Developing an Organic Corn Enterprise in Kentucky

This project’s has these stated goals and expected outcomes: agricultural professionals will know site specific state of the art techniques for producing and marketing organic corn; farmers will learn how to produce organically grown corn and understand marketing opportunities; some farmers will experiment with producing corn with organic techniques (for technical reasons, the corn will not be certified organic initially). Project activities include: identification of obstacles (technical, social, marketing); development of a set of best practices for production and marketing; conducting training programs for professionals; planning and implementing on-farm demonstrations.