NCAT Southeast

09/24/2025

📢Apply Now! Our friends at Center for Arkansas Farms and Food are still taking applications for their 2026 Farm School.

CAFF Farm School students will participate in production, business, and legal classroom instruction and receive hands-on field activities. Sustainable production and business practices are explored, in-depth, along with conventional practices. Lean about:

🌱Foundations of sustainable agriculture concepts and applications
🌱Skills for commercial vegetable and fruit crop production
🌱The business and legal needs, including farm financing
🌱Market identification and marketing essentials
🌱How to utilize area programs, resources, and networking opportunities

Applications are open until September 30th! Apply at LearnToFarm.org.

06/23/2025

Our friends at Center for Arkansas Farms and Food will open applications for their 2026 Farm School on July 1! Learn more at https://farmandfoodsystem.uada.edu/farm-school/

06/20/2025

Join us for a FREE webinar on becoming an organic inspector! 🧐 Learn from NCAT Agriculture Specialists Ann Baier and Lee Rinehart, who will share their experiences as organic inspectors. Register today at https://bit.ly/ncat-organic-inspection.

06/03/2025

Here's a fantastic learning opportunity coming up this weekend!

Join us NEXT SATURDAY, June 7th for an engaging Water Quality Field Tour at the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park!

This event is FREE and lunch will be provided! It will be a great chance to connect with local extension agents ready to support your land management goals and network with local producers and conservationists.

If you would like to attend, please RSVP by visiting www.irwp.org/events/field-tour-6-7-2025

10/18/2024

Want to branch out and add more trees to your farm? 🌳
Join us for a free, on-farm workshop next Saturday, October 26, in Richmond, KY! Learn from producers experienced in successful tree planting. Register now at attra.ncat.org/events.

Accelerating Appalachia

09/20/2024

Farmer veterans in Northeast Oklahoma, Southwest Missouri, and Northwest Arkansas: join us for an Armed to Farm training in Fayetteville, Arkansas, just for you! Learn about business planning, marketing, farm financial planning, USDA programs, and more. We will visit several area farms and learn directly from successful farmers who are part of the regional food system. Apply now at armedtofarm.org/apply.

07/12/2024

Great opportunity coming up July 21! Learn about starting or expanding a farm by leasing from a land trust. Sign up at NWAfarming.org.

04/24/2024

Join us in Fayetteville, AR for the Growing Hope conference and hear Dr. Bill Robertson talk about the power of integrating crops and livestock!

Dr. Robertson recently retired after a long career as the Cotton Extension Agronomist with the University of Arkansas Extension Service. He also worked for the National Cotton Council for a few years, focusing on improving the sustainability of cotton production. Bill and his wife, Carey, have a livestock farm where they raise sheep and many other livestock species using prescribed grazing techniques.

Find out more about the conference and REGISTER TODAY at https://attra.ncat.org/annual-conference-2024/

If you'd like a sneak peek into Bill's wisdom, insights, and humor, check out this ATTRA - Voices from the Field podcast episode where he talks all about soil health! https://attra.ncat.org/episode-309-cotton-fields-to-pasture-soil-health-matters-with-bill-robertson/

04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day! What better way to celebrate than to make plans to join other farmers who are working to create more sustainable and resilient communities. Join us at the Growing Hope Conference to hear from speakers Felicia Bell and Linda Coffey, both NCAT Agriculture Specialists.

Felicia Bell is a fourth-generation farmer and founding member of RD&S Farm, LLC. She is fascinated by traditional agriculture strategies of all cultures, especially African farming methods and techniques.

Linda Coffey has a wealth of experience raising livestock and a family on the farm, and she has a gift for sharing her passion for sustainable agriculture with beginning farmers. She was the leader of NCAT's Women, Livestock, and the Land training program and is widely recognized for her work in small ruminant parasite prevention.

Join us in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to learn from these incredible women. Register now at attra.ncat.org/annual-conference-2024/

Arkansas Women in Agriculture Arkansas Farm to School Arkansas Department of Agriculture Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Langston University Sherman Lewis School of Agriculture & Applied Sciences Arkansas Grown and Arkansas Made Black Women in Ag UAPB: Small Farm Program UAPB - School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences

04/16/2024

Have you heard? NCAT is hosting its fourth annual conference in Fayetteville, Arkansas, May 8-10! We can't wait to welcome you to the home of NCAT's Southeast regional office. We have a fantastic line up of speakers and we're excited to have Reverend Dr. Heber Brown, III as one of our keynotes this year.

Reverend Dr. Heber Brown, III is the founder of The Black Church Food Security Network, a national organization of African American congregations that works to advance food justice. He has been a catalyst for personal transformation and social change for more than twenty years.

Don't miss Rev. Dr. Brown's keynote session at our Growing Hope Conference on May 10. Register today! attra.ncat.org/annual-conference-2024

04/10/2024

Accelerating Appalachia's Building Soil, Building Equity Initiative Farmer Fund will incentivize up to 400 producers in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Southern Ohio, and Northern Georgia to build soil health and expand conservation farming. The program will provide up to $1,000 per acre for adoption of 12 specified farming and forestry practices. A total of $12 million in cash incentives and $6 million in training and marketing services is available. Learn more at attra.ncat.org/category/news/.

03/11/2024

Join us at Kentucky State University for Regenerating Appalachia, a groundbreaking FREE conference dedicated to addressing the unique needs of underserved producers in the Appalachian region as they navigate the challenges posed by a changing climate.

This one-day event will bring together a diverse array of experts. Our speakers will delve into crucial topics including whole farm planning for conservation, integrating renewable energy on family farms, and empowering small-scale producers through the transformative potential of emerging technologies.

When:
Friday, March 22, 2024
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Where:
Harold Benson Research Farm
1525 Mills Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601

Register: https://www3.thedatabank.com/dpg/427/mtglistproc.asp?formid=meet&caleventid=38449