Cooperative Thinking for Farm Resilience

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Taylor in Business, Farming Resources, Webinar // 0 Comments

Join the Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition for Their Next Webinar “Collaborative and Cooperative Thinking for Farm Resilience”

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 – 1:00–2:00PM (Eastern)

Collaborative and Cooperative Thinking for Farm Resilience Presenters:

Michael Carter Junior – Carter Farms and VSU’s Small Farm Outreach Program

Anna Wills – Bramble Hollow Farm and Edible Goose Creek

Brent Wills – Bramble Hollow Farm and Virginia Association for Biological Farming

At a time of great unrest and uncertainty, more than ever we need to think about and plan for resiliency in our local and regional food systems that also ensures long term community well-being. This includes shifting towards and expanding a collaborative mind set as farmers and farmer educators. This webinar will share collaborative marketing and distribution models and best practices for networking to realize collective action among farmers. Our panelists include Michael Carter Junior and Anna and Brent Wills. Michael is a farmer at Carter Farms, coordinator of VSU’s Small Farm Outreach Program, and collaborator of the Black Church Food Security Network. Anna and Brent Wills, own and operate Bramble Hollow Farms in Montvale, Virginia. Anna is a co-founder of a regional farm cooperative, Edible Goose Creek and Brent is President of the Virginia Association for Biological Farmers. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from our panelists and ask them questions about their experience working in collaboration with other farmers.

The webinar will be recorded and shared.

About the Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition:

The long-term goal of the Virginia Beginning Farmer & Rancher Coalition (VBFRC) is to improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers to establish and sustain viable agricultural operations and communities in Virginia. To reach our goal, we support the development and enhancement of whole farm planning curriculum and training, online resources, social networking, and farmer mentoring. Unique to the VBFRC is its coalition of agricultural organizations and farm business that work together to develop and implement these aims. Learn more at https://www.vabeginningfarmer.alce.vt.edu/.