Program
Time:
Sustainable Ag Webinar Series
Date:
10:00 am –
11:00 am
Nemaha County Extension Office
Contact:
Gary Lesoing, (402) 274-4755, glesoing2@unl.edu
On Wednesday, June 23rd we have scheduled the third in a series of webinars on Sustainable Agriculture that the Nebraska State SARE Program will be coordinating. The webinar is scheduled for June 23rd from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CDT. This webinar is titled:
Area Ag Entrepreneurs Produce for the Local Food System
This webinar will highlight a tour of farms in southeast Nebraska that are producing food for the local food system in Nebraska. UNL Extension has previously visited these farms in southeast Nebraska and learned about their operations, what they are producing and where they are selling their products. Farms that will be featured include: “Grazin Acres” (Terry and Melissa Fulton & family) in Nemaha County that produces grass-fed beef, pastured poultry eggs and vegetables from a high tunnel and markets through the Nebraska Food Coop, at farmers markets, in local grocery stores, and at an on-farm store; T D Niche Pork (Travis Dunekacke) from Johnson County that produces heritage breed niche pork on outside dirt lots and sells to restaurants, CSAs and directly to customers; Pawnee Pride Meats (Paul Rohrbaugh & sons) from Pawnee County raise naturally produced grass-fed beef, pasture raised poultry, eggs, and pork and sell via a CSA, farmers markets, to the UNL food service and locally to customers and Bluff Valley Farm (Ken and Mary Grace Thiltges) from Richardson County that produces naturally-grown beef, lamb, free-range pastured poultry and when available free-range eggs that are marketed through the Nebraska Food Coop, at farmers markets, at a new on-farm store and locally to customers. I anticipate including a couple of other farms from the region in the presentation as well. This is an excellent opportunity to see how some ag entrepreneurs in Nebraska have diversified their farms and are adding value to their products by direct marketing to consumers, restaurants and grocers.
Presenter: Gary Lesoing, Nebraska State SARE Coordinator, Extension Educator in Nemaha County with UNL Extension.
To participate in the Adobe Connect ” Sustainable Ag Webinar Series “Area Ag Entrepreneurs Produce for the Local Food System” on June 23 from 10:00 - 11:00 AM CDT. You will need to have a computer with Internet access and a phone to participate. At the meeting time, simply click on the following link or copy and paste it into your browser to enter the meeting:
http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/nebraska
When you go to that URL you will find yourself at a login page. Simply click on “Click to Enter” under the “Enter as a guest” heading. You will then be prompted for your name. Enter your name and click “Enter” to enter the meeting space. The instructions that detail how to join the integrated phone audio conference will be on the screen when you join the meeting.
Anytime before the meeting you can visit the following URL to confirm your ability to connect to the Breeze server:
http://breeze.extension.iastate.edu/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
If you have any questions in regards to this webinar, feel free to contact me at (402) 274-4755 or at glesoing2@unl.edu
Area Ag Entrepreneurs Produce for the Local Food System
This webinar will highlight a tour of farms in southeast Nebraska that are producing food for the local food system in Nebraska. UNL Extension has previously visited these farms in southeast Nebraska and learned about their operations, what they are producing and where they are selling their products. Farms that will be featured include: “Grazin Acres” (Terry and Melissa Fulton & family) in Nemaha County that produces grass-fed beef, pastured poultry eggs and vegetables from a high tunnel and markets through the Nebraska Food Coop, at farmers markets, in local grocery stores, and at an on-farm store; T D Niche Pork (Travis Dunekacke) from Johnson County that produces heritage breed niche pork on outside dirt lots and sells to restaurants, CSAs and directly to customers; Pawnee Pride Meats (Paul Rohrbaugh & sons) from Pawnee County raise naturally produced grass-fed beef, pasture raised poultry, eggs, and pork and sell via a CSA, farmers markets, to the UNL food service and locally to customers and Bluff Valley Farm (Ken and Mary Grace Thiltges) from Richardson County that produces naturally-grown beef, lamb, free-range pastured poultry and when available free-range eggs that are marketed through the Nebraska Food Coop, at farmers markets, at a new on-farm store and locally to customers. I anticipate including a couple of other farms from the region in the presentation as well. This is an excellent opportunity to see how some ag entrepreneurs in Nebraska have diversified their farms and are adding value to their products by direct marketing to consumers, restaurants and grocers.
Presenter: Gary Lesoing, Nebraska State SARE Coordinator, Extension Educator in Nemaha County with UNL Extension.
To participate in the Adobe Connect ” Sustainable Ag Webinar Series “Area Ag Entrepreneurs Produce for the Local Food System” on June 23 from 10:00 - 11:00 AM CDT. You will need to have a computer with Internet access and a phone to participate. At the meeting time, simply click on the following link or copy and paste it into your browser to enter the meeting:
http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/nebraska
When you go to that URL you will find yourself at a login page. Simply click on “Click to Enter” under the “Enter as a guest” heading. You will then be prompted for your name. Enter your name and click “Enter” to enter the meeting space. The instructions that detail how to join the integrated phone audio conference will be on the screen when you join the meeting.
Anytime before the meeting you can visit the following URL to confirm your ability to connect to the Breeze server:
http://breeze.extension.iastate.edu/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
If you have any questions in regards to this webinar, feel free to contact me at (402) 274-4755 or at glesoing2@unl.edu