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Sheep is Life 2013
Hello friends and fellow sheep people – I would like to invite you to join us for Sheep is Life 2013 at Dine College, June 17th -22nd. Learn About the Important Role of Sheep, Fiber Art and Shepherding in Cultures around the World. Attend Special Diné Fiber Arts and Lifeways Workshops: Learn with the masters Monday [...]
Read More...Agriculture Field Day March 29 2013
Being held at the Benjamin Franklin Science Academy Address: 300 Virgil Matthews Dr, Muskogee, OK 74401 Phone:(918) 684-3870 Friday March 29 9-2 Volunteers needed Speakers to talk about their farms Volunteers needed to bring some farm equipment for display. Small square bales of hay for hay ride Contact Mike Oakley 918-869-0727
Read More...Producing Grassfed Meats workshop, April 20th 2013
Oklahoma Farmers and Ranchers Association will be hosting a one-day workshop about producing grassfed meats on Saturday, April 20th at Ron Morrow’s farm, outside of Siloam Springs AR. Producers can learn what it takes to produce quality pasture which, in turn, can finish livestock on forage. The consumer demand for grass fed meat is in [...]
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Kerr Center: Beginning Farmers Gather for 2013 Training
Original article: http://www.kerrcenter.com/beginning-farmer/index.html Kerr Center President Jim Horne greets the 2013 Beginning Farmer and Rancher class. Fifty-five beginning ag producers attended the first workshop of the Kerr Center’s 2013 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program, Saturday, Jan. 19, at Kiamichi Vo-tech in Poteau, Oklahoma. Kerr Center President Jim Horne greeted the class and introduced the center’s [...]
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Essential FREE Resource for Farmers, Market Managers, and Local Producers
*Essential FREE Resource for Farmers, Market Managers, and Local Producers* *Marketing for Profit: Tools for Success Webinar Series Registration Now Open!* The Farmers Market Federation of NY and the NY Farm Viability Institute have partnered with USDA Northeast SARE to present a series of webinars on marketing, /Marketing for Profits: Tools for Success/. These webinars [...]
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Wanted: A New Crop of Oklahoma Farmers and Ranchers!
If you’ve been farming or ranching for less than ten years, the Kerr Center has got a deal for you: a year-long course in sustainable farming and ranching, with tuition and materials covered by scholarship.
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Energy Flow
The Flow of Fuel that Animates All Life The majority of organisms receive their energy from the sun, whether directly as do plants and algae, or by consuming plants, or by consuming other animals or their remains. Energy flow is a one-way avenue, from the Sun to the earth. Therefore, the management of any ecosystem [...]
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Community Dynamics
The Ever Changing Pattern of Living Organisms Community dynamics describes the changes in the collection of living organisms in any given locality. Even when a community appears stable as a grassland, forest, coral reef, or lake, it is in fact constantly changing in species composition, numbers, age structure, and other characteristics. Individual plants and animals [...]
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Holistic Management® Framework – Water Cycle
The Water Cycle – Apparently there is only a finite amount of water on Earth which constantly cycles from the atmosphere to the surface and back. Of course, much of this water is seawater, too salty for most plant and animal use until it evaporates and returns as
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Fire, The Most Ancient Landscape Tool
Every year humans use fire to clear forests, brush, and pastures. Even before humans, lightning, volcanoes, and other causes burned landscapes as well. And everyone knows that the grass comes back greener after a fire.
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