We have formed partnerships with various groups and community garden organizations that promote urban agriculture. If you are interested in growing a garden in your backyard or in your neighborhood, please contact us. As interests arise in various aspects of farming, we will be offering relevant workshops or trainings. Innovative Small Farmer's Outreach Program.
We work in partnership with the University of Missouri Extension UME , other USDA and state agencies and nongovernmental organizations to provide research-based information on various farm topics to help farmers: Lower input costs. Improve farming skills. Improve record keeping systems. Try new enterprises. Miranda has been with LUCE since She came to Lincoln University with several consecutive years of small scale agriculture production experience and a dual emphasis Bachelor of Arts degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Sociology from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington Her past projects include working at a goat dairy crafting artisan cheese, slaughtering home grown turkeys for Thanksgiving sale, and maintaining an 80 acre CRP Iowa Tallgrass Prairie.
Originally from the rural township of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin where her family has lived since the s, Miranda was inspired to practice sustainable agriculture by encounters on her aunt and uncle's dairy farm, in her parents' large gardens and with the family's "hobby" beekeeping business. She grows specialty cut flowers, ginger and keeps honeybees.
Susan Jaster began a career in dairy farming in the early eighties in Arizona on a large commercial dairy. She continued dairy farming in Missouri on the cow dairy that she co-owned with her family. During her dairy career she was also a radio broadcaster and farm news reporter for a small radio station in Southwest Missouri. Susan and her family participated in the 4-H program for many years; celebrating 25 years of service in She has always had a garden and cared for many species of livestock throughout her life.
In , she began raising American Blackbelly sheep and practices adaptive grazing techniques for soil health and water quality conservation. Performing Department Cooperative Reserach. In surveys, delivery of information and services desired includedworkshops, one on one and fact sheets. Top needs for information include soil and water testing requirements and help to reach FSMA compliance. This project addresses the top needsusingmethods identified as top choices by the farmers.
We will build upon the successful Produce Safety training already held in Missouri and target processors and those not yet reached - without duplicating efforts.
Showing farmers how products including soil and water are sampled for collection and providing the testing will provide a highly requested service leading towards FSMA compliance.
These field staff will then be able to service the small farmers they serve regarding this food safety information. The project manager will become a certified HACCP trainer and lead 4 sessions, for the new audiences, in the two year grant period.
Groups will be formed at the community level to empower the farmers to reach compliance. Agriculture students, our future farmers, will also be trained. Sharing information and communication is key to success. Animal Health Component.
Research Effort Categories Basic. Once certified, information will be offered close to the targeted audiences. Regulators, inspectors and food safety experts will be available to answer questions and begin networking. The Project Manager will prepare all the logistics for the trainings. Each effort will be evaluated by the standardized evaluations with follow-ups to assess challenges; including the evaluation developed by the NCRCFS.
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