Fresh Produce: Kansas's Orchardists, Market Growers, and Truck Farmers
Date and Time: August 7, 2021, 3:00 PM CT
Location:
Dillon Nature Center Foundation, 3002 E 30th Ave, Hutchinson
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Presented by Cindy Higgins
This historical presentation highlights Kansas's commercial specialty crops, agriculture experimentation, horticultural "royalty" marketing, and the evolving local foods movement. Learn about Kansas's nationally-known heritage apple; the crabapple king's downfall; the successful grow-secrets of freed slaves, entrepreneurs, and early suburbanites; the state's connection to exotic fruit introduction; the 1960s counterculture influence on today's market mainstays; future outlooks; and county-specific produce projection.
Sponsored by: Dillon Nature Center Foundation
For more information about this event, please contact:
John Gallagher
(620) 663-7411