Upcoming Events

Conservation-minded Practices for Better Food Production: A Talk & Tour at Columbia's Agriculture Park 

Presented by Missouri Organic Association (MOA) with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement number NR196424XXXXG005

Wednesday, September 25th
1:00pm-3:00pm
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture
1769 W. Ash St., 

Columbia, MO 65203

with
Tony Minnick, CCUA Farm Manager & Susan Jaster of the Innovative Small Farmers Outreach Program at LU Extension & AgrAbility
Columbia Center For Urban Agriculture, 1769 W Ash St, Columbia, MO 65203
Join MOA for a tour through regenerative practices that help organic and non organic vegetable farms alike!
Learn to build soil health, address resource concerns and manage pests with cover crops, low-till permanent beds, intercropping, soil test informed mineral-balancing amendments and more. Tony Minnick will share both challenges and success using these techniques in relation to the 26+ vegetable types they produce through the Planting for the Pantry program. Susan Jaster will add insight and alternative methods from AgrAbility during the tour, as well as demonstrate on farm methods to assess regenerative impact on your crops.

1 PM: Check-in Table with MOA Materials & Elderberry Lemonade at Outdoor Shaded Pavilion
approx. 1:15 pm Tour Starts
2:15 pm: Susan Jaster demonstrates low tech tools for on farm assessment of regenerative practices at Shaded Outdoor Pavilion
2:45 pm: MOA Closing Remarks and Program Updates
3 pm: Event Ends

No fee required.

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TOPP EVENT | Practices to Paperwork: an Educational Evening on Organic Certification 

Presented by Happy Hollow Farm, Missouri Organic Association (MOA) and Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP)

Sunday, October 20th
4:00pm-7:30pm
Happy Hollow Farm
USDA Certified Organic & ROP Certified
17199 Happy Hollow Road
Jamestown, MO 65046 

Happy Hollow Farm & Missouri Organic Association are joining together for an educational evening to share and learn about TOPP - Transition to Organic Partnership Program & Organic Certification. This "Practices to Paperwork" session will feature a practical on farm walkthrough of organic certification, detailed Q& A on funding opportunities and a panel discussion with current enrolled TOPP participants.

4:00 pm - Folks arrive.
4:10 pm - Check in, welcome refreshments, brief introduction to TOPP (Transition to Organic
Partnership Program).
4:30 pm - Tour of Happy Hollow Farm, highlighting specific organic practices.
5:30 pm - Light dinner offering as we move into the “Practice to Paperwork” portion of the evening with a walk through of the organic certification process and NRCS requirements for funding.
6:10 pm - NRCS program (EQIP, CSP, etc.) updates on opportunities for organic farmers. 
6:30 pm - Panel discussion with Missouri’s first TOPP participants: Happy Hollow Farm, TableTop
Farms, & Three Creeks Farm + Forest.
7:15 pm - Closing thoughts, comments, and thank you!

Contact TOPP Program Manager Teresa Morris with any questions:
 573.207.3960 or teresa.morris@moaorganic.org. 
 

No fee required. Dinner Included

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