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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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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Farmers Talk
Fall Cover Crops, Fall Compost Work, and Preparing for the 2013 growing season with Richard Belcher, Mike Bear, and others Farmers Talk at MFSI Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative will host a Farmers Talk with Food Growers Richard Belcher and Mike Bear. Light Refreshments will be served. Please call H. June Marshall at (918) 756-5915 or [...]
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Oklahoma Farmers & Ranchers Association Meeting October 27
Event Details Date: October 27 – (10-2) Location: Muskogee County Extension Office, 1440 S. Cherokee (on the fairgrounds) At this OFRA meeting, Kerr Center Educational Programs Director Ann Wells, D.V.M., will speak on sustainable livestock production, and participants in the first year of the Oklahoma Beginning Farmer & Rancher Program will discuss their experiences in [...]
Read More...Walnut Creek Farms Field Day
Walnut Creek Farms Field Day June 16, 2012 10 am – 4 pm 4 Miles East of Waynoka, OK Co-Sponsored by OFRA, NRCS, RMA, SSAWG, and the Kerr Center OFRA and its partners are proud to co-sponsor a Field Day at Walnut Creek Farms, east of Waynoka, OK on June 16, 2012. We are excited [...]
Read More...Pasture Walk
There will be a pasture walk at Mike Oakley and Ruby Tuckers place at 13304 So 54 Th West. Oktaha Ok 74450 For further info and/ or directions call Mike Oakley @ 918-869-0727
Read More...Marketing Workshop June 16 2012
UPDATE!! This workshop has been postponed until further notice (posted May 11 2012) Marketing Workshop to be held at the Wagoner Community Center on Jefferson and Cherokee in Wagoner on Sat June 16,2012 9-3 What does it take, where do I start here in Oklahoma to market my products. Presented by Shirley Butler and Mike [...]
Read More...MFSI Herb Growing Training Class March 27 2012
MFSI PRESS RELEASE: March 9, 2012 Contact: Melodie Sivadon Reader Company Name: Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative Telephone Number: 918.756.5915 or cell 918.752.6113 Fax: 918.756.5918 Email: mreader@mvskokefood.org Address: 100 E. 7th Street, Suite 101, Okmulgee, OK 74447 Web site address: www.mvskokefood.org MFSI Announces: Herb Growing Training Session Okmulgee, OK – Herb grower Richard Belcher of Checotah [...]
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