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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKSHOP SERIES AT KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
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KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITYHAROLD R. BENSON RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION FARM1525 MILES LANE, FRANKFORT, KY
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKSHOP SERIES AT KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
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The Third Thursday Thing is a monthly sustainable agriculture workshop targeting small farmers, beginning
farmers and agricultural professionals including Kentucky State University and University of Kentucky
researchers; Cooperative Extension Specialists, Agents and Small Farm Assistants; US Department
of Agriculture Agencies, including Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency
(FSA), and Rural Development (RD); State Agencies including the KY Department of Agriculture; and non-profits including Community Farm Alliance and the KY
Women in Agriculture. Meetings are conducted at the Kentucky State University Research and Demonstration
Farm in Frankfort, KY with different topics selected every month coming from alternative enterprises.
The program celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2017 and has become the statewide community of small
farmers, researchers, Cooperative Extension staff, and U.S. Department of Agriculture and state agencies who
speak and share ideas freely and equally.
The goal of the Third Thursday Thing is to improve the sustainability of agriculture on Kentucky’s small, limited-
resource, female-operated, and minority farms.
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Welcome to the Sustainable Agriculture Field Day in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Third Thursday Thing Sustainable Workshop series. The Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Program is happy to have you here to help us celebrate this monumental anniversary. What started as an opportunity to train Kentuckians on agriculture production practices has grown into an innovative community of farmers, scientists, and government and industry professionals from diverse backgrounds sharing ideas and methods. The Third Thursday Thing serves as a place to share, learn, and
network to improve farming communities across the state and encourages diversity of thought.
This Sustainable Agriculture Field Day is a culmination of years of service from the Cooperative Extension staff across the state and the participation and successes of all of the growers who have attended over the past 20 years. We appreciate your contributions to this event and your presence as we continue to serve small, minority, and other under-represented groups across the state.
The Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Program and its College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems is committed to improve Kentucky agriculture through research and Extension with programs like the Third Thursday Thing for years to come.
We look forward to seeing you at these events.
Kirk Pomper, Ph.D.Land Grant DirectorCollege of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systemsand Land Grant ProgramKentucky State University
AFROM THE LAND GRANT DIRECTOR
Message Greetings...Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of “The Third Thursday Thing”. Twenty years ago as a Southern SARE State Coordinator, I was searching for solutions to four major problems. How could I bring sustainable farming training to Kentucky’s small farmers and Extension agents? How could Extension professionals and farmers with non-farm backgrounds, or from other states, learn basic Kentucky agriculture? How were tobacco-dependent small farmers going to survive unless they learned about alternative farm enterprises? And how could KSU’s fledgling 1890 Land Grant Program and Farm become more visible?
Then the opportunity arose. Southern SARE funded my Extension Training Project, one that I had designed, written, and submitted in two hours for a two year project! I would never have imagined its impacts or its longevity. I want to thank the Southern SARE Program, and others, for their continuous support which has made “Third Thursdays” possible.
“Third Thursdays” are a gathering place, a learning place, a place with diverse audiences. A place to go, to share, and to develop support networks and long-term friendships. We received the 2013 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’s Honor of Excellence Award, the highest honor given by USDA! Of that, we are very proud, and humbled, because it is you, the small farmer and agricultural professional, whose participation, and success, made this possible. Enjoy the Sustainable Agriculture Field Day. Make a new friend, or renew past acquaintances. For our out-of-state visitors, thank you for coming and share the “Third Thursday” idea. For Kentuckians, I am glad you are here and I look forward to seeing you at future “Third Thursdays”.
Marion Simon, Ph.D.State Specialist for Small Farm and Part-Time FarmersCooperative Extension ProgramKentucky State UniversityProfessor and Southern SARE State Coordinator
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9:00 am Registration Opens
9:00 – 10:00 am Displays
10:00 am Moderator and Introduction of the Agenda Dr. Courtney Owens, Interim Assistant Extension Administrator/ State
Specialist in Program and Staff Development, College of Agriculture, Food Science & Sustainable Systems, Cooperative Extension
10:05 am Welcome from the Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Program
Dr. Johnnie Westbrook, Associate Extension Administrator, College of Agriculture, Food Science &
Sustainable Systems, Cooperative Extension
10:15 am Welcome from the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service
Dr. Gary Palmer, Interim Associate Dean & Director of Extension,
Assistant Director for Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Kentucky
10:25 am Welcome from the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program Coordinator (SARE-PDP)
Mr. David Redhage, The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture,
Poteau, OK
10:35 am The Farmer Participant Perspective Ms. Jane O’Tiernan, Richmond, KY 10:45 am Welcome and Overview of the Kentucky State
University Land Grant Program and College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems
Dr. Kirk Pomper, Director of Land Grant Programs; Professor -
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources College of Agriculture, Food Science & Sustainable Systems
11:00 am Keynote Address Dr. Jeff Jordan, Director of Southern SARE and Professor in the
Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia Griffin Campus
Invocation Rev. William Curle, Larue County, Kentucky
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch
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TOPICS AND LOCATIONS 12:30 - 1:10 1:30 - 2:10
Location: Goat Barn Area and Beyond, Vans from Center to Cattle
Grazing Practices for Increased Performance of
Goats – Dr. Ken Andries, KSU
Using the Grazing Stick to Evaluate Available Forage
and Manage Grazing – Dr. Ken Andries, KSU
Location:Organic Research Area and
Mobile Processing Unit beyond the Black Barn
Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa, L.): Growing
Opportunities for Kentucky Producers –
Dr. Shawn Lucas, KSU
Farmers Markets – Jane O’Tiernan, Richmond,
KY
Location: Tan Office Building
Honeybees – Dr. Thomas Webster and
Martin Matisoff, KSU
Bees as Livestock – Martin Matisoff, KSU
Location: Vineyards
Grapevine Propagation – Angie Whitehouse, KSU
Pruning techniques – Angie Whitehouse,
KSU
Location: beside the PawPaw Trees to the right of the Center
Starting the Young Horse –
Todd Slusher, Three Hills Farm, Stamping Ground, KY
Mares, Foals, and Breeding –
James Skipper, Lexington, OK
2:30 - 3:10 3:30 - 4:10 4:30 - 5:10
Blackberries and Insect Pests: Integrated Pest
Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila in
Blackberries – Dr. John Sedlacek, KSU
Beef Cattle Management Practices During the
Summer – Dr. Ibukun Ogunade and Hank Schweickart, KSU (Note Location change)
Basic Goat Health Care – Emily Clement, KSU
Day Lillies – Derek Law, KSU
Integrated Crop-Livestock Rotations: Good old directions in modern organic agriculture – Dr. Shawn Lucas, KSU
KSU Mobile Processing Unit for poultry, fish, and
rabbits – Steve Skelton, KSU
Honeybee Research Activities –
Dr. Farita Olden, KSUPractical Honey Bee
Production – Laura Rogers, KSU
Potential for Queen Rearing –
Laura Rogers, KSU
Honey bee sterilization autoclave and Honey
Spinner – Laura Rogers and Jacob Vincent, KSU
Bees as Pollinators – Martin Matisoff, KSU
Bird Control – Angie Whitehouse, KSU
Black Rot Disease Control – Angie Whitehouse, KSU
Horse Farm Management – James Skipper, Blanchard, OK
Round pen reasoning, Keeping your horse
attentive – Todd Slusher,
Three Hills Farm, Stamping Ground, KY
What’s that Label? Understanding Feed
Labels – Dr. Christina McManus, KSU
A Practical Approach to Feeding –
James Skipper, Lexington, OK
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TOPICS AND LOCATIONS 12:30 - 1:10 1:30 - 2:10
Location: Near the Pond
Fish Demonstration Tanks –
Ken Thompson, and Fish Health Management - Dr.
Bob Durborow, KSU
Seining Demonstration and Pond Management/Weed
Control – Shawn Coyle, Forrest
Wynne, and Kat Mitchell, KSU
Location:Room A
Reaching Diverse Populations –
Nancy Cálix, KSU
Center for Crop Diversification –
Dr. Christy Cassady, UK
Cleaver Farms – Travis Cleaver, Bonnieville,
KY
Location: Room B
Afro-Columbians’ Fight to Save Family
Farm Land – Nancy Dawson, Russellville, KY
Farming for Community Engagement: The
development of the Russellville Urban Gardening Project, Inc. –
Dr. Nancy Dawson, Russellville, KY
Location: Room C
Lotus as a potential crop – Dr. Changzheng Wang, KSU
KY African American Heritage Center and Riley
Farm – Wayne Riley, London, KY
2:30 - 3:10 3:30 - 4:10 4:30 - 5:10
Aquaponics – Joe Pate, and KSU Aquaculture Program
Overview – Dr. Jim Tidwell, KSU
Benthic Macroinvertebrates are Useful in Determining Water Quality because of
their Traits – Ed Wilcox, KSU
Creative Dollars Through the Digital Marketplace:
How to Utilize Digital Resources to Market
Products Developed by Individual Artisans –
Dr. Allison Young, KSU
The quality of irrigation water and its impact on the
food safety aspects along with its relevance in the
Food Safety Modernization Act –
Dr. Avinash Tope’, KSU
Beginning Farmer Program – Dr. Sid Dasgupta and
Richard Bryant, KSU
KY EXCEL Farm – Robyn Whitted and Amanda
LeFevre, Frankfort, KY
Having a Safe and Healthy Home –
Dr. Joanne Bankston, KSU
Get More Bang for Your Buck: A Plan for Spending
Your Money – Dr. Joanne Bankston, KSU
Discuss the drone captured data –
Jeremy Sandifer, KSU
White’s Creek School FFA – Dr. Garry Gibson,
Nashville, TN (20 minutes inside, followed by 20 min demonstration in
the Center parking lot)
Orchid Mounting – Dr. Hideka Kobayashi, KSU
Cut Flower Production and Sales –
Ms. Jane O’Tiernan, Richmond, KY
Food Products from Asian Carp –
Changzheng Wang, KSU
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TOPICS AND LOCATIONS 12:30 - 1:10 1:30 - 2:10
Location: Patio
Introduction to AgrAbility – Mike Lewis and Beth
Hunter, UK
Veteran’s Program and AgrAbility –
Mike Lewis, UK
Location:PawPaw Orchard (by front of Center) and Blackberry Plots (the blackberry plots
are past the Black Barn)
Pawpaw trees: Sheri Crabtree, KSU
Pawpaw trees - Sheri Crabtree,
KSU
Location: NCRCS Pond and Beside the
Vineyard
Soil Amendments – Dr. Maheteme
Gebremedhin, KSU
Soil Profile – Steve Blanford, NRCS
Location: Concrete pad near PawPaw
orchard
From 1:30 – 2:30 Cooking and Processing trailers open for inspection
Kentucky Department of Agriculture Rollover Tractor demonstration - on hill behind Center.
2:30 - 3:10 3:30 - 4:10 4:30 - 5:10
Working with Farmers with Disabilities in Production
Agriculture – Mike Lewis, UK
AgrAbility, Production Agriculture, and Assistive
Technology – Mike Lewis, UK
Demonstration of Assistive Technology equipment –
Mike Lewis, UK
Urban Agriculture – Dr. Leigh Whittinghill, KSU
Blackberries – Jeremy Lowe, KSU
(Note: different location)
Blackberries – Jeremy Lowe, KSU
(Note: different location)
Organic Amendments for Agriculture Production –
Dr. George Antonious, KSU
Pond Design and Management – Bill Thomas,
NRCS
5:30 – 8:00 pm Barbeque, fish fry and entertainment
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We would like to thank the Franklin County Cattleman’s Association, the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm Staff, Kentucky small farmers, and the Franklin County Cooperative Extension Service for their support in providing and cooking the meals.
We would like to thank the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm Staff, the Land Grant Program Staff and College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems Staff for the grounds and facility preparation and support of this event, and assisting in every way.
We would like to thank the Southern SARE PDP Program and the Kentucky State University Land Grant Program for sponsoring this event. We would also like to thank the USDA and state agencies for their continued support of our Kentucky State University programs.
We would like to thank Kentucky State University’s Communications and Graphics Department for all of their hard work with promotion, programs, and event planning skills.
Music provided by R and R (Rayna and Ramsey), Lawrenceburg, KY.
In the words of Ms. Dana Lear, Lincoln County farmer:
I have attended “Third Thursdays” from the beginning. I do not know anything that has helped so many small farmers in so many different ways …every farmer that I have talked to has made money because of “Third Thursdays”… plus we have met so many farmers from so many places.
Darold Akridge, UK County Agent for Agricultural and Natural Resources, Bullitt County,
Third Thursday” is something that the state has needed from the day that Marion instituted it, and it is growing excellently.
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