Folks who help farmers: how to find and work with them with Sarah Geurkink from the Organic Association of Kentucky
About this episode
The episode discusses how to find and work with various technical assistance providers who support farmers.
In today’s episode, we explore the range of people who whose job is to help farmers, and how to get the most out of these relationships. We refer to these people as a group as technical assistance, or “TA” providers, and it can include extension agents, people at nonprofit or NGOs, professors, etc. And our guest today is one of those people- Sarah Geurkink is the Organic Production Specialist for the Organic Association of Kentucky [OAK].
People in this episode
Hosts: Andrew Mefferd, Katie Kulla, April Parms Jones
Guest: Sarah Geurkink
Topics covered
- technical assistance
- farming support
- extension agents
- nonprofit organizations
- organic farming
Keywords
- farmers
- technical assistance
- extension agents
- organic farming
- support services
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Organic Association of Kentucky, OAK
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