Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services
Upcoming Events
Saturday, January 26, 2013 Beginning Farmer Workshop, Leonardville Kansas
Nelson’s Landing Restaurant , Leonardville, KS
Beginning Farmer Workshop, January 26, 2013 Nelson’s Landing Restaurant , Leonardville, KS
 
9:00 AM – Welcome & Introductions
9:15 AM – Donn Teske, former financial adviser
10:00 AM – Char Henton & Becky O’Donnell, KAMS
10:45 AM – Barb Depew, Kansas Farm-To-School Program
11:15 AM – Rhonda Janke, K-State Sustainable Agriculture
12:00 PM – Catered lunch by Nelson’s Landing Restaurant
1:00 PM – Charlie Griffin – Kansas Rural Family Helpline
1:30 PM – Bernard Irvine – agricultural law including farm leases/terminations, fencing and boundary disputes, regulatory issues, business/succession planning and secured transactions
2:15 PM – Chuck Otte – Geary County agricultural extension agent
3:00-5:00 PM – Producer Panel

This workshop is offered by Kansas Farmers Union, thanks to a grant from Farm Aid to help beginning farmers find mentors.
 
November 1-3, 2012 20th National Small Farm Trade Show & Conference
Columbia, Missouri
The National Small Farm Trade Show & Conference is the largest annual small farm show in the United States!  Come to the show and bring a friend (or two, or three)!  The 80,000 sqft exhibition hall features 150+ vendors as part of the event with 20 seminars, 7 three-hour short courses and 28 talks in the farmers’ Forum (that is 56 total talks!), demonstrations, exhibits, association meetings and more.
 
For more information go to:
http://www.smallfarmtoday.com/trade-show.html