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Exploring the Small Farm Dream
Background |
Who Should Attend | Course
Details
Next offering TBA
Do you have extra land you don’t know what to
do with?
Are you looking to get closer to your food and how it
is produced?
Are you thinking about starting an Agricultural Business?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, it may be
time for you to Explore Your Small Farm Dream.
The goals of Exploring the Small Farm Dream are to help aspiring farmers learn what
it would take to start and manage their own commercial agricultural
businesses, and decide if this is a path they really
want to take. Through a combination of interactive sessions and presentations, Explorer will guide you in establishing the clear vision and goals you need to guide your new venture. It will also help you identify
and assess personal motivations, business and farming skills,
and other available resources.
NSAC will be hosting the Small Farm Dream courses this winter in the Halifax area.
A facilitator will guide you through 5 interactive sessions
featuring panel discussions with existing farmers, guest
speakers, government and industry representatives.
Session 1: Is Starting an Agricultural
Business Right For You?
Session 2: Research the Landscape
Session 3: Assess Your Resources
Session 4: Decision Making and Planning
Background
The Explorer program was developed by the New England Small
Farm Institute, Massachussets( http://www.smallfarm.org/).
In the fall of 2007, Continuing Education in cooperation with
the NS Department of Agriculture, investigated using Explorer
as a learning tool to help people identify if owning and running
a small farm business was suitable for them.
Who Should Attend?
This course is open to anyone considering starting an agricultural venture.
Course Details
| Study Guide: |
A workbook (Exploring
the Small Farm Dream) will be provided in the first
session and is included in the course fee. |
| What to Bring: |
An open mind and great ideas! |
| Evaluation: |
Non-credit course. The course is intended to be a
self evaluation. There will be an opportunity to present
what you have learned but you will not be evaluated. |
| Tuition: |
TBA |
| Dates and Times: |
TBA |
| Registration Deadline: |
TBA |
| Application: |
Both the Course
Selection Form and Pre
Explorer Information Form must be submitted
to register for this course. They can be printed off
and mailed or faxed to Continuing Education (contact
information on Course Selection Form). |
Note:
A
minimum number of students is required for each course.
The “decision deadline” is the date on which
courses with insufficient enrollment will be cancelled.
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