Progress 09/01/09 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience includes socially disadvantages farmers (African American, Hispanic and refugee), women farmers and small farmers. Most of the farmers were limited-resource. Mennonite farmers who operate the Fairview Produce Auction, Inc. Changes/Problems: One addition was the addition of servicing some 80-120 refugee farmers who produce vegetables. The need for interpreters was a challenge. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? 44 The Third Thursday Thing monthly workshops 4 Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conferences 10 Risk Management Education workshops (county or district level) 4 bus tours to the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group annual workshops 2 tours to the National Goat Conferences 2 tours to the National Small Farm Conferences 4 Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists Annual Meetings 2 tours to Kentucky State University small farm program participants How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Publications, meetings, new media, newsletters What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The socially disadvantaged farmers enrolled in the Kentucky State University Small Farm Program increased their farm income by averages of $5,000 annually, even during the recent recession. Tensocially disadvantaged farmers added high tunnels in 2013,with 20 planned for 2014. The Fairview Produce Auction, Inc., grew to some $2.3 million in annual sales. The Farmer2City Connection, a cooperative of eight (8)African Americans was developed. They market vegetables, fresh pork and fresh beef locally, and into the food deserts of Louisville, KY and Nashville, TN. ZITA Snacks, including a USDA approved processing plant in the basement of an African American producer, expanded their "pork rind snacks", added product lines, and expanded their business from local to nationwide. The three Kentucky State University Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conferences trained over 600 socially disadvantaged farmer participants from 13 states. The Third Thursday Thing trained 2,000 participants on farm diversification, food safety and vegetable crops. Ten socially disadvantaged beginning farmers enrolled in Kentucky State University Beginner Farmer Programs. Annual tours to the Southern Sustainable Working Group trained 200 Kentucky farmers during the period on vegetables and sustainable production and marketing.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Reaching Socially Disadvantaged Farmers through The Third Thursday Thing
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The OASDFR Project saw some 205 participants in its Kentucky State University (KSU) Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conference. Presenters included USDA and State agencies, farmer success stories and educational tours. KSU took some 23 minority farmers to the Federation of Southern Cooperatives meeting. Kentucky State University purchased specialized vegetable equipment for use by minority and small farmers in some 15 counties. The equipment was built and received in time for an African American producer in Lincoln County, KY to use it in 2012: he doubled his production as a result of this opportunity. Some 45 refugee participants received training on vegetable production and marketing. Two Hispanic gardens with 15 producers in Russell and Breckinridge Counties helped provide fresh foods for their families and produce available for the local farmers market. The African American cooperative established by this project, the Farmers2City Connection, sold produce at farmers markets, road side stands and contracted to sell produce. Records show that cooperators in the KSU Small Farm Program increased their incomes by an average of $3,750 with African American farmers averaging an increase in income of $5,500. The KSU "Third Thursday" monthly workshops showed some 650 participants with the 15th Anniversary Third Thursday Field Day having 400 participants from 13 states. Thirty-seven members of the 1890 Small Farmer Leadership Institute (a separate OASDFR Project) attended the Field Day and toured Kentucky farms for their 2012 summer tour. Vegetable, organic, and horticulture production, marketing, and business management were taught at several sessions. PARTICIPANTS: Training and professional development included: The 1890 Association of Extension Administrators System-wide Meeting, 2012, presentation on Risk-Assessed Business Planning for Small Producers The 6th National Small Farm Conference, presentations on Whole Farm Planning and Grant Writing The Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (the Southern Rural Sociology Association) - presentation on alternative livestock for small, women, minority and limited resource farmers) Collaborators/Partners included Catholic Charities, Louisville, KY, Refugee Program Individuals working on the project were outreach and small farm specialists, agents and small farm paraprofessionals TARGET AUDIENCES: Primary targeted audiences in Kentucky: 1 - African American farmers and their families 2 - Hispanic and new immigrant farmers and their families 3 - Refugee farmers/gardeners in Louisville, KY and their families Secondary targeted audiences in Kentucky: 1 - Mennonite farmers, their families, and the farmers who sell through the Fairview Produce Auction, Inc 2 - Small and limited-resource farmers and their families 3 - Women farmers and their families 4 - The above for the Southern region or nationally when the opportunity arises PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
KSU's specialized vegetable equipment for use by minority and small farmers in some 15 counties equipment was built and received in time for an African American producer in Lincoln County, KY to use it in 2012: he doubled his production as a result of this opportunity. Some 45 refugee gardeners grew vegetables for their home use and sold their excess to their neighbors. Two Hispanic gardens with 15 producers in Russell and Breckinridge Counties provided fresh vegetables for cooperating families with the excess sold at their local farmers markets. The African American cooperative established by this project, the Farmers2City Connection, sold produce at farmers markets, road side stands and contracted to sell produce. Records show that cooperators in the KSU Small Farm Program increased their incomes by an average of $3,750 with African American farmers averaging an increase in income of $5,500. Thirty-seven members of the 1890 Small Farmer Leadership Institute (a separate OASDFR Project) attended the Field Day and toured Kentucky farms for their 2012 summer tour. Three of the Leadership participants were excited to visit operations that were very similar to what they want to develop in their operations.
Publications
- Abstract: Whole Farm Business Management, 6th National Small Farm Conference, 2012. Abstract: The Steps to Grant Writing, 6th National Small Farm, Conference, 2012. Abstract: Southern Association of Rural Sociology Annual Meetings: Alternative Enterprises for Small, Women, Minority and Limited Resource farmers, 2012.
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Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Kentucky State University Small Farm and OASDFR staff conducted 11 The Third Thursday Thing educational workshops on alternative enterprises, food safety, and marketing at the Kentucky State University Research and Demonstration Farm with 677 small and minority farmers attending. We provided a bus tour for 48 participants to the goat research and processing facility at Fort Valley State University and the National Goat Conference at Tallahassee, FL. We provided a bus tour for 59 participants to the Southern SAWG Conference to study alternative enterprises, horticulture, food safety, direct marketing, and business management. There were a total of 1,254 in attendance, three KSU staff taught sessions on marketing, estate and retirement planning, Kentucky's sustainable agriculture initiatives, and decision-making. KSU staff provided a bus tour throughout the KSU service area to show 60 participants successful enterprises of other farmers who are on the Small Farm and OASDFR Program. This included vegetable and goat production, diversified farms with vegetables, dairy, swine, beef, and pastured poultry operations, direct marketing efforts, the Fairview Produce Auction, and two value-added markets that have expanded into large commercial value-added operations as a result of cooperating with the KSU program. The KSU staff offerred a Goat Summit with 51 participants. The KSU OASDFR staff offerred two risk management education trainings at African American churches in Lincoln and Anderson Counties with 130 participants. The KSU staff provided a bus tour for 24 participants to the Outreach Meeting of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives. The KSU Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conference had 150 participants who studied USDA Agency programs, state agency programs, alternative crops, success stories of other farmers, funding opportunities, and AgrAbility. The one-on-one efforts were with some 200 cooperating farmers in ten counties. Overall contacts for the program were 7,051. PARTICIPANTS: Participants in the project are African American farm families, Hispanic farm families and small and limited-resource farm families in Kentucky, including refugees with the Catholic Charities of Louisville, KY. Partner organizations and collaborators include Catholic Charities, Kentucky Women in Agriculture, USDA-FSA, USDA-RD, USDA-NASS, USDA-RMA, the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense at Texas A&M University, USDA-NIFA, USDA-Southern SARE Program, USDA Office of Outreach, the Southern SAWG, the University of Kentucky, the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy, the Kentucky Cabinet for Energy and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Training and professional development include KSU Third Thursday workshops, the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Extension educational programs provided by the University of Kentucky and Kentucky State University, the KSU Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conference, the National Goat Conference and the Goat Summit, educational meetings in churches, the Southern SAWG Annual Conference, and educational tours. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audiences are African American farm families, Hispanic farm families, refugees with the Catholic Charities of Louisville, KY, and small and limited-resource farm families in Kentucky. Educational programs include educational tours, the Southern SAWG Conference, the National Goat Conference, the educational tour to Fort Valley State University's goat and processing facilities, KSU Third Thursday workshops, Extension educational programs taught by the University of Kentucky and Kentucky State University, the KSU Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conference, the KYFARMSTART beginning farmer program which is a combined effort of Kentucky State University and the University of Kentucky, the 1890 Small Farmer Leadership Institute, meetings in African American churches in Lincoln and Anderson Counties, meetings at the refugee centers in Louisville, KY, the Goat Summit, and one-on-one education. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The one-on-one educational program showed the increase in annual sales of participants to average $4,500, with African American farmers averaging a $5,000 increase in annual sales. Two women goat producers who are a part of the OASDFR outreach program learned about goat production and marketing from KSU Third Thursday workshops. One was selected as a national winner of the Innovative Producer Award at the 1st National Goat Conference, she is a 2009 graduate of the OASDFR 1890 Small Farmer Leadership Institute, and the second was selected Champion Certified Grade Dairy Goat Producer and Exhibitor at the 2010 and 2011 Kentucky State Fairs. A woman producer who regularly attends the Third Thursday Workshops chaired the development the South Lexington Farmers Market. Three women who attend Third Thursdays and graduated from the OASDFR 1890 Small Farmer Leadership Institute were involved in this effort. Four African American farmers graduated from the OASDFR 1890 Small Farmer Leadership Institute in 2011. A total of nine from Kentucky have now graduated from the Institute. As another result of attending the Institute, four African American farmers started a c.s.a. in southern Kentucky. Ten producers in the OASDFR Program received F.S.A. loans.
Publications
- SSERT-101 English and SSERT-102 Spanish. Simon, M., E. Rogers, E. Hall, F. Faires, Jr., A. Dunn, R. Coleman, B. Sargent. 2011. Prevent Diseases in Horses. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
- SSERT-103 English and SSERT-104 Spanish. Simon, M., E. Rogers, E. Hall, F. Fairies, Jr., A. Dunn, R. Coleman, B. Sargent. 2011. Diseases that Affect Horses. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon. Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
- SSERT-201 English and SSERT-201 Spanish. Gekara, Ondieki, R. Marshall, T. Miller, and L. Gray. 2011. Farm Level Biosecurity Practices for Small Beef Cattle Producers. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix. 3-11.
- SSERT-203 English and SSERT-204 Spanish. Gekara, O., R. Marshall, T. Miller, L. Gray. 2011. Foreign Animal Diseases of Beef Cattle That May Pose a Major Threat to the U.S. Economy. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
- SSERT-301 English and SSERT-302 Spanish. Leite-Browning, M., R. Browning, and C. Vaughn. 2011. Best Management Practices for Sheep and Goat Producers. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
- SSERT-303 English and SSERT-304 Spanish. Leite-Browning, M., R. Browning, C. Vaughn, K. Andries, and M. Simon. 2011. Major Zoonotic Diseases of Sheep and Meat Goats. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
- SSERT-401 English and SSERT-402 Spanish. Getz, W., S. Mobini, J. Rowe, R. Saum, and M. Halpin. 2011. Management Options to Prevent Diseases for Small Dairy Goat Enterprises. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
- SSERT-403 English and SSERT-404 Spanish. Getz, W., S. Mobini, J. Rowe, R. Saum, and M. Halpin. 2011. Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Information for Small Dairy Goat Enterprises. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
- SSERT-501 English and SSERT-502 Spanish. Williams, S., R. Mobley, and C. N'guessan. 2011. Best Biosecurity Practices In Poultry Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Diseases. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
- SSERT-601 English and SSERT-602 Spanish. Noble, R. 2011. Biosecurity for Swine Producers. fazd.tamu.edu, edited and produced by Kentucky State University, M. Simon, Principle Investigator and Lead Institution. Spanish version translated by M. Leite-Browning and N. Calix, 3-11.
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Progress 09/01/09 to 08/31/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Specific records for FY10. The project had 6,982 contacts in FY10. Specifically, with some 95 farm families enrolled in the 2501 and Small Farm Program annually, one-on-one contacts which involved individual farm visits and consultations with farmers numbered 2,755. Newsletters and information updates numbered 3,380. Participation in conferences, workshops, outreach workshops, field days, and meetings numbered 1,684. Records show that these farmers averaged an increase in annual farm sales of $5,000 during this depressed economy, for an estimated $1,000,000 increase in farm sales. The KSU's November Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conference had165 farmers in attendance. KSU sponsored 43 farmers in January 2010 to attend the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference to study alternative enterprises, farm planning and new production techniques. Risk Management Workshops were held for small and socially disadvantaged farmers in Lincoln County with 85 participants, and the Fairview Produce Auction's quarterly risk management, marketing and production workshops and tours averaged 100 - 225 in attendance, for a total of 625 (the educational programs included vegetables, horticulture produce, farm management, USDA agencies, and marketing). The KSU "Third Thursday" workshops had 1,485 participants, the Kentucky State University Sustainable Farms, Families, and farm Energy Field Day had 850 participants with 125 presenters. Additionally, 2501 staff assisted with 11 applications rural housing grants and loans, 20 applications for NRCS and Forest Service programs including EQIP, water quality, forage, and farm plans, 65 applications for H.B. 611 funds, and 68 farmers participated in health screenings. Seven (7) training activities were conducted with the refugee farmers. The refugee farmers conducted 3 garden demonstrations and 5 participated in "Third Thursday" workshops, the Small, Limited Resource, Minority Conference, and the Sustainable Farm, Family and Farm Energy Field Day.. Ten (10) socially disadvantaged farmers sold food into a food desert via a cooperative, the Farm2CityConnection for sales of $10,000. Ten (10) farmers participated in the Hispanic garden in Russell County and produced $5,000 in food value. The Fairview Produce Auction, Inc. had 6.5 in sales of fresh market produce with some 176 farmers participating. Some 60 farmers incorporated vegetable operations into their farming operations, with 41 farmers including value-added opportunities and selling at farmers markets, csa's and produce auctions. Approximately 114 high school and elementary students participated in USDA and agriculture careers workshops. PARTICIPANTS: Socially disadvantaged, small, limited-resource and women farmers, refugee farmers, food deserts TARGET AUDIENCES: Socially disadvantaged, small, limited-resource, women and refugee farmers. Farmers selling into food deserts. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Specific records for FY10. The project had 6,982 contacts in FY10. Specifically, with some 95 farm families enrolled in the 2501 and Small Farm Program annually, one-on-one contacts which involved individual farm visits and consultations with farmers numbered 2,755. Newsletters and information updates numbered 3,380. Participation in conferences, workshops, outreach workshops, field days, and meetings numbered 1,684. Records show that these farmers averaged an increase in annual farm sales of $5,000 during this depressed economy, for an estimated $1,000,000 increase in farm sales. The KSU's November Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conference had165 farmers in attendance. KSU sponsored 43 farmers in January 2010 to attend the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference to study alternative enterprises, farm planning and new production techniques. Risk Management Workshops were held for small and socially disadvantaged farmers in Lincoln County with 85 participants, and the Fairview Produce Auction's quarterly risk management, marketing and production workshops and tours averaged 100 - 225 in attendance, for a total of 625 (the educational programs included vegetables, horticulture produce, farm management, USDA agencies, and marketing). The KSU "Third Thursday" workshops had 1,485 participants, the Kentucky State University Sustainable Farms, Families, and farm Energy Field Day had 850 participants with 125 presenters. Additionally, 2501 staff assisted with 11 applications rural housing grants and loans, 20 applications for NRCS and Forest Service programs including EQIP, water quality, forage, and farm plans, 65 applications for H.B. 611 funds, and 68 farmers participated in health screenings. Seven (7) training activities were conducted with the refugee farmers. The refugee farmers conducted 3 garden demonstrations and 5 participated in "Third Thursday" workshops, the Small, Limited Resource, Minority Conference, and the Sustainable Farm, Family and Farm Energy Field Day.. Ten (10) socially disadvantaged farmers sold food into a food desert via a cooperative, the Farm2CityConnection for sales of $10,000. Ten (10) farmers participated in the Hispanic garden in Russell County and produced $5,000 in food value. The Fairview Produce Auction, Inc. had 6.5 in sales of fresh market produce with some 176 farmers participating. Some 60 farmers incorporated vegetable operations into their farming operations, with 41 farmers including value-added opportunities and selling at farmers markets, csa's and produce auctions. Approximately 114 high school and elementary students participated in USDA and agriculture careers workshops. Dr. Marion Simon made presentations at the 2010 Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Rural Sociology Annual Meetings, the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference, and numerous other locations. Mr. Louie Rivers Jr. made presentations at the 2010 Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Conference and other meetings.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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