2025 Hays Local Food Producers Workshop – Hays, KS
Don’t miss this upcoming event in Hays, KS. Happening on Friday, February 28, 2025 at KSU Agricultural Research Center. Doors open at 9:00 AM.
Kansas Local Foods in collaboration with Kansas Department of Agriculture and Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops invite you to join our workshop:
Registration: 8:15 – 9:00 A.M.
Program starts promptly at 9:00 A.M.
Opening Session 1: Local Producer Success Stories – Bryttni Miller, Yucca Flats Cattle Co. and Matt Bender, Harvest Hays
Opening Session 2: Marketing and Social Media
Breakouts:
- Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program – Courtney Koening, KDHE
- KDA Food Safety and Eggs – Adam Inman, KDA
Lunch Presentation: How a Local Restaurant is Utilizing Locally Grown Food – Chef Austin Petz, Verdant Bistro (meal included in registration fee)
Breakouts:
- KDA Meat and Poultry Regulations – Mike Fink
- Sales Tax Laws and Regulations – KDOR
Main Session: Planting the Seeds: How to Start or Get Involved with Farm to School Programs – Jay Harris, K-State Research and Extension Cottonwood District
Keynote Session: From Concept to Consumer: How the Kansas Value Added Food Lab Can Help You! – Karen Blakeslee, K-State Research and Extension
*Scale certifications will happen! Bring your scale and read the FAQs section for more details.
Purchase 2025 Hays Local Food Producers Workshop Tickets Below:
Tickets-RSVP Link
