Interested in starting a farm but unsure of how to get started or where you can find help? Are you already a farmer but eager to enhance and refine your goals and objectives and identify resources for assistance?
Purdue Extension’s Beginning Farmer Program can help put you on a path to success.
- Address the realities of starting a farm
- Assess your farming assets
- Define realistic goals
- Create feasible plans to achieve your goals
- Develop a network of agencies and organizations to help you achieve success
The program includes eight live virtual program sessions you access from your home computer, plus additional optional sessions of supplemental materials, with individual work to complete between sessions. You’ll emerge with a clear perspective on planning farm projects and moving forward with confidence!
The program is offered to beginning farmers with farms of any size, but the typical audience tends to be those with smaller farms, those with urban farms, and people wanting to launch a farm that includes direct-to-consumer sales.
The program begins Jan. 9 at 7 pm EST and continues through Feb. 27, 2025.
Registration is $85, and registrations are due by January 2, 2025.
Registration and more information can be found at: https://cvent.me/2BYd1E.
For questions contact Beginning Farmer coordinator, Amy Thompson, at: afthompson@purdue.edu or John Woodmansee, Extension Educator in Whitley County, at jwoodman@purdue.edu.