About

Food, farming, climate change, carbon footprints, environmental risks—open any popular publication today or click onto any number of online news services, and you will find stories about these issues are increasing.  As more people understand the link between how we raise our food, how we treat our resources, and how we treat each other, food and farming become critical issues for our future food security and well-being.  Even as population trends count more of us as urban dwellers, an increasing number of people are concerned about where their food comes from, what the story is about how it was raised, and what are the environmental, social and economic impacts—good or bad—of its journey from field to plate.

At the Kansas Rural Center (KRC), we think this growing interest is positive, and that identifying shared values and common concerns are the way forward.

KRC is hosting a one-day conference of speakers and workshops for people interested in learning more about climate change and its challenges for agriculture, the budding “food movement” of local and regional production and business opportunities, how to approach the transfer of land to the next generation, plus many more ways of “connecting cows, carbon, and carrots”  to reach an understanding of practical approaches and strategies to adapt to the future.

The purpose of the conference is to provide an opportunity to: discuss the big picture of agriculture and our food system as we continue down the path of change and challenges; provide practical information on production and marketing ideas; and provide opportunities for farmer, rancher, and consumer networking.

Join us on November 20, 2010 as we discuss and debate the practical to the political of food and farming for a sustainable future.