The Delta Farm Forum will be held at the Delta High School small gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Speakers will be from SNRAS, the USDA Alaska Farm Service Agency, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, USDA Agricultural Research Service, and the Alaska Division of Agriculture. The Soil and Water Conservation District speech winner and cooperator of the year, Alaska Farm Bureau – Delta Chapter, will be recognized. A potluck luncheon is planned for noon. Local youth groups and various agricultural resource experts will be involved with many aspects of the farm forum.
SNRAS Research Assistant Bob Van Veldhuizen and Associate Professor Mingchu Zhang will give a presentation on growing grains in the Alaska home garden. To complement that lecture, Kathryn Idzorek of UAF Cooperative Extension Serivce will speak on "the flavor of barley flour." Agricultural Research Service Research Entomologist Dennis Fielding will talk about black grass bugs. Tim Meyers of Bethel will give a talk on community sustainable agriculture.
The 2010 Delta Farm Forum is co-sponsored by UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Delta District and the Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District. Call 907-895-4215 or 907-895-6279 for more information.
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