Sustainable vs. Industrial Agriculture: How They Compare

This is a four-page fact sheet showing a side-by-side comparison of sustainable and industrial agriculture in relation to the twelve steps to sustainable agriculture.

Arkansas Valley Vegetable Garden Planting Guide

Posted On 01/14/2015

It's time to plan your 2015 garden, and time to plant some seeds indoors for transplanting later outdoors. This guide is for those who live in…

Field Notes – August 2015

Posted On 08/20/2015

The worst of summer's heat and drought is almost past, and we're looking ahead to two great events in our fall educational lineup: - a…

Young Farmers Racial Equity Toolkit

Posted On 06/13/2020

The National Young Farmers Coalition has published a Young Farmers Racial Equity Toolkit, available free from the organization’s website.

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Ecologically-Based Communities

This report, by entomologist W. Joe Lewis and educator Marion Jay, focuses on redirecting community management and development strategies to an ecologically-based approach, using principles that promote rather than erode the inherent pillar strengths of…

Ten Years of Change: SARE 10th Anniversary

Keynote luncheon speech in 1998 by Kerr Center president Dr. James E. Horne at 10th anniversary of the establishment of the USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program. Horne was an early supporter of…

The Ogallala Aquifer

This paper critically examines the impacts of the increasing use of the Ogallala-with specific focus on the situation in the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle regions, and the possibility of adopting sustainable development practices to curb the increasing aquifer water depletion and deterioration.

Seeds of Change: Food and Agriculture Policy for Oklahoma’s Future

This document contains policy recommendations covering environmental issues, fair markets and contracts, marketing, education and research, and rural development. Also: guiding principles, mission and values of the Kerr Center. For state and national use.

Organic Foods: What Do We Need to Know About Them?

Brief summary of issues in organic food and farming from a customer’s point of view: definition, benefits, GMOs, pesticides, regulatory agencies, labeling, shopping

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