{"id":103475,"date":"2020-06-19T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T17:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/?page_id=103475"},"modified":"2024-02-20T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T00:28:33","slug":"cultivating-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/agriculture\/cultivating-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating Success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Program Contact: Loren Imes, Master Gardener\/Food Systems Coordinator
360-639-6059 \u2022 loren.imes@wsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to develop a sustainable small farm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Interested in farming? Not sure how to begin? Do you dream of beginning or expanding your own small farm? The Cultivating Success\u2122 series of courses combines workshop and farmer-direct learning experiences to help foster the success of new and existing farms. Cultivating Success helps participants explore the unique advantages available to the small and mid-size farm.<\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/span>Join us for the first course in the series, Whole Farm Planning<\/strong> to be held on Mondays, 6:00pm to 8:30pm, September 19 through December 5, 2022. Offered statewide, the course will be conducted online using the Zoom platform with in-person field trips available in some regions of WA state. In addition, the course will be offered with Spanish language interpretation and facilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekly presentations include local growers, organizations, and agriculture professionals with expertise in direct marketing, value-added processing, production planning, agronomy, livestock production, and more. Cultivating Success provides students with the tools necessary to create, develop, or expand a sustainable farm operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost for the twelve-week course is $200 per farm\/family. Scholarships are available for Military Veterans and anyone for whom the course fee is a barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit whole farm planning website<\/a> to register online.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The second course in the series, Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Business Planning, <\/strong>dives into the business side of running a farm, from sales and marketing to financial management. At the end of the 12 week course, you will have the core elements of a business plan to guide your farm forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A unique combination of guest speakers, in class discussion and assignments, this online course meets Tuesdays from 6pm-8:30pm, January 10th-March 28th, 2023, through Zoom. Students access course syllabus, calendar, and learning modules through password protected website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scholarships are available for Military Veterans and anyone for whom the course fee is a barrier. Course offered with Spanish interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit agricultural entrepreneurship website<\/a> to learn more and register.<\/p>\n\n