The Oklahoma State University Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture will host a three-class workshop series on residential design May 10, 17 and 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Stillwater. The courses will provide participants with hands-on experience designing yards and organizing outdoor areas such as patios, kitchens and seating areas. Course instructor Qing Lana Luo will cover design theory and process, drawing and material options.
Registration closes May 8 and costs $95.
To schedule an interview with Professor Qing Luo and learn more about the trends of outdoor living design, please contact Gail Ellis in the OSU Ag Office of Communications and Marketing at 405-744-9152 or gail.ellis@okstate.edu.
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OKFB taps six Oklahoma businesses for 2024 Activate Oklahoma rural development cohort Oklahoma Farm Bureau has named six rural Oklahoma businesses to the 2024 Activate Oklahoma cohort, part of the organization’s Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators program.
The accelerators program is a collaborative rural development initiative from OKFB along with national and state-level partners that develops Oklahomabased innovators creating ideas, technologies and products creating economic opportunities in rural Oklahoma.
The members of the 2024 Activate Oklahoma cohort are Grillblazer, a company specializing in cooking torches from Chouteau; Allied Innovation Partners, a Cashion-based business that blends e-commerce with traditional commodity exchanges; Perfect Pose of Altus, a company that helps hunters capture quality photos of trophy animals; Bay Block from Corn, which has developed fall-alert devices; and The Diabetes Revolution of Salina, which provides personalized diabetes and weight-loss care. One cohort member prefers to remain anonymous.
The Activate Oklahoma pipeline connects innovative rural Oklahoma businesses with numerous resources and assistance with curriculum supported by Oklahoma Small Business Development Center. The Activate Oklahoma track is designed for any rural-based business with an innovation or product that will bring economic opportunities to Oklahoma’s rural communities.
The six businesses, all hailing from rural Oklahoma communities with a population of 50,000 people or less, will complete a vigorous bootcamp training and other programs in the coming months.
For more information on the accelerators program, visit okfb.news/Accelerator.
About Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Oklahoma Farm Bureau is a grassroots farm organization with more than 80,000 members throughout all 77 Oklahoma counties. As the state’s leading agricultural organization, Farm Bureau is committed to supporting the agriculture community to improve the lives of Oklahomans through advocacy, education and member benefits. To learn more, visit okfarmbureau.org.