Farms at Work: Digging into Farming

FarmStart’s Digging Into Farming: Planning Your New Farm Business. 

This is a 2-day course for new farmers who have gone through an exploratory stage (completed the Explorer course or equivalent), have made the decision to farm and are ready to plan a new farm business. The course introduces participants to the different elements of starting and managing a farm business and connects participants to critical resources and advisors that can help along the way. While you will not prepare a business plan during the course, you will develop a personal New Farm Action Plan that outlines your next steps in making your farm business a reality..

Day 1 looks at business goals, choosing products and services, marketing and production.

Day 2 reviews human resources, farmland, financing, business start-up, financial management, including key financial documents (i.e cash flow, income statement, statement of net worth).

The program will be offered four times this fall across the province:  see Locations & Dates

In this region, we will offer the course in:

Cobourg (location TBA) – Saturdays Oct 13 and Oct 20, 2012, (10am – 3:30pm)

Cost: $25 per person or $35 per farm (2 attendees), includes HST

Register online at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1031825/Digging-Into-Farming-Course-Registration-Fall-2012

For more information: contact Ali English, FarmStart Training and Resources Program Manager at ali@farmstart.ca or 519.836.7046 x 104 or Pat Learmonth, Director, Farms at Work 705-2951590