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Beginning Farmer Focus Group
November 13, 2018 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Farm Focus Group – Your Thoughts and Ideas Needed to Continue Providing Assistance for Farmers
Calling all beginning farm owners and managers! If you have taken ownership of a farm or stepped into a principal farm manager role between 2006 – 2018 OR if you are an aspiring farm operator, please join us at one of these events!
Ensuring the sustainability of beginning farmers is crucial in continuing the Pioneer Valley as a vibrant agricultural area. For 25 years, farmers turned to CISA for support in sustaining their business and mission, seeking answers to their questions, and providing information to see an idea or opportunity through. We want to continue providing that for the next 25 years – and evolve with your needs and your ideas!
Through the support of USDA NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, we are holding focus groups in two locations to inform how CISA farmer support programming will look in the coming years. We need to hear about your experiences, successes, unmet needs, and requests to continually evolve as farm business assistance providers.
Tell us how WE can work for YOU!
Discussion Topics:
- For participants in CISA events, what has worked well and what can we improve
- Building farmer networks
- Gaps in service and information for farmers
- Support for limited resource, women, queer, trans, POC and veteran farmers
Please RSVP below by November 11 or email stevie@buylocalfood.org. Dinner will be catered. Don’t hesitate to contact Stevie with questions.
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award 2016-70017-25423.