In 1985, the center committed its resources and programs to the goals of "sustainable" agriculture. For agriculture to be sustainable it must be profitable, environmentally responsible, and enhance the quality of life of farm families and their communities. The Kerr Center is seeking applicants for the full-time position of Education/Horticulture Program Manager, based in Poteau, Oklahoma.
Check out the Kerr Center' work with - and resources on - fall gardening and season extension, with a new presentation by David Redhage. Information to help you be successful and sustainable! Keep up with Kerr Center Farm and Ranch, public events, publications, videos: sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, E-Field Notes.
Check out the Kerr Center' work with - and resources on - fall gardening and season extension, with a new presentation by David Redhage. Information to help you be successful and sustainable! Keep up with Kerr Center Farm and Ranch, public events, publications, videos: sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, E-Field Notes.
Services
The Kerr Center is located at 24456 Kerr Road, just off Highway 271, about four miles southwest of Poteau, Oklahoma. Look for the Kerr Center sign on the south side of the road. From Sallisaw, Oklahoma, on I-40, exit onto Highway 59 south, traveling 36 miles to Poteau. Continue on Highway 271 through Poteau and south to the Kerr Center.
If you have benefited from a Kerr Center educational event, publication, or webpage, please consider donating and becoming a Friend of the Kerr Center. Or you may choose to support us with a check. Since 1985, the Kerr Center has been looking to the future- staking its reputation and dedicating its endowment to a vision of healthy, sustainable farms and ranches in Oklahoma and beyond.
These are exciting times for us at the Kerr Center - and for all of you who share our interest in sustainable food and agriculture. Our interest in good health is leading us to delicious, nutritious and locally-grown food. We are "voting with our forks"- choosing to eat food grown in a way that is good for both the land and for people.
Sustainability rests on a base of healthy soil. Check out our organic horticulture program for the practices we employ - including rotations, cover crops, compost, and biochar - that build healthy soil. The Kerr Ranch has woods, pasture, hay meadows, ponds and rivers running through it and is home to wildlife from insect pollinators to bats to ducks and eagles to deer.
The Next Green Revolution, by James E. Horne, PhD, President (retired), Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and Maura McDermott, Communications Director (retired), Kerr Center. A personal story, told with humor and conviction, of a conventional "aggie" who experienced a change of heart. Covers what is being done across the nation to build an agricultural system that is kind to the environment, responsive to consumers, and fair to farmers.
Reviews
Be the first to review Kerr Center.
Write a Review