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February 2021
Agricultural Entrepreneurship
The WSU Regional Small Farms program will be offering Agricultural Entrepreneurship, a 9-week in-depth business planning course for farmers in Clallam, Jefferson, and Kitsap counties. The course features a full line-up of local guest speakers including bankers, business professionals, and successful farm owners with a special emphasis on the financial and legal issues unique to farm-based businesses. The course covers evaluating resources, planning and research, legal and management issues, marketing strategies, budgets and financial statements along with how to cultivate…
Find out more »August 2021
Is a Small Farm in Your Future?
¿Es una pequeña granja en su futuro? Being Offered Statewide, Online, Bilingually, and for FREE! August 3rd, 5:30-8:30pm Learn more and register here. Aprende más. This entry-level Cultivating Success course will be offered in a one-night intensive workshop-style and was designed to help those interested in exploring the development of a small farm enterprise. It will either weed or feed you! Are you looking for land and don’t know where to start? Have you recently bought land, retired,…
Find out more »February 2022
Farming by the Numbers
Farming by the Numbers - Learn the basics of farm record keeping, taking sales online, and paying employees from experts and experienced farmers. Thursday evenings in February 2022 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm to learn the ins and outs of setting up a solid record keeping system as well as other farm number-crunching topics. February 3 – Farm Bookkeeping Basics February 10 – Online Sales February 17 – Paying Employees February 24 – Financial Statements, Cash Flow, & Loan Readiness Take…
Find out more »Cultivating Success: Agricultural Entrepreneurship
Tuesdays February 8 through March 29th, 2022 6:00-8:30pm Becoming a successful agricultural entrepreneur is not easy! So, set yourself up from the start. This is business planning with a special emphasis on the financial and legal issues unique to farm-based businesses. Come out of this 9 week course with the core elements of a business plan to guide your small business forward. This is an in-depth farm and food business planning course. We will walk you through the necessary steps…
Find out more »September 2022
Cultivating Success Whole Farm Planning
Cultivating Success™: Whole Farm Planning Offered Statewide, Online, and with Spanish Interpretation September 19th - December 5th We’ll cover a broad range of topics and decision-making tools for you to create a successful small farm enterprise! Whether you are just exploring the opportunities available or already have an existing operation, you’ll learn what it takes to create, sustain, and grow a viable small farm. $200 for a 12-week course September 19th through December 5th, 2022 Class meets weekly on…
Find out more »October 2022
Cultivating Success: Advanced Financial Management Series
With expert guest facilitators from Enterprise for Equity and Oregon Tilth, this course will walk you through the steps to plan for profit for your farm business through online classes with guest speaker farmers and resource providers and connections in regional groups. REGISTER Course Series Details: 4 classes offered online through Zoom 6pm-8:30pm on several Wednesdays in October and November. Students access course syllabus, calendar, and learning modules through password protected website. 10/26 Understanding and analyzing Profit & Lost statements (Jim…
Find out more »January 2023
Cultivating Success – Agricultural Entrepreneurship
Offered Statewide, Online, and with Spanish Interpretation Tuesdays from 6pm-8:30pm January 10th-March 28th 2023 fully online through Zoom. Becoming a successful agricultural entrepreneur is not easy! So, set yourself up from the start. This is business planning with a special emphasis on the financial and legal issues unique to farm-based businesses. Come out of this 12 week course with the core elements of a business plan to guide your small business forward. This is an in-depth farm and food business…
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