial fields and high tunnels to discuss research projects related to: tomato and pepper grafting, sweetpotato slip production, high tunnel crop rotations, produce quality and shelf life, variety trials, cover cropping strategies, and the effects of different greenhouse plastics on vegetable nutritional quality. Crops being grown at the OHREC include: tomatoes, bell peppers, sweetpotatoes, blueberries, melons and other mixed plantings. We will also be displaying our mobile produce cooler, a new Rimol "Rolling Thunder" moveable high tunnel, as well as commercial grading and washing equipment. Topics covered will be useful to the hobbyist and professional alike! After the tour, stay for a cookout in the shade and help us celebrate this year's Growing Growers apprenticeship graduates!
 
  • 3:00pm Kansas Vegetable Growers Association Meeting (free to attend + open to all interested community members)
  • 4:00 pm Tour of the OHREC High Tunnel Research Trials, w/ Center Director Dr. Cary Rivard and Graduate Students
  • 6:00 pm Cookout at the Research Center picnic area
  • 6:30 pm Recognition of Growing Growers’ apprentices and host farms
  • 7:00 pm Adjourn
 
This workshop is brought to you by the Growing Growers’ program. Cost of attendance: $15.00 (meal included). Register online at Eventbrite. “Like us” on Facebook. Share the workshop flyer. Contactgrowers@ksu.edu

2018 Core Workshop Series 
  • Mon. March 26th, 2pm-5pm: Plant Propagation and Production Planning. Lawrence, Kansas.
  • Mon. April 2nd, 1pm-6pm: Postharvest Handling and Food Safety. Olathe, Kansas.
  • Mon. April 30th, 1pm-6pm: Building Healthy Soils. Kansas City, Kansas.
  • Mon. May 21st, 1pm-6pm: Equipment Maintenance. Olathe, Kansas.
  • Sat. June 16th, 10am-3pm: Insects, Disease and Weed Management. Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Sat. July 14th, 10am-3pm: First Steps in Farm Business Planning. Kansas City, Missouri
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2018 Advanced Workshop Series and Partner Events