Kansas Value Added Foods Lab

Grant Writing Basics for Kansas Food Producers

K-State Research & Extension is offering a Grant Writing Basics course consisting of two (3-hour) online live sessions with many additional resources. We’ve organized a two-part series specifically for our food system partners, farmers, and food business owners interested in grant writing. Whether you’ve never written a grant proposal before and have no idea where to start, or for those who have experience but are looking for ways to improve your approach, we encourage you to attend. Participants are encouraged to bring their grants or grant ideas to share.

February 10-11, 2025: This class is only available to those producing Kansas foods or helping write grants for local food access.

Topics include:

  • Sources of data for community needs
  • Where to find grants
  • Elements of a great grant proposal
  • Practicing the grant elements: Problem, Outcome, Activity, Evaluation, Budget

For more information, please contact:
Nancy Daniels
nkdaniels@ksu.edu

Information and registration
*Refunds are not available for this program

2025 Local Foods Regional Workshops

Six locations will be host workshops for local foods entrepreneurs to learn about food safety, business practices, sales tax and more.

Registration is now open!

Local Food Producer workshops

Recordings from the 2024 Olathe location can be found at:

Food Safety for Food Entrepreneurs - Fall 2022 webinar recordings

These webinars were presented by the North Central Food Safety Extension Network.

Supplemental fact sheets for each webinar.

Workshops for Food Processors

Acidified Foods Manufacturing Schools - for acidic and formulated acid products

North Carolina State University - Acidified Foods Manufacturing School
On demand

University of Nebraska – Better Process Control School for Acidified Foods only
December 2024

Online Better Process Control School - includes low acid and acid foods
University of Tennessee
On demand

HACCP Workshops

Workshops for Meat Processors are scheduled through the year. A list of workshops can be found on the KSU Meat Science web site.