The Activity
Calendar will announce events and activities hosted by the Producers Value-Added
Agriculture Foundation and will also be open to other educational, non-profit
groups, co-ops, and foundations. We will post value-added agriculture
events or activities submitted to us.
3rd
Annual Farmer-Baker Forum
Discovering Value-Added
Possibilities; Linking Wheat Producers to Artisan Bakers
What: 3rd Annual Farmer- Baker Forum
Where: Central Kansas
When: June 24-27, 2004
Contact: Kent Symns
ksymns@value-added-ag.org
Sponsors: Producers Value-Added Agriculture Foundation,
Kansas Wheat Commission
and Farmer Direct Foods, Inc.
Overview: A forum to
bring wheat producers together with the
baking industry (artisan bakers) in an
effort for both to learn about the
needs, abilities and constraints of the
other. A motor coach tour of
central Kansas wheat country at harvest,
a flour mill and a value-added bakery.
There are also tours at Kansas State
University Grain Science Department,
USDA Grain Market Research Lab and
American Institute of Baking.
Producers
Value-Added Agriculture Foundation Annual Meeting
What: Annual Meeting
Where: KSU Ag Research Center, Hays, KS
When: Friday, January 30, 2004
Contact: Kent Symns
ksymns@value-added-ag.org
Sponsor: Farmer Direct Foods, Inc., formerly
American White Wheat Producers Association
Overview: Registration and coffee at
8:30 a.m. with the business session beginning at 9:00 a.m. The
meeting will be held during the sixteenth annual meeting of Farmer Direct
Foods, Inc. A brief report of foundation activities and finances
will be presented.
Discovering Value-Added Possibilities:
Linking Wheat Farmers to Artisan Bakers
What: 2003 Farmers and Bakers Forum
Where: Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas
When: June 18-22, 2003
Contact: Kent Symns
ksymns@value-added-ag.org
Sponsors: Producers Value-Added Agriculture Foundation,
Kansas Wheat Commission and Farmer Direct Foods, Inc.
Overview: A forum to bring wheat
producers together with the baking industry (artisan bakers) in an effort
for both to learn about the needs, abilities and constraints of the other.
A motor coach tour of; eastern Colorado and western Kansas wheat
country at harvest, a flour mill and a farmer-owned value-added bakery.
There is also a presentation at Kansas State Agriculture Research Center
entitled "Wheat Genetics and What is Being Done to Improve Baking Quality".
USDA to Host
Value-Added Grant Program Workshops
What: Value-Added Grant Program Workshops (2)
Where & When: Hays / July 1, 2003: 10:00 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m., Fort Hays State University, Albertson Hall, Room 619
Where & When: Emporia / July 2, 2003: 10:00
a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Lyon County Extension Office, 618 Commercial
Contact:
2002farmbillRD@ks.usda.gov or call USDA Rural Development at
620-784-5431, Extension #37.
Sponsors: USDA Rural Development, KSU Cooperative
Development Center, and Kansas Department of Commerce Ag Marketing Division
Overview: Two workshops to assist Kansans in
applying for the Agency's "Value-Added Producer Grant Program".
Information to be presented at the workshops will help agricultural
producers and producer groups to develop successful applications for their
Value-Added Producer Grant Program which will be available later in this
calendar year.
Discovering Value-Added
Possibilities: Value-Added Ag Products for the Asian Market
What: Presentations and Workshops on
Targeted Markets
Where: University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS
When: February 12, 2004
Contact: Kent Symns
ksymns@value-added-ag.org
Sponsor: Producers Value-Added Agriculture Foundation
and Kansas Asian Community Awareness Program, Center for East Asian
Studies of the University of Kansas
Overview: A forum to bring together
agricultural producers and manufacturers of Asian (food based) products in
an effort to educate both groups and to gain understanding within both
groups of the value-added opportunities available to their markets.
