Throughout the Perennial Ag world comes many challenges as well as joy! We are joined with my dear friend Mercedes Santiago on this episode as well as Charlotte from the Kansas Rural Center! This is episode two out of four within our collaborative series.

We start this series with the sounds of the American Crow, a common friend we see often in group or murder as they call it. The oldest crow lived to be over 17 years old! Not sponsored but major fan of the Merlin Birding app which is a great entry point into learning about birds.

Mercedes has an all encompassing viewpoint on farming within perennial, vegetable and floral farming. She has studied these plants and the soil systems that they live in over the years as well. She is passionate about her families history within Puerto Rico and how farming has impacted them on the Island as well. Mercedes is currently working with The Land Institute in Salina Kansas and focuses on the perennial crops they grow there.

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This is a collaborative episode with the Kansas Rural Center. With our special guest Donna Pearson McClish whom leads the Common Ground Mobile Market in Wichita and beyond!

Within this collaboration with KRC and I, we are talking with farmers and producers on their soil health practices. Donna is doing some amazing projects for farmers in the state of Kansas, with work on the farm bill and in her own community. She has brought folks access to farm fresh food, that her family grows and extended farmers to the community through the Mobile Market.

Links to topics mentioned:

Common Ground Mobile Market

Kansas Black Farmer Association

Kansas Farmers Union

https://kansasruralcenter.org/rp-articles/civic-engagement-for-healthy-communities

The Land Institute

K State Horticulture

NSAC Farm Bill

Kansas Rural Center Conference

Welcome Back to Season 3 of the Prairie Ramblings Podcast!

Along awaited, we are back at it, re-emerging from the haze of a Kansas summer. Excited to introduce yall to a mini series i'll be working on with the Kansas Rural Center! We will deep dive into Soils and Local Farming Scene. Something you don't want to miss! They will be posted on KRC's website and online, as well as on my feed as well.

As for Prairie Ramblings Podcast: I'll be jumping back into recording with some folks, looking to go deeper into the prairie and get some more scientists in the mix. Get your notes ready, you will wanna keep an eye out for these.

NOTES:

Sheep Book: Raw Material, by Stephany Wilkes,

kansasruralcenter.org

Kaw Point Fiber Shed: https://fibershed.org/affiliate/kaw-point-fibershed/

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