BUILD YOUR NETWORK, GROW OUR FUTURE A networking event to strengthen Connecticut’s agricultural community (This program is designed for farmers within their first 10 years of commercial production) Wednesday 2/19, 8:30 am to 1:30 pm [snow date 2/20] Scout Hall Youth Center, 28 Abbe Road, East Windsor, CT 10:00 Flip Chart Activity & BREAK 10:30 Service Provider checklist 10:35 Protecting your investment – Insuring your business. Joint presentation by Joe Bonelli, UConn Extension, Bryan Hurlburt, Farm Services Agency, Lisa Coverdale, Natural Resources Conservation Service 8:30 Registration/Coffee (BYO drink container please!) 9:00 Goals of the day, welcome from sponsors 9:15 Ice Breaker 9:30 Guest Speaker: Wes Hannah, Organizer & Communications, National Young Farmers Coalition - Why do networks matter? How are young farmers organizing? How do these networks engage service providers? 11:00 Breakout - select three separate breakouts (30 minutes each). These are farmer-driven discussions to FINANCES Access to credit, financial accounting Farm Credit East and business management, Farm Services Agency insurance UConn Extension CONSERVATION & Pest management, weed CT Agriculture Experiment Station PRODUCTION management, soil health, sustainable CT NOFA TECHNICAL agriculture practices, management of Natural Resources Conservation Service ASSISTANCE MARKETING & SALES natural resources Farm seeking, farm linking, farmland Farmers Market coupons, WIC UConn Extension LAND ACCESS CT Dept. of Agriculture evaluation Natural Resources Conservation Service UConn Extension/American Farmland Trust CitySeed LEGAL ASPECTS checks, 10% Campaign, CT Grown Registering farm business, state & CT Dept. of Agriculture branding CT Dept. of Public Health UConn Extension CT Dept. of Agriculture local regulation, FSMA CT Farm Bureau Association 12:30 LUNCH provide an opportunity for farmers to ask questions and share issues with service providers. 1:30 WRAP UP - What is most exciting? What feels most pressing? Announcements. 2:00 – 3:30 OPTIONAL opportunity to meet one-on-one with service providers! Planning Committee: • Bryan Hurlburt – USDA Farm Services Agency • Jiff Martin – UConn Extension • Joseph Bonelli – UConn Extension/CT Risk Management Education • Lisa Coverdale – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service • Maggie Saska – Community Farm of Simsbury • Susan Mitchell - New CT Farmer Alliance THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT, BUT PLEASE RSVP SO WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD! RSVP BY 2/14 TO: [email protected] This Program is a cooperative effort of New CT Farmer Alliance, the University of Connecticut Extension System, the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, and the Risk Management Agency/USDA. New Connecticut Farmer Alliance
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