Thursday, February 26th at the Pleasantview Activity Center. Lunch at Noon, Speaker at 12:30pm

Nick Vos was born in South Africa where he grew up on a vegetable farm in the Limpopo Province. Proud to currently be an American citizen, Nick and his family, reside in Hugoton, Kansas, where they farm corn, soybeans, wheat, and sorghum. He started using cover crops in 2010 when he was still part of another farming enterprise, mostly interested in the Daikon Radish, and its scavenging ability to retrieve nutrients from their mostly sandy, low organic matter fields. Today, Nick farms on his own, runs a seed business, and also incorporated Dorper sheep into the operation, managed by his wife Johanna. Dorpers are a hair sheep breed, used to harsh arid environments, and fits in nicely with their “dust bowl” climate. Nick will help us understand how to pick the correct cover crops for the moisture context we have. He has been successfully improving his soils in an arid climate in southwest Kansas.

-Profile courtesy of Kansas Soil Health Alliance

Event sponsors include Kansas WRAPS, City of Wichita, EPA Section 319 Program.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, Feb. 24th by calling the office @ 620-888-2054 or email clwreservations@gmail.com