Progress 05/15/18 to 05/14/23
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Target Audience: Farmers market customers at the Warrensburg and Sedalia Farmers Markets Vendors at the Warrensburg and Sedalia Farmers Markets Agriculture Science college students High School Ag teachers and High School students Powell Gardens visitors Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Dr. Michelle Santiago attended the Non-Land Grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Association Annual Meeting from Oct 3-5, 2022, to learn about compliance and dissemination regulations and best practices related to institutions receiving NIFA Capacity Building grants. Dr. Michelle Santiago attended the Southern Association of Agricultural Sciences Conference February 5-8, 2023, to network with administrators and faculty of agriculture economics and horticulture programs. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Products provided to farmers market vendors, UCM college students and high school agriculture teachers as listed below: Taste-testing survey results disseminatedto 31 vendors at the Sedalia Farmers and 36 vendors at the Warrensburg Farmers Market and posted on ucmo.edu/ag-outreach Seed packets of the 5 most highly rated vegetable varieties were distributedto farmers market vendors, prospective UCM college students, high school agriculture teachers and posted onucmo.edu/ag-outreach Hydroponic Instructional Video clips are available onucmo.edu/ag-outreachand through https://www.youtube.com/@UCMAgriculture PowerPoint for using the sugar refractometer wereshared with High School Teachers on ucmo.edu/ag-outreachand instructional video on using the sugar refractometer is available onhttps://www.youtube.com/@UCMAgriculture Infographic sheets on plant propagation and hydroponic entrepreneurship are available onucmo.edu/ag-outreach Outreach Information flyer "Sweet or Tart" for all prospective students on using a sugar refractometer in measuring vegetable sugar contentare available onucmo.edu/ag-outreach Videos of UCM students building a 8 ft. x 16 ft greenhouse at Environmental Studies at Paradise Park are available onhttps://www.youtube.com/@UCMAgriculture Videos of UCM students building the keyhole garden at Environmental Studies at Paradise Park are available onhttps://www.youtube.com/@UCMAgriculture These products will continue to be disseminated via in-person and web links to current and future students, agricultural education teachers and community members. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Prospective UCM students who visited UCM campus during the fall semester 2022 where shown the hydroponic systems being used by the UCM Ag students to grow lettuce, tomato and watermelon and how research projects are incorporated into various Ag classes. Discover Agriculture @Central Day - high school students on Friday, Nov 11, 2022 Dr. Goodwin conducted a workshop to 53 high school students on how to asexually propagate sweet potato, onion and garlic.Students also learned about measuring sugar content of vegetables by using a sugar refractometer and were given materials about majors offered in the Agriculture Department. Recruitment visit on December 2, 2022 at the Career and Business Expo 2022 in Kansas City, MO where Dr. Mark Goodwin and Mr. Mike Keilholz talked with 89 junior and senior students from 16 different Kansas City area high schools about tomato sugar content, demonstrated how to use a sugar refractometer to measure fruit sugar content, and provided information about ag programs available at University of Central Missouri. High Schools and number of students from each high school that participated were:: Bonner Springs High School- Kansas9 Central High School - Missouri3 DeLaSalle Education Center - Missouri3 East High School - Missouri4 Hogan Preparatory Academy - Missouri 12 J.C. Harmon High School - Missouri6 Lincoln College Preparatory Academy - Missouri5 Northeast High School - Missouri4 Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts - Missouri16 Piper High School- Missouri4 Ruskin High School - Missouri1 Southeast High School - Missouri7 Sumner Academy of Arts and Science - Missouri2 Turner High School - Missouri7 University Academy - Missouri1 Wyandotte High School - Kansas5 Recruitment visit on March 2, 2023 at the Kansas City High Schools 20/20 Leadership College, Trade & Resource Expo in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Mark Goodwin and Mr. Mike Keilholz visited with 86 senior, junior, and sophomore students from 14 different high schools from the Kansas City area about tomato sugar content, demonstrated how to use a sugar refractometer to measure fruit sugar content, and provided information about ag programs available at University of Central Missouri. High Schools and number of students from each high school that participated were: Bonner Springs High School - Kansas2 East High School - Missouri 2 Hogan Preparatory Academy - Missouri6 F.L. Schlagle High School - Missouri1 J.C. Harmon High School - Missouri11 Northeast High School - Missouri3 Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts - Missouri11 Ruskin High School - Missouri7 Southeast High School - Missouri5 Sumner Academy of Arts and Science- Missouri3 Turner High School - Missouri18 University Academy - Missouri3 Wyandotte High School - Kansas 13 Washington High School - Missouri1 Discover Central Day Browsing Fair at UCM on Feb 22, 2023.Dr. Michelle Santiago, Mr. Mike Keilholz, and Dr. Mark Goodwin visited with 15 highschool students who came to UCM to learn about majors that are offered at UCM. Students were able to use the sugar refractometer to measure the sugar content of tomatoes and use the chlorophyll meter to measure chlorophyll content of leaves from vegetable plants. Students were given materials about the majors offered in the Agriculture Department. High Schools and number of students from each high school that participated were: Saline County High School - Missouri2 Guadalupe Centers High School - Missouri1 Blue Valley West - Kansas1 Louisburg High School - Kansas1 East High School - Missouri3 Stallone High School - Missouri2 Auburn High School - Illinois 1 Raymore-Peculiar High School - Missouri1 Staley High School - Missouri3 II. Goal: Research Lettuce Hydroponic research in AGRI 1100 Strategies for Success in the UCM Agriculture Program, AGRI 4000 Fruit and Vegetable Production and AGRI 4150: Natural Resource Economics fall 2022. Taught students about designing and executing hydroponic production research projects. Students responsible for the growing process and data collection. Analysis of data is on-going. Dr. Goodwin wrote paper on test-testing survey results to disseminate to farmer's market vendors posted on ucmo.edu/ag-outreach Dr. Santiago and Dr. Goodwin collected and analyzed data on farmers markets brand goals and marketing strategies. This analysis was presented as an academic poster presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting on Feb 7, 2023. A copy of this poster will be posted on ucmo.edu/ag-outreach. III. Goal: Education 4-H Regional Energize Workshop Oct 22, 2022 at the UCM greenhouse. Dr. Mark Goodwin conducted the workshop 'How to Turn One Plant into Many Plants' Twelve participants learned how to propagate sweet potatoes, garlic and onion bulbs. 4-H Regional Energizer Workshop Oct 22, 2022 at the UCM greenhouse. Dr. Michelle Santiago conducted a workshop teaching six participants how to build a 'Hydroponic Wick System' out of a 2 liter bottle. Taught AGRI 4000 Fruit and Vegetable Production course for 3 credit hours during the Spring 2023 semester to 8 college students. Over the fall 2022 semester and the spring 2023 semester submitted and received approval for the AGRI 4000 Fruit and Vegetable production class to be approved to become a permanent agriculture course AGRI 2615 Fruit and Vegetable Production that is included in the list of required electives for Horticulture Science majors. Hydroponic research project embedded in AGRI 1100 Strategies for Success in the UMC Agriculture Program during the Fall 2022 semester when Dr. Goodwin and Dr. Sushil Thapa introduced 30 freshman students and new transfer students to growing lettuce and tomatoes hydroponically. Hydroponic research project embedded in AGRI 4150 Natural Resource Economics in the Fall 2022 semester when Dr. Goodwin and Dr. Michelle Santiago taught plant research concepts and marketing strategies to growing watermelon hydroponically Video clips were recorded and posted on the UCM Agriculture Department website how to use plant lettuce using rockwool Dr. Goodwin made seven visits to :Underwood Elementary School, Lee's Summit, MO to provide a hydroponic system and teach 25 5th grade students how to grow leaf lettuce hydroponically in their classroom.Students were taught to use a chlorophyll meter to measure chlorophyll amount in lettuce leaves and were taught to use a light meter to measure light levels provided by the LED lights in the hydroponic system. Embedded in AGRI 1600 Introduction to Horticultural Science (32 students) and AGRI 4000 (8 students) in the spring semester 2023 building a 8 ft. x 16 ft. greenhouse and a 6 ft. diameter raised keyhole garden at the Lee's Summit School System Paradise Park conservation center in Lee's Summit. Ultimately this educational outreach culminated in the Lee's Summit Summit Technology Academy (STA) establishing a high school agriculture education component at the STA Environmental Science at Paradise Park conservation center. Dr. Goodwin and Dr. Santiago conducted a greenhouse/keyhole garden workshop to teach vegetable production methods for 19 20/20 Leadership high school students on May 9, 2023 at the Paradise Park Conservation Center. Distributed to the vendors (67) at the Sedalia and Warrensburg Farmers Markets the paper 'Consumer taste preferences for various fruits and vegetables grown in Missouri' along with seed packets of five of the nine top-rated varieties. Distributed to the vendors (67) at the Sedalia and Warrensburg Farmers Markets the findings related to research on "Analysis of Regional Farmer's Market Brand Goals through Social Media Marketing Strategies".
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Progress 05/15/21 to 05/14/22
Outputs
Target Audience:Farmers market customers at the Warrensburg and Sedalia Farmers Markets Vendors at the Warrensburg and Sedalia Farmers Markets High School Ag teachers and High School student Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Disseminate to Farmers Market vendors results of vegetable variety productivity research and consumer taste testing of different vegetable varieties via web-based tools and face to face meetings Student hydroponic research projects to be completed this fall semester. Dissemination project results to market vendors via the web and face to face meetings Digitize sugar refractometer teaching seminar to increase the number of high school classes participating in sugar content variety testing. Visit high schools to enlist students in participation of sugar content varieties testing Recruit high schools to bring classes to visit the UCM farm and meet UCM faculty Submit vegetable variety productivity and taste testing data analysis for publication to a peer reviewed journal Recruit an agribusiness professor to analyze farmers market survey data to enable conclusions to be published and disseminated to farmers markets and market vendors?
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
I. Goal: Recruitment Provided internship opportunities for four undergraduate students to intern at the Warrensburg and Sedalia Farmers Markets. Market surveys of customers and vendor surveys at the Warrensburg and Sedalia farmers markets were conducted by the interns employed by these farmers markets. Interns conducted social media marketing via facebook, instagram and email. Development marketing materials for street signs and social media. II. Goal: Research Crop production data and taste testing survey data data compilation and writing for peer reviewed journal and dissemination to farmers market vendors continuing. III. Goal: Education Reviewed and prepared curriculum proposal for a commercial fruit and vegetable production class to be submitted to the university curriculum process this fall to make this class a required class for horticulture students. AGRI 4000 Vegetable and Fruit Production was taught in Spring 2021 as an elective class only. Applied and was granted April 2022 a one-year no-cost extension. Grant termination date now is May 14, 2023?
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Progress 05/15/20 to 05/14/21
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Target Audience:Farmers' markets across the state of Missouri, consumers (buyers at farmers' markets vs. supermarkets), producers (vendors/potentional vendors) and high schol and college agriculture students. Changes/Problems:A no cost extension was needed due to COVID-19 interfering with University and partner organization's operations. This impacted surveying and data collection. Pending additional delays due to COVID-19, the additional time will allow for the remainder of the project to be completed. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?May 15 - October 31, 2021: Issue no cost extension subawards to the four project partners Collect farmers' market data for the summer farmers market season Collect data of compilation of vegetable trials Collect taste testing survey data Student internships at partner organizations August 2021 - October 2021: High school students complete vegetable analysis High school student tours of UCM agriculture facilities November 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022: Analyze vegetable production data, taste test survey data, farmers market data and complete comparisons with prior years January 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022: Trial winter leafy vegetables production in high tunnels Teach undergraduate vegetable production course. Dissemination of vegetable production and taste test survey, winter production data, and farmers market marketing data to producers and farmers markets via face-to-face workshops, zoom meetings and written reports. May 15, 2022 - August 13, 2022: Complete final reporting Post funding dissemination of project results through publications and conference presentations
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Completion of high tunnel construction for classroom instruction and winter production research Currently teaching class AGRI 4000 Vegetable and Fruit Production. Labs for this course are using the new high tunnel completed last fall. Compilation and statistical analysis of vegetable crop production and taste test survey data collected during the first two years of the grant have been completed. Number of student interns employed by grant partners for 2020 were seven. Market data was collected by farmers market interns during the summer market season 2020
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Progress 05/15/19 to 05/14/20
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Target Audience:Farmers' markets across the state of Missouri, consumers (buyers at farmers' markets vs. supermarkets), producers (vendors/potentional vendors) and high schol and college agriculture students. Changes/Problems:Due to COVID-19 and institutional transitioning to remote work, student campus visits and tours had to be cancelled. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Two UCM undergraduate students conducted taste testing surveys, writing of survey reports, development of institutional review board application materials, data entry, data analysis, creation of posters. One of these students presented a poster at the 2019 Great Plains Economic and Business Conference The Future of Energy on Oct 25, 2019 in Columbus, NE Nine internships were funded by the grant. 3 students worked at Powell Gardens, 2 students interned at Warrensburg Famers Market, 3 students interned at Sedalia Farmers market and 1 student interned at Missouri Grown. The interns at Missouri Grown surveyed Farmers Markets throughout Missouri. The interns at the Farmers markets conducted market analysis and designed marketing strategies, and conducted customer and vendor surveys. The interns at Powell Gardens planted, weeded, irrigated, harvested and collected harvest data of vegetable varieites grown at Powell Gardens. The award of the 3 mini-grants of $2500 involved 2 UCM faculty members and 3 undergraduate students. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Two posters on on-going research have been presented at two different conferences. "Building Partnerships Between Stakeholders Involved in the Local Production, Marketing and Education of Vegetable Production in Western Missouri"at the 2019Non-land-grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU).Data presented on taste test survey results on different tomato varities offered at farmers markets. Presented on Oct 22, 2019 in San Angelo, TX "Building Partnerships Between Stakeholders Involved in the Local Production, Marketing and Education of Vegetable Production in Western Missouri"at the 2019Non-land-grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU).Data presented on survey data on farmer market customer willingness to pay for produce, produce price comparisons, and customer demographics. Presented on Oct 22, 2019 in San Angelo, TX "Building Partnerships Between Stakeholders Involved in the Local Production, Marketing and Education of Vegetable Production in Western Missouri" at the 2019 Great Plains Economic and Business Conference The Future of Energy. Data updated from Oct 22, 2019 presented on survey data on farmer market customer willingness to pay for produce, produce price comparisons, and customer demographics. Presented on Oct 25, 2019 in Columbus, NE What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Goals for 2020-2021 •Recruit two graduate assistants; one for business/economic analysis, and one forvegetable productionin the upcoming academic year. • Proposals for seven additional mini-grants of $2,500 each will be solicited and awarded to conduct research onfarmers market related topics. • We will arrange for Zoom visits with high school teachers toenlist high school students in research using sugar refractometers to measure vegetable sugar content to assist in identifying varieties vendors can offer at markets. •We will invite high schoolclasses to visit UCM with reimbursement up to $500 provided by the grant to defray travel expenses. During these visits students will tourthe UCM ag facilities and meet faculty. Special attention will be focused on urban high schools with minority anddisadvantaged students. However we do not know when the COVID-19 pandemic will allow such visits. • New cohort of grant-paid student interns will be hired by the Warrensburg and Sedalia Farmers Markets, Powell Gardens and Missouri Department of Agriculture. These interns will gain professional and leadership skills, and learn the basics of scientific research and data collection. • The principal investigator will continue to mentor undergrad students anddirect thestudent's research and analysis. This researchwill be presented and published at appropriate peer-reviewed journalsand conferences. • Additional data collection and analysis will be conducted at the farmers markets, Powell Gardens and at Missouri Department of Agriculture. •Share vegetable taste testing and harvest data with farmermarket vendors either in person or remotely as pandemic conditions allow. •Build one 48 foot x 20 foot high tunnel at the university farm this summer and conduct leaf vegetable trials over the winter.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Goal: Recruitment Two high school visited UCM. North East High School come to UCM on October 31, 2019. Seventy high school students meet with faculty and farm manager and toured the facilities. Majority of the students were African-American. Holden High School visited on November 15, 2019. The eight students that visited were Caucasian. All 78 students were provided with recruitment materials (thumbdrives with program and university information and baseball caps with the program logo) , partly funded by the grant. During their visits, students got the opportunity to visit the two university farms and greenhouses, plus were able to meet agriculture faculty and staff of UCM. We are keeping track of aggregate number of students who visit UCM through this grant and subsequently attend Ag program at UCM or other institutions. High schools were contacted to arrange for in-class visits by the PI and UCM undergrad students, but because of schedule conflicts and COVID-19 pandemic in the spring semester we were unable to schedule class room visits. II. Research Two separateposters titled: "Building Partnerships Between Stakeholders Involved in the Local Production, Marketing and Education of Vegetable Production in Western Missouri"at the 2019Non-land-grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU).Data presented on taste test survey results on different tomato varities offered at farmers markets. Presented on Oct 22, 2019 in San Angelo, TX "Building Partnerships Between Stakeholders Involved in the Local Production, Marketing and Education of Vegetable Production in Western Missouri"at the 2019Non-land-grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU).Data presented on survey data on farmer market customer willingness to pay for produce, produce price comparisons, and customer demographics. Presented on Oct 22, 2019 in San Angelo, TX "Building Partnerships Between Stakeholders Involved in the Local Production, Marketing and Education of Vegetable Production in Western Missouri" at the 2019 Great Plains Economic and Business Conference The Future of Energy. Data updated from Oct 22, 2019 presented on survey data on farmer market customer willingness to pay for produce, produce price comparisons, and customer demographics. Presented on Oct 25, 2019 in Columbus, NE Three mini-grants were funded in May 2019,but due to the pandemic, progress has been suspended until the university resumes normal operations. "Barriers to Agricultural Market Access for LGBTQ+ Farmers" . "Impacts of Climate Change on Rural Missouri Farm Production" "University of Central Missouri and Warrensburg Farmers' Market" Harvest data on 59 different vegetable varieties have been collected from the vegetable trials at Powell Gardens for the 2019 growing season. 875 taste-testing surveys were collected on 59 vegetable and fruit varieties. III. Goal: Teaching AGRI 4000 Distribution And Marketing Agriculture Products in Farmers Markets was taughtin the summer of 2019. AGRI 4000 teachesstudents marketing local agriculture produces and products, management of small scale agricultural production, cost benefit analysis, designing customer surveys, interpreting the results and implementing the findings, use of social media to promote and be in touch with local consumers and outreach techniques to local businesses for constant buyers. Course development for AGRI 3650 Fruit and Vegetable Production continued in preparation for the first offering of this course Spring 2021. This course will teachstudents production of economically important crops using both open-field and high tunnel growing systems as well as investigation of new crop varieties for production in Western Missouri. First course offering will be Spring 2021.
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Progress 05/15/18 to 05/14/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Farmers' markets across the state of Missouri, consumers (buyers at farmers' markets vs. supermarkets), producers (vendors/potentional vendors) and high schol and college agriculture students. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Five students did a paid internship at two farmers market in 2018. The students who interned were from multiple institutions. During their internship, they were able to gain valuable managerial and professional development trainings from managers of farmers markets. Furthermore, they also developed and led new marketing approaches for the farmers markets. Some of those approaches included creation of different new social media accounts such as Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. They were able to learn and train on operational methods of farmers markets on a day-to-day basis. During their interactions with market vendors and customers who visited the market, they were able to gain valuable experience on professionalism and leadership. Two students worked as undergraduate student researchers and recruitment officers. These students learned basic research method by entering the data collected at farmers markets, doing literature review and analyzing data. Furthermore, they will be able to gain professional experience on presenting research findings when they present the research findings at different regional and institutional conferences. Three students completed grant-funded internships at Powell Gardens where they learned about commercial vegetable production, including cultural requirements for different vegetables and pest control strategies. They also learned the basics of scientific research and data collection. The intern at the Missouri Department of Agriculture learned professionalism and leadership skills as she contacted farmers markets throughout the state. She also learned the basics of scientific research and data collection. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Collected data has been analyzed and shared with partners for implementation and project planning. External dissemination of results will occur in year three through conference presentations, workshops, and journal articles. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Three graduate assistants (one for computer science/web development, one for business/economic analysis, and one for vegetable production) will be recruited in the upcoming academic year. Proposals for seven additional mini-grants of $2,500 each will be solicited and awarded to conduct research of farmers market related topics. We will continue to contact and visit high schools throughout Missouri to recruit students to pursue education and careers in agriculture. We will also continue to enlist high school students in research using sugar refractometers to measure vegetable sugar content to assist in identifying varieties vendors can offer at markets. We will continue to invite high school classes with reimbursement up to $500 provided by the grant to defray travel expenses. During these visits students will tour the UCM ag facilities and meet faculty. Special attention will be focused on urban high schools with minority and disadvantaged students. New cohort of grant-paid student interns will be hired by the Warrensburg and Sedalia Farmers Markets, Powell Gardens and Missouri Department of Agriculture. These interns will gain professional and leadership skills, and learn the basics of scientific research and data collection. Principal and Co-principal investigators will continue to mentor undergrad and graduate students. They will also direct the student's research and analysis. The will be presenting and publishing research findings in appropriate peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Additional data collection and analysis will be conducted at the farmers markets, Powell Gardens and at Missouri Department of Agriculture.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
I. Goal: Recruitment Three high schools visited UCM. The three high schools and their demographic composition, and the date of their visit is below: Name of High School: Adrian High School, Adrian, MO Date of visit: 09-07-2018 Total number of students: 13 Male 7 Female 6 Number of minority students or non-white based on race 0 Name of High School: Lee's Summit West H.S., Lee's Summit, MO Date of visit: 10-26-2018 Total number of students: 32 Male 12 Female 20 Number of minority students or non-white based on race 6 Name of High School: State Fair Community College Date of visit: 11-19-2018 Total number of students: 7 Male 2 Female 5 Number of minority students or non-white based on race 0 During their visits, students got the opportunity to visit the two university farms, and greenhouses, in addition to getting details about the program from faculty and staff of UCM. We will be keeping track of aggregate number of students who visit UCM through this grant and subsequently attend Ag program at UCM or other institutions. Principal and Co-principal investigators visited Lee's Summit West H.S. on 10-08-2018. Presentations were made to three high school classes. During these visits, students learned about UCM's Ag program and how to use a sugar refractometer to measure sugar content in vegetables. Four sugar refractometers were loaned to the high school instructors so students could measure various fruits purchased from local grocery stores and this data was emailed to Dr. Goodwin to include in his research. The expectation is that this research will build interest to pursue education and careers in agriculture. II. Goal: Research Grant-funded interns collected data on and about farmers' market. Interns at Sedalia's FM and Warrensburg's FM collected data on number of vendors, customers, prices, and increased social media participation. These data are being analyzed and research papers will be submitted and published in peer-reviewed journals. An abstract has been submitted to the Canadian Economic Association for presentation in the summer 2019. Furthermore, additional research analysis will be presented at the Missouri Farmers Market Association conference and/or UCM's undergraduate symposium and/or Missouri Academy of Sciences as determined where abstracts are accepted. Grant-funded interns at the Missouri Dept. of Agriculture collected data on farmers markets across the state. The subsequent analysis and research will be published and presented as well. Taste testing was conducted over a four week period in July and August at the Warrensburg and Sedalia FMs by grant-funded interns at the markets. Twelve varieties of tomatoes grown by Powell Gardens were tested by customers at these two markets. This data is being analyzed and will be presented in the appropriate peer-reviewed journals. Grant-funded interns at Powell Gardens collected production data for tomatoes including fertilizers applied, pest management strategies implemented, and harvest data. Three mini research grants have been awarded as outlined in the scope of work. III. Goal: Education Two new courses, AGRI 4000Distribution And Marketing Agricultural Products in Farmers Markets and AGRI 3650Fruit and Vegetable Production, that were stated in the proposal have been developed. AGRI 4000Distribution And Marketing Agriculture Products in Farmers Markets is being offered in the summer of 2019. AGRI 4000 teaches students marketing local agriculture produces and products, management of small scale agricultural production, cost benefit analysis, designing customer surveys, interpreting the results and implementing the findings, use of social media to promote and be in touch with local consumers and outreach techniques to local businesses for constant buyers. AGRI 3650 teaches students production of economically important crops using both open-field and high tunnel growing systems as well as investigation of new crop varieties for production in Western Missouri. First course offering will be Spring 2021.
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