Gaining Ground Webinar Series
Gaining Ground is a free webinar series geared toward agriculture educators. The goal of Gaining Ground is to equip agriculture educators with knowledge from national experts that support Urban Food Systems enterprises in the region. Participants will learn technical and systems-level information for successful Urban Food Systems practices through the series.
Each webinar is delivered by experts from the urban core such as urban farmers, nonprofit educators, food policy advocates and government workers. Webinars are one hour in length.
Gaining Ground is presented by the Urban Food Systems program at K-State Olathe.
Upcoming Webinars
Free Tools for Small Growers: From Excel Calculators to Open-Source Software
1 p.m. CST on Wednesday, April 30
Small-scale growers require practical and accessible tools for help with farm planning, financial management and sustainable growing solutions. Various free research-based tools, from Excel calculators to open-source farm management software, can help streamline operations while enhancing profitability and environmental sustainability. Participants will learn about a digital farm management platform designed to assist with planning, task scheduling and sustainability tracking, as well as simple spreadsheet-based tools that help growers with crop storage, heating and cooling needs, and other essential farm functions. Explore how you can share these tools and better serve your urban and small-scale growers.
Speaker
- Hannah Wittman, Ph.D., associate at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, professor at the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability and professor of Land and Food Systems at University of British Columbia. She also is project lead for LiteFarm.
- Sam Wortman, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and founder of the Grow Local Innovation Lab, , which aims to design, create, and test new methods, ideas, and products to support local specialty crop growers and improve the sustainability of local food systems.
Previous Webinars
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2019-38640-29879 through the North Central Region SARE program under project number XNC19-181 Capacity Building in Urban Food Systems in the North Central Region. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Urban Food Systems Initiatives