Workshops and Training
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Get Farming! Workshops and Events for Farmers
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Whole Farm Planning:
Create the farm, and the life you want with Holistic Management
Day-long workshops for farmers and grazers
These sessions will introduce you to Holistic Management, a planning process that can improve all aspects of your farm, from day-to-day decisions, financial management and long-term business planning, to your quality of life.
March 9, 2012. Petoskey Michigan WORKS! Service Center
2225 Summit Park Drive, Petoskey, MI 49770
9:00 - noon: Introduction to Holistic Management whole farm planning
1:00 - 4:00: Introduction to Holistic Management Financial Planning
March 23, 2012 - Lake City, Lake City Research Center
5401 West Jennings Rd., Lake City
9:00 - noon: Introduction to Holistic Management whole farm planning
1:00 - 4:00: Introduction to Holistic Management Planned Grazing
Cost for one daylong workshop: $40 or $50 for two from the same farm. Add $20 to attend both afternoon sessions.
Lunch is included and Bay Bucks are welcome.
Space is limited. To register call Jim Sluyter at (231) 889-0199 or jimsluyter@mlui.org. For workshop Information call Larry Dyer, 231-881-2784, ldyer3913@gmail.com
Workshop Full, contact Jim Sluyter to get on the waiting list.
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Creating Farm to School Business Opportunities
Meet school food service directors and:
- Hear firsthand from schools that are excited about buying local products.
- Learn specifics about what these schools want to purchase from you.
- Discuss barriers to increasing sales of local farm products in schools, and strategies for overcoming them.
- Bring business cards and other information about your farm, and samples if you like.
- Plan to leave with next steps to make it happen!
Friday, March 16, 2012
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Central Lake High School Cafeteria
190 West State Street, Central Lake, MI
The Farm Business Plan: One Page, Two Hours
Two locations
The One-Page Business Plan and the One-Page Financial Plan that goes with it are tools for getting started. The next step will be to use that information and thought process to expand your business plan into a document that you can use for communication purposes, whether it is to articulate your business to partners, employees, or lenders.
Thursday, March 22, 9 - 11 am
Petoskey Michigan WORKS! Service Center
2225 Summit Park Drive, Petoskey, MI
Thursday, March 22, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Northwestern Michigan College
Parsons-Stulen Building, 2600 Aero Park Dr.,
Traverse City
USDA Conservation Programs for Growers
A Free Workshop on Technical and Financial Assistance from the NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service programs are
available to growers at any scale, level of experience or method of production.
March 26, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Michigan Works! Conference Room
1209 S. Garfield Ave., Traverse City
Register online for these free events here
Other Events for Growers in the Region
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Other Workshops and Events Outside of the Grand Traverse Region
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