What would it look like to scale up local food production on the Palouse? Are there opportunities for more small farms and ranches?
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Access the recorded presentations from our 2022 Virtual Food Summit, posted below, where we explored these questions and expanded our vision of local food production on the Palouse!
Artistic Presentation & Introduction
Five Lessons Learned from Our Year of Eating Locally
Adriana Janovich, Pullman-based food, travel and features writer and editor Associate Editor, Washington State Magazine, Washington State University
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Setting the Stage for Scaling Up Local Food Production on the Palouse
Colette DePhelps, University of Idaho Extension, Northern District
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Ignite! Session 1 – Local Food Production on the Palouse: Past and Present
Palouse Band’s Principles of Cultural & Environmental Sustainability and Land Story
AYATOOTONMI, Carrie Jim Schuster and ILL-LA-WAL-LA-LITZ-TUNMI Ione I. Jones, M.S.A., Palouse Band
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Northwest Cornucopia -- The Palouse Landscape and Advent of Agriculture
Richard Scheuerman, Palouse Heritage
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Palouse Landowners Perspectives & Interest in Local Food Production
Soren Newman & Darin Saul, University of Idaho College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Office of Grant & Project Development
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Adaptability of Small-Scale Palouse Farms
Ali Schultheis, University of Idaho Extension
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Ignite! Session 2 – Opportunities for Increasing Local Food Production
Water Available for Local Food Production in Whitman Co.
R. Troy Peters, Extension Irrigation Specialist, Washington State University
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Water Available for Local Food Production in Latah Co.
Michelle Fuson, Latah County Planning
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Water Conservation Strategies on a Diversified Small Farm
Robert Heinse, University of Idaho, Soil and Water Systems
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Grow More Food with Less Water!
Iris Mayes, University of Idaho Extension, Latah County
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Evolutionary Breeding & Alternative Dryland Crops for the Palouse
Kevin Murphy, Sustainable Seed Systems Lab, Washington State University
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Ignite! Session 3 – Expanding Local Partnerships & Production
Stewards of the Land: Conservation and Rehabilitation on the Palouse
Jennifer Boie, Palouse Conservation District
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Securing Farmland For the Future: Conservation Easements
Jaime Jovanovich-Walker, Palouse Land Trust
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Goat Ranching Opportunities on the Palouse
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The Collaborative Evolution of the Mobile Farm Stand
Ashley Vaughan, Community Action Center
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Farm to Foodbank Program & Expanding Access to Regional Foods
Morgan Wilson, Chief Development Officer, Idaho Foodbank
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