Farm Tour: for Producers to Learn About Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Opportunities
October 6 @ 9:15 am - 3:15 pm
Free
What the tour and information day will look like:
9:15 Arrive KC Farm School, Meet NRCS Staff from Local, State & District Offices in Kansas and Missouri
9:30 KC Farm School, KCK, Presentation: FSA Info by Neil Rudisill, TOUR
11:00 Juniper Gardens Training Farm, KCK
Lunch Provided
- Presentation: EQIP Supported Compost Facility by Susan Welsh
1:15 Longfellow Community Garden, KC, MO
2:15 Young Family Farm, KC, MO
Featured topics will include:
- Getting started with NRCS
- Role of EQIP
- Soil Testing
- Mulching, High & Low Tunnels
- Soil Carbon Amendment
By October 1, please RSVP to: Jackie@kansasruralcenter.org or
Jill Lucht from MO Rural Crisis Center jill@morural.org
If Severely Inclement Weather, the Rain Date Will be Oct. 8!