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2nd Annual Food Sovereignty Symposium
By Vicky Karhu, Executive Director
Save the dates February 12th and 13th!   You will not want to miss this year’s food sovereignty symposium. The theme is “Our Seeds, Our Food, Our Survival” with a focus on the challenges presented to all of us by the effects of climate change. 
Friday morning, after welcomes [...]

Buy Fresh Buy Local is all about making it fun and easy to find delicious, farm-fresh foods in northeast Oklahoma. Purchasing locally-produced foods supports our region’s farmers, strengthens our local economy and improves our food security. Get your 2008 Local Food Guide to Green Country and find the local foods available near your home or work, and throughout the region. [more . . .]

Get your 2008 Local Food Guide at these locations in northeast Oklahoma.
Adair County

Adair County Health Department, 600 W. Hickory, Stilwell
OSU Cooperative Extension Service, 200 W. Division St, Stilwell
Stilwell Public Library, 5 N. 6th St, Stilwell

Muskogee County

Haskell Public Library, 116 N. Broadway, Haskell
Muskogee Public Library, 801 W. Okmulgee Ave, Muskogee
[Click here for additional locations in Adair County, Tulsa County, Rogers County, Wagoner County and more . . .]

The Kerr Center’s Future Farms 2008: Planning for Change conference drew a big crowds in Oklahoma City at the beginning of August.The first day, over 140 tourgoers visited sustainable farms all over the state.
The next day, more than 170 people attended educational sessions covering everything from business and financial planning to season extension to garden-based [...]

Three of Oklahoma’s top researcher/educators will answer those questions during the Kerr Center-sponsored Multi-species Grazing Field Day, Saturday, September 27, from 9-2 on Dr. David Sparks’ 80-acre farm near Porum.  The $10 registration fee includes lunch. Register by Sept. 23 at http://www.kerrcenter. com or call 918.647.9123.

The Land Institute presents:
Prairie Festival 30
September 26-28, 2008
“Restoration and Conservation” In honor of Strachan Donnelley
The 2008 Prairie Festival, September 26-28, 2008, will begin with a barn dance on Friday evening. The caller this year will be Jill Allen. Returning musicians Frank and Chris Martin and Ann Zimmerman will be joined by Lauralyn Bodle and Matt [...]

“Conserving the Future – Managing Risks”

PROGRAM GENERAL INFORMATION

“Conserving the Future – Managing Risks” is the theme for the 28th Arkansas and Oklahoma Horticulture Industries Show. This two-day grower meeting and trade show is sponsored by the University of Arkansas, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa Community College, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the [...]

Healthy Sprouts Awards

The National Gardening Association administers the Healthy Sprouts Awards, sponsored by Gardener’s Supply Company. These awards support school and youth garden programs that teach about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the United States. To be eligible for the 2008 Healthy Sprouts Awards, your school or organization must plan to garden in [...]

Oklahoma’s Fifth Annual Statewide Women in Agriculture & Small Business Conference will be held on September 18 & 19, 2008 at the Moore Norman Technology Center located at SW 134th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma City. It is presented by the Great Plains Resource Conservation and Development Association along with the USDA Risk Management [...]