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Great Plains RC&D is providing funding to assist with the
start-up expenses for “The Place on Main” to provide
community development in the form of recreational facilities,
cultural, social and educational opportunities for an
underserved community. Expenditures are assisting with
the remodeling and updating a historic building in Custer
City to provide a safe, secure, and accessible meeting
facility.
start-up expenses for “The Place on Main” to provide
community development in the form of recreational facilities,
cultural, social and educational opportunities for an
underserved community. Expenditures are assisting with
the remodeling and updating a historic building in Custer
City to provide a safe, secure, and accessible meeting
facility.
Additional milling equipment for the Stone Stack Flour Mill at
P-Bar Farms in Hydro, Oklahoma to increase milling
capacity and to grind other grains into flour to be used in
mixes and blends
P-Bar Farms in Hydro, Oklahoma to increase milling
capacity and to grind other grains into flour to be used in
mixes and blends
The Great Plains RC&D and Searchlight Center Inc. of
Hobart have partnered to construct a seasonal high tunnel
to provide additional fresh produce and nutrition to area
residents. The Great Plains RC&D provided grant funds to
get the project started and have coordinated additional
technical assistance. Searchlight Center, Inc. intends to
provide fresh produce to the Kiowa County Food Pantry
biweekly in rotation with the Okla. Regional Food Bank.
Hobart have partnered to construct a seasonal high tunnel
to provide additional fresh produce and nutrition to area
residents. The Great Plains RC&D provided grant funds to
get the project started and have coordinated additional
technical assistance. Searchlight Center, Inc. intends to
provide fresh produce to the Kiowa County Food Pantry
biweekly in rotation with the Okla. Regional Food Bank.
This service will provide needed nutrition to area residents on a more consistent basis than they are
able to receive currently. Additional produce from the community garden will be made available to the
general public through the Hobart Farmers Market and direct sales from the garden. The funds
received from these sales will be used to ensure the continued operation of the vegetable production
provide an extension of the growing season
able to receive currently. Additional produce from the community garden will be made available to the
general public through the Hobart Farmers Market and direct sales from the garden. The funds
received from these sales will be used to ensure the continued operation of the vegetable production
provide an extension of the growing season
| No-Till Wheat Flour Mill has Open House |
| Story written by Crystal Young, USDA NRCS Public Affairs Specialist |
The Southern Plains Agricultural Resource
Coalition (SPARC) in cooperation with
Great Plains RC&D hosted an Open House
event at P Bar Farms near Hydro on Sept.
7th.
The farm is the location of a new flour mill
to produce whole wheat flour from wheat
grown only by farmers practicing no-till
farming.
Coalition (SPARC) in cooperation with
Great Plains RC&D hosted an Open House
event at P Bar Farms near Hydro on Sept.
7th.
The farm is the location of a new flour mill
to produce whole wheat flour from wheat
grown only by farmers practicing no-till
farming.
If you have been to P-Bar Farms, you were most likely rubbing elbows with some ears in Loren
Liebscher’s maze of maize. September 7, 2010 about 40 people were on hand for the grand opening
of the newest in the line of red barns lining the I-40 access road near Weatherford. The barn hosts
the Stone Stack Mill. It is a flour mill that is milling 100% whole wheat flour produced by farmers
growing wheat locally in western Oklahoma. The barn is set up with interior and exterior observation
windows allowing tour groups to see how flour is processed.
Liebscher’s maze of maize. September 7, 2010 about 40 people were on hand for the grand opening
of the newest in the line of red barns lining the I-40 access road near Weatherford. The barn hosts
the Stone Stack Mill. It is a flour mill that is milling 100% whole wheat flour produced by farmers
growing wheat locally in western Oklahoma. The barn is set up with interior and exterior observation
windows allowing tour groups to see how flour is processed.
The Caddo Kiowa Career Tech School helped Liebscher
secure a rural development loan that funded the barn
structure. The Great Plains Resource Conservation &
Development Association applied for the Rural Business
Enterprise Grant that purchased the mill equipment.
The Southern Plains Agricultural Resources Coalition
(SPARC) is a group of producers and partners who are
committed to growing a sustainable, no-till wheat crop
and providing the mill with grain that will eventually be
sold as flour.
secure a rural development loan that funded the barn
structure. The Great Plains Resource Conservation &
Development Association applied for the Rural Business
Enterprise Grant that purchased the mill equipment.
The Southern Plains Agricultural Resources Coalition
(SPARC) is a group of producers and partners who are
committed to growing a sustainable, no-till wheat crop
and providing the mill with grain that will eventually be
sold as flour.
Liebscher said, “We are realizing that the kids don’t know anymore, we can ask kids on field trips
where their flour comes from, one kid told me he thought it was flowers ground up. They don’t have
any idea that a farmer has to produce the wheat that goes into making the flour that makes the bread.”
where their flour comes from, one kid told me he thought it was flowers ground up. They don’t have
any idea that a farmer has to produce the wheat that goes into making the flour that makes the bread.”
| Label used on the bags of whole wheat flour |
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