KPIMar 242 minReflections on a Tropical PDCBy Amber Lehrman, KPI Education Lead In October of last year, I was invited to help teach a PDC at Maya Mountain Research Farm (MMRF) in Belize this March. I...
KPIJan 28, 20193 min4 Benefits of Contour FarmingBy Sasha Banks-Louie Decades of tillage and a lack of cover cropping have caused serious harm to the world’s hillside cropland and its soil structures, creat...
KPIDec 24, 20182 min'Slow Money' Helps Kansas Farmers Launch New Ventures, Lower DebtBy Sasha Banks-Louie High prices of farming equipment and the increasing costs of borrowing the money to pay for it, has pushed US farmers into $21.9 billion...
KPINov 22, 20182 min3 Ways To Master 'Healthy' Food PreservationBy Sasha Banks-Louie Students braved a chilly morning commute on Saturday, November 10 to gather in the cozy kitchen of the First Baptist Church in Lawrence,...
KPIApr 8, 20183 minSolar Cooking: An Alternative To Summer BarbecuesBy Bill Price, Co-Chair, Kansas Permaculture Institute, Board of Directors A lot of us love cooking outdoors and can’t imagine what summer would be like wit...
KPIMar 23, 20182 minBerseem Clover: A Super Legume For Organic Horse Pastures By Sasha Banks-Louie Organic farmers in Kansas have a particularly difficult time fixing nitrogen for equine forage crops. Spring rains and summer humidity l...
KPIFeb 26, 20181 minHow To Design the Ultimate Rain Barrel SystemBy Ben Stallings Rain barrels have become popular water collection systems, but limitations in capacity and problems with overflow, leaks, debris, and settli...
KPIJan 6, 20183 minHow Perennial Borders Can Increase Yields In Raised Vegetable BedsBy Amber Lehrman Planting perennials around the borders of raised vegetable beds is an ideal way to increase crop yields without costing a lot of money or ex...
