Kentucky State University

Third Thursday Thing Agenda

September 20, 2007

Small Farm Field Day

General Sessions

11:30 AM -
12:15 PM
General Session: Welcome and Celebration Program
12:15 -
1:30 PM
Lunch - A Celebration of Kentucky State University Agricultural Products
12:15 PM Kentucky State University CASS students will perform a dance in their native dress, welcome our students from Central America

Breakout Sessions

SESSION TRACKS

A

10:00 - 10:40 AM

  1. Pastured Poultry: Mr. Steve Skelton - KSU
  2. Fruit Parfait Demonstration: Ms. Loretta Adams and Ms. Bessie Smith - KSU
  3. Home Decorating with Ag Products: Dr. Joanne Bankston - KSU
  4. Health Benefits of Grapes and Wine- Dr. Sanjun Gu - KSU
  5. Invasive Plants and Beetle Biodiversity: Dr. Robert Barney/Ms. Sarah Hall - KSU
  6. Fall Fruiting Blackberries: Dr. Kirk Pomper and Mr. Jeremy Lowe - KSU
  7. Farm Pond Management and Fish Diseases: Dr. Robert Durborow - KSU
  8. High Tunnel Fall Organic Vegetable Production: Dr. Michael Bomford - KSU

B

10:50 - 11:20 AM

  1. Sheep: Dr. Ken Andries - KSU
  2. Sweet Corn Ice Cream, Organic Salsa, Organic Relish Tasting, Pawpaw Tasting: Dr. John Sedlacek and Company - KSU
  3. Drying Fruits: Ms. Judith Ricks - KSU
  4. “Kale Cook-Off”: Dr. Changzheng Wang - KSU
  5. Experimental Organic Pesticides: Dr. George Antonious - KSU
  6. Sweet Sorghum: Dr. Michael Bomford - KSU; Mr. Lawrence Jenkins - Small Farmer
  7. Paddlefish Production, Smoked Paddlefish Tasting: Dr. Steven Mims - KSU
  8. Natural Resource Conservation Service Soil Quality Demonstration: Mr. John Graham and Mr. Charlie Farmer

C

1:30 - 2:10 PM

  1. Grazing Management: Mr. Shaun Jackson - UK
  2. Home Canning: Mr. Roseneau and Mrs. Loretta Elam - Small Farmers
  3. Barn and Breakfast: Ms. Ginny Grulke - KY Horse Council
  4. Easy Ways to Prepare Vegetable Dishes: Dr. Changzheng Wang - KSU
  5. How to Prevent a Possibility of Exposure to Pesticides Through Food: Dr. Avinash Tope - KSU
  6. Grape Production: Dr. Sanjun Gu and Ms. Angie Whitehouse - KSU
  7. Small Scale Aquaculture and Low Input Shrimp: Dr. Bill Wurts - KSU
  8. Honeybees, Honey Extractor and Beeswax Candles: Dr. Tom Webster and Ms. Etta Thacker - KSU

D

2:20 - 3:00 PM

  1. Goats: Dr. Ken Andries - KSU
  2. 9006 Renewal Energy and Energy Efficiency Grants and Guaranteed Loan Program: Mr. Dean Tandy and Mr. Scott Maas - Rural Development
  3. Commercial Production of Flowers: Ms. Jane O’Tiernan and Ms. Beth Tillery - Small Farmers
  4. Anticancer Potential of Cruferous Vegetables: Dr. Avinash Tope - KSU
  5. Pesticides in Runoff and Infiltration Water: Dr. George Antonious - KSU
  6. Pawpaws: Dr. Kirk Pomper and Ms. Sheri Crabtree - KSU
  7. Freshwater Shrimp and Large Mouth Bass Production: Dr. James Tidwell - KSU
  8. Sweet Corn Variety Trials: Dr. John Sedlacek - KSU

E

3:10 - 3:50PM

  1. Small Enterprise Livestock Budgets: Dr. Sid Dasgupta - KSU
  2. Sauerkraut Taste Test Based on Cabbage Variety Trials: Dr. Michael Bomford - KSU
  3. Making Floral Arrangements: Ms. Jane O’Tiernan and Ms. Beth Tillery - Small Farmers
  4. Vegetables and Bone Health: Dr. Changzheng Wang - KSU
  5. Pesticide Exposure: Dr. Myna Panemangalore and Mr. Fred Bebe - KSU
  6. Organic Production Equipment: Mr. Anthony Silvernail - KSU
  7. Production of Koi: Dr. Boris Gomelsky - KSU
  8. Health Benefits of Pawpaw, Sweet Corn, and Grapes: Dr. Hideka Kobayashi - KSU

Displays:
  • Agrability - John Hancock, UK
  • Your Personal Body Condition Scoring - Susan Templeton and Martha Marlette
  • UK Environmental Lab
  • KY Women in Ag
  • NASS
  • NRCS - Peggy Jackson, Steve Ewalt and Will Turner
  • Kentucky Equine Education Project - Cara Stewart
  • Kentucky Horse Council - Ginny Grulke
  • RD
  • CASS
  • Working with Hispanic producers and workers - Nancy Calix
  • SARE - Pam Custer, GA
  • Premise Identification - Karly Lowe and Leslie Belt
Demos
around pond:
  • Dana Lear - trailer safety and maintenance
  • Kentucky Department of Agriculture Farm Safety - Dale Dobson
  • Hand crafted items - Hixon
  • Horse safety demonstration - Carla Stewart, Kentucky Equine Education Program
  • Small equipment - Earth Tools
  • NRCS Soil Core Probe Truck showing KSU soil and the State Soil "Crider" - Steve Jacobs
  • Franklin County Recycling Center
  • Kentucky Department of Agriculture Hay Testing Program

Coming up:

October 18 - Goats
November 15 - Beef Cattle and Animal Identification

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