Small Farmers Conference 2025
2025-03-03 08:00 - 2025-03-05 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Holiday Inn & Suites, 1590 Jefferson Street, Jefferson City, MO, 65109, United States
Join us for the 2025 Small Farmers Conference at Lincoln University of Missouri, where small farmers, agricultural experts, and community leaders will gather for three days of learning, networking, and growth. This event offers an opportunity to explore the latest in sustainable farming practices, business development, and community action, all tailored to the needs of small-scale farmers.

Program Highlights

Our conference will feature a full line-up of concurrent sessions, allowing participants to choose topics that best fit their interests and needs. Session topics include:

Sustainable Farming Practices
Wildlife and Conservation
Business Enterprise Startups
Designing Market Plans
Community Action and Development
Farm Lending and Risk Management
Economic Empowerment for Small Farmers

Take part in guided tours at Lincoln University’s University Farms. These tours will provide hands-on experiences and showcase the innovative practices being implemented at our university.
Additional Information: REGISTER HERE – Small Farmers Conference Registration
Conference Hotel:
Holiday Inn & Suites
1590 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(573) 658-9077
If you would like to be a vendor/exhibitor at Small Farmers Conference 2025, please contact:
Eleazar Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/State Extension Specialist
107 Allen Hall
900 Chestnut Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
P: 573-681-5547
E: gonzaleze@lincolnu.edu
Questions?

Charlotte Dailey
Land Grant Program Administrator
Lincoln University of Missouri
Frank Hall, Room 307
816 Chestnut Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
P: 573-681-5582
E: DaileyC@LincolnU.edu

Regional Buffalo to School Conference - Rapid City, SD
2025-06-22 07:30 - 2025-06-24 19:30 | Western Dakota Technical College, 800 Mickelson Dr, Rapid City, SD, 57703, United States
TRAINING
Join us for this first-of-its-kind training designed to help school food service staff, school administrators and buffalo producers begin or continue Indigenizing school meal menus with buffalo!
All are welcome to join us for the pre-training Cultural Buffalo Harvest with Lisa & Arlo Iron Cloud Sunday, June 22 at the Dakota Partnership Ranch. Then, the training will take place at Western Dakota Technical College in Rapid City, South Dakota on Monday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 24. You won’t want to miss the Taste of Indian Country – A Celebratory Indigenous Food Tasting Event with Chef Sean Sherman on Monday evening!
We’ll celebrate the cultural, spiritual, ecological, and nutritional importance of the buffalo; figure out the logistics of getting buffalo from the prairie to the plate and build connections among like-minded folks working on this issue. There will be special, hands-on content for school chefs focused on incorporating buffalo into school meal menus and preparing recipes with various cuts of buffalo.
Learn more, check out the agenda, register, sign up to have a booth, and more here.
Contact KayAnn or Lisa with questions: kayann@mtpech.org; lisa@mtpech.org
EARLY BIRD Registration, $85
REGULAR Registration, $125
LAST-MINUTE/ONSITE Registration, $165
This event is brought to you by Intertribal Buffalo Council, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Montana Partnership to End Childhood Hunger, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Buffalo Authority Corporation, Tanka Fund, the Great Plains Food Sovereignty Corporation, World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Partnership with Native Americans, and other partners.

Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference - Kansas
2025-06-25 08:00 - 2025-06-27 17:00 | The Hangar, 126 North Main Street, Kingman, KS, 67068, United States
Entrepreneurial communities are those cities, neighborhoods, or townships that are continuously working to develop an environment that fosters entrepreneurship to promote community economic development. They have created networks, cultures, resources, and policies enabling invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Whether you work in economic development, business, arts and culture, government, philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, or education, you have an important role in supporting local businesses and entrepreneurial development in communities. There is something for everyone!
The first-ever Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities conference will be held in Kingman, Kansas, on June 26, and 27, 2025 with a pre-conference concert event on June 25.
June 20th is the deadline to register at the normal conference rate. After June 20th, the cost of registration will be $200.
If you need to cancel your registration, email nkdaniels@ksu.edu. Refunds are available if canceled by June 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM.
The Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities gathering is held over four blocks in downtown Kingman, Kansas. Participants have 15 minutes to move from workshop to workshop. Each workshop is held in a downtown venue or business. The downtown streets are accessible; however, many events take place in historic buildings and may not be fully ADA-compliant. If you have questions about accessibility, please reach out to Emily Everts, Accommodations Specialist at eeverts@ksu.edu or 785/532-1908.
Due to limited lodging, rooms have been blocked at most locations. Please call the hotel/lodge/bnb and tell them you are booking for the conference. Don’t try to book online. In addition, there are several AirBnB options in the area.
For additional information: Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities
Event Agenda: CEC 2025 Agenda

Great Plains Growers Conference: Connect. Learn. Grow.
2026-01-08 08:00 - 2026-01-10 17:00
January 8, 9, 10th | Missouri Western University, St. Joseph, MO.
Welcome and Keynote Address, featuring
CURTIS MILLSAP ~ Owner/ Operator, Millsap Farms | Springfield, MO
CONFERENCE TRACKS : January 9th & 10th

Business Development/Marketing
Tree Fruits
Small Fruits
Vegetable Production
Cut-flower production
Ag Machinery and Technology
Integrated Pest Management
Organic/Regenerative Agriculture
Protected Culture (Tunnels)
North-Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Farmer Forum

To register and obtain more information, please visit their website: GREAT PLAINS GROWERS CONFERENCE – 2025 Great Plains Growers Conference
GPGC c/o Buchanan County Extension ~ 4125 Mitchell Ave. ~ St. Joseph, MO 64507 ~ 816-279-1691 ~ Buchananco@missouri.edu
