Stateline Farm Beginnings Program – Apply
Stateline Farm Beginnings Program: Now Accepting Applications!
This yearlong training program helps Wisconsin and Illinois farmers evaluate and refine their farm business, learn sustainable farming practices used on real farms, develop a tailor-made farming/business plan, and begin to view the farm as an interconnected system.
Stateline Farm Beginnings Program Components:
- Winter Course Sessions (October 2018 – March 2019)
- 10 sessions of farm business planning, learn from some of the most innovative farmers and experts in the Midwest
- Field Day Workshops (April – October 2019)
- Training events on different topics, hosted at sustainable farms
- One-on-One Mentorship (April – October 2019)
- Pairing with a farmer-mentor in field of interest during harvest season
- Last Session & Graduation Event (September 2019)
- Share summer-time experiences and celebrate the completion of the course!
Apply Early!
Receive a $150 Early-Bird Discount on all applications post-marked
on or before September 7th, 2018.
Enrollment Ends September 28th!
Stateline Farm Beginnings Program is a yearlong program designed to help launch or expand your farm business. Participants learn sustainable farming practices used on real farms, develop a tailor-made farming/business plan, and begin to view the farm as an interconnected system. Participants also gain knowledge from some of the most innovative farmers and experts in the Midwest while creating lifelong friendships within a new farming network. The program also offers opportunities to access land and equipment.
“I loved everything about Stateline Farm Beginnings — meeting other farmers, seeing what other people’s visions are and how people were making this happen.” – Vanessa Quiñones. The Victory Garden Farm, Stateline Farm Beginnings Graduate
Learn more about beginning farmer training programs from beginningfarmers.org at https://www.beginningfarmers.org/beginning-farmer-training-programs/
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