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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
For the last 20 years, I’ve covered a lot of consumer outreach efforts from farm groups. From bringing the wheat harvest to downtown New York City to in-store sampling of convenience products, and everything in between.
And in those two decades, I’ve listened to farmers in meetings lament that their messages to consumers about how their food is produced were falling on disinterested ears. I heard it all. From “People were spoiled with full grocery shelves and ample selections,” to “No one cooks at home anymore” and “Everyone believes a fad diet, but they don’t believe a farmer.”
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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Traditionally, the biennial National Festival of Breads would come to Kansas in June. Where better to celebrate bread than the breadbasket of America?
For this seventh contest, however, there won’t be an in-person festival, drawing thousands of fans of gluten from around the nation to Kansas, in the middle of wheat harvest.
Instead, Kansas Wheat, the lead organizer of the festival, is bringing the contest to an ever-growing audience of national and international home bakers through a virtual experience.
Fans of the National Festival of Breads can also help select the People’s Choice Award on the official website at nfb2021.com. Voting closes Tuesday, May 25.
Agriculture briefs for Feb. 12, 2021
Compiled by Candace Krebs
Last chance to sign up for produce conference
Only a few days remain before the Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association Annual Conference, which will be held virtually on Feb. 17-18. With more than 55 different presenters scheduled, it is the most content the group has ever offered at annual conference, according to president Robert Sakata, a farmer from Brighton. Visit ColoradoProduce.org for information and register.
State officials express unwavering support for NWSS
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Agriculture Commissioner Kate Greenberg reiterated their support for the National Western Stock Show in a letter published Feb. 3. This year’s stock show was canceled for only the second time in its 115-year history due to COVID-19.