Center for Crop Diversification

Events

Webinar: Beyond Direct Sales: Market Pathways for Diversified Kentucky Farms

Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Webinar

Explore opportunities to sell Kentucky farm products through restaurants, schools, retailers, institutions, distributors, produce auctions, and other markets beyond direct-to-consumer sales. Using real Kentucky examples, presenters will discuss what buyers need from producers, including pricing, volume, food safety, quality, and logistics, and the partnerships that can help farms become market-ready.

Fall 2026 Marketing for All

Oct 15 – Nov 19, 2026

Webinar

The Marketing for All program is for small-to-mid-sized farmers and food entrepreneurs who want to enhance their marketing skills, improve market access, and increase their profitability. This free, virtual, interactive training program will take place over six weeks:

Cover Your Assets: Farm Records That Work For You

Oct 28, 2026, 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Good farm records are a tool for making informed business decisions and protecting your farm when unexpected events occur. Join the University of Kentucky Center for Crop Diversification for Cover Your Assets: Farm Records That Work for You, an educational session designed for specialty crop growers.

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News

Results from Pricing Survey for Kentucky Cut Flower Growers

Savannah L. Columbia

Sep 25, 2026

New/Updated Publication

This summer, the UK Center for Crop Diversification surveyed Kentucky cut flower growers to gain insight into the pricing of 10 selected Kentucky-grown cut flowers across direct-to-consumer and intermediated market channels. Ideally, this information will support Kentucky’s cut flower growers in pricing their products for direct-to-consumer and intermediated markets, support an efficient and responsive cut flower marketplace for insurance by collecting price data that has historically been difficult to collect, and guide future investments in cut flower-related initiatives.

What Can the CSA Innovation Network Do for Your Farm? Part 1: Make your CSA Program More Accessible

Annie Scott

Sep 24, 2026

CSA farmers don’t have to go it alone. The CSA Innovation Network is a nationwide collective of advocacy groups, farmers, universities, marketers, and other partners supporting CSA programs of all kinds. The network helps growers learn from each other though webinars, toolkits, and idea-sharing spaces. Their resources help farmers stay informed about what might work—and what might not—for their farms and customer bases. Food Access Means Broadening Your Customer Base

County Agricultural Incentives Program (CAIP) Administrators Interactive Map

Dr. Cindy Finneseth

Sep 15, 2026

The County Agricultural Incentives Program (CAIP) offers cost-share incentives for Kentucky agricultural producers to implement practices that increase farm income and to try new or innovative technologies or systems that improve efficiency and productivity. There are 11 CAIP incentive areas that producers can explore to determine the best fit for on-farm projects that most benefit individual operations. Each county in Kentucky administers its own program, and - especially for new growers - it can be difficult to determine who to contact about applying for programs.

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The University of Kentucky Center for Crop Diversification (CCD) helps farmers and businesses to plan, grow, and market better. We create and curate up-to-date, relevant, and accessible publications, price reports, videos, and in-person training opportunities.

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The Hort Biz Quiz is a brief interactive tool that helps you identify strengths and weaknesses and potential crops and markets to pursue.

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