I'm sorry for the short notice, but I just found out about this today. It's free if you're able to go.

Michelle

Upcoming workshop focuses on backyard farming systems

ARDMORE, Okla. — To showcase different concepts possible for backyard farming, the Noble Research Institute
will host a Backyard Farming: Intensive Small Space Food Systems workshop from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 21, at the
Noble Research Institute Kruse Auditorium.

Workshop
participants will learn about the many social, economic and health
benefits associated with backyard
food production, as well as how to get started. Noble Research
Institute specialists and local producers will provide information on
producing crop and livestock in limited-space situations, post-harvest
handling, basic food safety, and food preservation techniques
tailored for the backyard grower.

“During the past several years, there has been growing interest in people wanting to grow their own food
or have the knowledge of where their food comes from,” said Charles Rohla, Ph.D., Noble Research Institute pecan and specialty
agriculture systems manager. “Through this hands-on learning workshop,
attendees will have a chance to actually get in there and experience
some of these demonstrations for themselves.”

Participants will have the opportunity to view various possibilities open to them as urban agricultural
producers during a tour of the Noble Learning Center’s backyard gardens.

This workshop is open to the public at no charge, but preregistration is requested. For more information
or to register, please visit www.noble.org/events, or contact Danielle Pacifico at 580-224-6376 or Trisha DeLozier at 580-224-6377.

Noble Research Institute, LLC
(www.noble.org)
is an independent nonprofit agricultural research organization
dedicated to delivering solutions to great agricultural challenges.
Headquartered in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the Noble Research Institute
conducts fundamental, translational and applied research; offers
no-cost consultation and education to farmers, ranchers and land
managers; operates seven research and demonstration farms; and educates
students of all ages about science and agriculture. The Noble Research
Institute was founded by Lloyd Noble, an Oklahoma
oilman and philanthropist, in 1945 as The Samuel Roberts Noble
Foundation to advance agriculture and land stewardship.