Rural
Papers
The
Kansas Rural Center publishes a newsletter, Rural Papers,
six times a year. Contributors to the Kansas Rural Center
receive the newsletter at no cost. Subscriptions are available for
$25/year.
PDF versions of every issue of Rural Papers since
Oct. 2006 may be downloaded here,
and you may also read highlights from the most recent issue.
The newsletter offers practical information on sustainable
agricultural practices and profiles of Kansas farmers. It includes
timely coverage of farm policy and environmental issues from a
state and a national perspective. The newsletter also offers
analysis and commentary on developments in industrial agriculture,
such as biotechnology and genetic engineering, corporate
concentration, and factory livestock production. The editor is
Mary Fund. For a
complimentary copy or a subscription, contact the Kansas Rural Center at: 785/873-3431
or email ksrc@rainbowtel.net.
Working
for Clean Water and Thriving Farms:
Profiles of Farms in the Clean
Water Farms Project
Edited by Mary Fund
This report was produced in
February 2002 and highlights the efforts of Kansas farmers and
ranchers to protect water quality. The 120 page full color
book features 25 of the 36 farmers and ranchers conducting on-farm
demonstrations in the Kansas Rural Center "Clean Water Farms
Project". The profiles offer good models or examples of
low-cost, management based options for on-farm water quality
protection. A
hard copy of the complete report is available for $12.00. To
obtain a copy, call the Kansas Rural Center at 785/873-3431 or email ksrc@rainbowtel.net.
You may download black & white
versions of the farmer and rancher profiles from the report in pdf
format here. Profiles of
current participants in the program are on that web page also.
Stories
From the Prairie:
The Heartland Network Report of Cluster
Activities
Compiled and edited by Kent Fellenbaum and Jerry Jost
This network
directory lists the goals and members of current Heartland
Clusters (Jan. 2002). The clusters promote sustainable food
systems and use this directory to connect with other
farmers. You may download pdf versions of the cluster
profiles here.
A hard copy of the directory is available
for $2.00 (to cover postage).
To obtain a copy, call the Kansas Rural Center at 785/873-3431 or
email at ksrc@rainbowtel.net.
Subscribing
to Change
This booklet
describes the subscription vegetable service developed by the Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance, a Heartland Network cluster.
These farmers market organic produce to over 300 customers in
the Lawrence and Kansas City area.
The publication is 73 pages
and is available for $5.00 + $2 S&H.
To obtain a copy,
call the Kansas Rural Center at 785/873-3431 or
email at ksrc@rainbowtel.net.
Sustainable
Agriculture Management Guides
The Kansas Rural Center
has published a series of Management Guides on a variety
of topics. They are listed below.
All can be downloaded in
PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Most have a very
modest file size, but some are larger and may take a little time
to download on a slow connection.
![Click here for the interview!](images/radio.gif)
Click the icon for the podcast of KRC's
Dan Nagengast
and Katherine Kelly of the Kansas City Center for Urban
Agriculture
discussing the importance of Farmer's Markets and Community
Supported Agriculture.
Original interview by Daniel Dermitzel broadcast September 29, 2008
on KKFI radio in Kansas
City.
NOTE: This is a 5 meg MP3 file.
Cheney
Lake Water Quality Project
This
free booklet describes on-farm demonstrations and protective farming
practices adopted by farmers in the watersheds above Cheney Reservoir,
a water supply for the City of Wichita, Kansas. To obtain
a copy, call the Kansas Rural Center at 785/873-3431 or
email at ksrc@rainbowtel.net.
Other Titles
Click here to download the Directory - (96K pdf
file)
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Starting a
Seasonal Open-Air Market in Kansas
Written by Claire Homitzky and edited by Jana Beckman
This
publication provides practical information on how to organize a
farmers' market. It starts by helping you identify vendors and
concludes with a listing of resources. (678K pdf file)
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Kansas Country Living Guidelines
Written by Marilyn Eccles, Ann Mayo, Brian Rees and Mary Fund.
Edited by Paul Ingle.
Click here to
download this informative booklet. (845K pdf file)
This publication, to which the Rural Center contributed, is
written for urban dwellers contemplating a move to the country.
It presents the differences one can expect in everything from
roads and floodplain zoning to wildlife and utilities.
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Renewable Energy
Quiz
(short version)
Just the basics, handout format (410K pdf file)
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Renewable Energy Quiz Background
Info
Includes references and more extensive text (145K pdf file)
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August 2007 Farm Tour
By Jerry Jost.
This is a photo essay with commentary on the Northeast Kansas Bus
Tour of Value-Added Enterprises that the Kansas Rural Center
hosted on August 23, 2007.
383K pdf
file.
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Washington County Farm Tour
by Connie Pantle
This is a photo essay with commentary on the Farm Tour of the
Scheer and Zarybnicky Farms in Washington County on August 23,
2007.
1.1 meg pdf
file.
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August 2006 Farm Tour
By Jerry Jost.
This is a photo essay with commentary on the Northeast Kansas Bus
Tour of Value-Added Enterprises that the Kansas Rural Center
hosted on August 30, 2006.
(NOTE: this is a 4.2 meg pdf file and will take a long time to download on
a slow internet connection)
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Subscribing to Change -
Starting and Sustaining a Vegetable Subscription Service
by Jerry Jost
This is the story of what may be the
nation's first major Community Supported Agriculture cooperative,
The Rolling Prairie Farmer's Alliance.
(NOTE: this is an 8.7 meg pdf file and will take a long time to
download on a slow internet connection)
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Oren Long Farm Tour
by Jerry Jost
This is a virtual farm tour,
documenting the visit to Oren Long's farm near Valley Falls,
Kansas that the Kansas Rural Center hosted on October 5, 2006.
1.9 meg pdf
file.
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