BURLINGTON, Ky. — The Organic Association of Kentucky’s 11th Annual Farming Conference comes to northern Kentucky, with a day of networking, resource-sharing and learning with others in the organic and regenerative agriculture community. The event is on Friday, April 8, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at the Boone County Extension Enrichment Center in Burlington.
Keynote speaker Lindsay Rebhan will offer a presentation and short course on building regenerative farming systems and restoring landscapes to healthy, thriving environments. Based on years of ecological design in urban and rural lands, Rebhan will offer tools and resources to better understand the land and make design decisions for resiliency and farmer/landowner goals.
- growing for restaurants and working with chefs,
- walk-behind tractors for small-scale agriculture,
- simple and economical organic methods for small plots and gardens,
- pollinator habitats for a thriving ecosystem,
- urban farming for profit, and
- cooperatives in local food system development.
Open to anyone interested in farming, food systems and land stewardship, the event includes a trade show with allied exhibitors and a boxed lunch. Pre-registration at oak-ky.org/registration is encouraged, and free and reduced payment options are available. Continuing education credits for agriculture professionals are available from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the UK Cooperative Extension Service. Find all the details at oak-ky.org/conference-agenda-northern
— Organic Association of Kentucky
