Press Releases
 November 20, 2009
Kerr Center President Honored for Lifetime of Work for Sustainable Agriculture
Citing his years of leadership in focusing “the world’s attention on sustainable agriculture,” Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) honored Dr. James E. Horne with its Lifetime Achievement award on November 17th at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City.
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November 5, 2009
Report Removes Guesswork from Small Farm Organic Certification
Small farmers, as well as farmers’ market managers, can find the USDA organic standards complicated and confusing.
A report from Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture makes it easier to tell whether a farm meets the official standards.
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October 12, 2009
Growers Learn How to Build a Hoop House Near Stratford
About forty people braved cool temperatures Saturday afternoon, October
10, to learn how to build a low-cost hoop house at Peach Crest Farm near
Stratford.
The free event was sponsored by the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
and Peach Crest Farm.
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September 23, 2009
New Report Aids On-Farm Organic Entrepreneurs
Today’s small farms can find paths to profit in organic certification, as
well as on-farm processing of raw commodities into value-added products – wheat
into flour, tomatoes into salsa, and so on.
In combination, each of these strategies
can enhance the other’s value still further. However, both require planning
and paperwork, and those obstacles keep many farmers from taking the plunge.
Now, a new free report helps farmers navigate the red tape, simplifying the
creation of on-farm organic processing enterprises.
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September 23, 2009
New Resource Out for On-Farm Entrepreneurs
A growing number of small farms in Oklahoma, almost 90 in 2009, are reaping more profit by becoming “certified organic,” selling everything from strawberries to pecans.
Others are adding value to their crops by processing them on the farm-- turning tomatoes into salsa, or milk into cheese, or grapes into wine, as in the booming wine industry.
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August 10, 2009
Pond-Raised Prawn Field Day Set for Sept. 12
Most Oklahomans wouldn’t bring hip waders and seining nets to
a roundup. After they meet Jeremy Eaton, that could change.
On September 12, Eaton will host a field day to demonstrate how he’s
been raising freshwater shrimp, or prawns, for the past two years in
the pond on his farm near Cashion, northwest of Oklahoma City.
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July 8, 2009
Kerr President Jim Horne Honored for Public Service
Kerr Center President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. James E. “Jim” Horne
was honored for a lifetime of achievement by the Northeastern Agricultural
and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) during their annual meeting
June 7-9 in Burlington, Vermont.
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July 1, 2009
Know Your Bugs: Workshops in Stillwater and Oklahoma City in July
To help gardeners and small-scale vegetable growers learn money-saving, environmentally friendly ways to manage pests, the Kerr Center is offering two workshops during the height of the garden season.
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June 22, 2009
New Program Could Benefit Farmers and Families
It’s an historic change that could benefit the health of
both families and family farmers in Oklahoma.
Beginning in August, fruit and vegetable growers selling at farmers’ markets
in Oklahoma will have a large new group of customers: women and
children who participate in the USDA Supplemental Food Program
for Women, Infants and Children, better known as WIC.
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June 17, 2009
Know Your Bugs: July Workshops Planned
It’s always good to know your enemy.
In the case of insects, that’s not always easy.
A hands-on pest management workshop to be held this summer will
help small-scale vegetable producers learn money-saving pest management
strategies that also benefit the environment.
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June 10, 2009
Fresh Ideas Fill Menu for Oklahoma Local
Foods Week
It’s official! Governor Brad Henry has proclaimed
June 14-21 “Local Foods Week” in Oklahoma.
“Citizens of Oklahoma are seeking access to fresh and local
Oklahoma grown foods through a growing number of venues,” reads
the proclamation.
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June 1 , 2009
Local Foods Week – Fresh Foods from Oklahoma Family
Farms
Sustainable Green Country and a host of other groups are encouraging
their fellow Oklahomans to join them in celebrating "Local
Foods Week” during the week of June 14-21, 2009,
pronouncing that local food is a valuable economic asset for the
state of Oklahoma. Gov. Brad Henry has made the event official
by means of a proclamation and the advocates anticipate that Tulsa
Mayor Kathy Taylor will soon join him.
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December 10, 2008
Saving Seeds: New Reports Out for OK Gardeners
and Farmers
Gardeners are eagerly eyeing their mailboxes for the winter’s
crop of seed catalogs, but they’ll find far fewer seeds to
choose from now than just 25 years ago.
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