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SUMMARY:Robotics and AI Showcase in Organic Production
DESCRIPTION:This first-time event in North Dakota is highlighting tools and techniques in organic production and transition to organic farming practices.  \nTuesday\, June 17 – Robotics Showcase  \nFirst stop: Tel Pudwill Farm located 7549 94th Street. SE Forbes\, ND 58439\nAfternoon Stop: Brett Miller farm located at 94th Street SE & 80th Ave \nDemonstrations and presentations by: Kult-Kress & Farmer’s Choice Seeds Drones\nDiscussion and demonstrations on how to use technology in the transition to organic production\n9:30 – 10:00 – Coffee & Pastries\n10:00 am – Welcome and Introductions\n10:15 am – 12:30 pm Field Demos by Kult-Kress\, Drones by Farmers Choice Seed –\nCultivators are an integral part of weed control in organic operations. Discussion and/or\ndemonstrations will show how modern cultivators and fingerweeders help with weeds in large\nand small organic operations and the benefits in organic production. Drones will show the\nbenefits of and uses of drone technology in organic production\, including cover crop distribution\nand data collection.\n12:30 pm – Lunch – Sandwiches Hosted by Farmers Choice Seeds & Northern Pulse Growers\n1:30 pm – Robotics Demos and Discussion on benefits in Organic Production & Transition at\nBrett Miller Farm\n3:00 pm – Question and answer\n3:30 pm – Close of Robotics Demo Showcase \nThis event is sponsored in part by USDA TOPP  \nClick here for more information\, additional sponsors\, and registration 
URL:https://www.npsas.org/event/robotics-and-ai-showcase-in-organic-production/
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SUMMARY:NPSAS Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This is the monthly meeting of the NPSAS Board of Directors. It is held virtually each month. Board Members meet in person in late March or early April for an annual retreat and at the annual conference in January. NPSAS members are welcome to ask for the link to attend and/or bring forth ideas that they would like to see the board discuss. In addition\, members are invited to consider serving on the board as 3 seats are up for renewal each year. It is a great opportunity to be involved in NPSAS. If serving on the board is not your style\, but you’d like to help\, consider other ways to be involved.   \n\nServe on the Farm Breeder Network Committee where research\, seed development\, and other ideas are discussed and implemented to improve crop conditions for members\nHost a field day at your farm\nWrite an article for The Germinator\nSpeak at the annual Food & Farming conference in a workshop on a topic that would benefit members and attendees of NPSAS\n\nGo to our NPSAS Board of Directors page to learn more about the board or find out how to reach out to them.  \nIf you’re interested in serving on the NPSAS board\, complete a board application. Elections are in January of each year and there are three positions open each January at the annual meeting held at the NPSAS Food and Farming Conference.
URL:https://www.npsas.org/event/npsas-board-meeting-6/2025-06-19/
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