TRANSITIONING

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TRANSITIONING
To Organic Agriculture
Presented By Sam Justice January 26, 2007
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Find a Support Network
for Local Advice

• Kentuckys extension training
• ATTRA.org for internships and apprenticeships
• SARE grants available
• Develop a source for soil amendments

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Consider a Soils Consultant

• Midwest Agri-Energy Ray Roettger
• Neal Kinsey Hands on Agronomy
• Consultants will use their favorite laboratory
• Midwest Laboratories is good

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Marketing

• Grains and Hay
• MOFC (Midwest Organic Farmers Cooperative)
• Direct Food Sales
• Weston A. Price Foundation
• WestonAPrice.org
• Slow Food Chapter
• SlowFoodUSA.org
• Locally Produced Foods
• Terra Madre

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Crop Rotation is a Given
(As Are Cover Crops)

• Should you produce certified organic seed?
• Do you have the necessary equipment?
• Do you have the market?

Clipper Cleaner, Elevator, Auger
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Cow Heifer Calf
Grazing Corn
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Grain-Cleaning Equipment
Gravity Table and De-stoner
Spiral Separators
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Windy Acres Farms
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Windy Acres Farms
Early Season Soybeans
Mid-season Soybeans
Harvest