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A series of free webinars through the University of Missouri Extension Beginning Farmers program will offer helpful advice and answers to new and expanding farmers begins tonight.
The series begins Feb. 21, 7-8:30 p.m., with a free webinar, “The Top 10 Things You Need to Think about When Getting Started in Farming,” presented by Chris Blanchard.
Hendrickson said Blanchard is the perfect person to kick off the effort. He spoke this winter at the 2011 Great Plains Growers Conference in St. Joseph on “Values and Scales in the Local Foods Market Place.” Blanchard owns and operates Rock Spring Farm, a 12-acre organic farm near of Decorah, Iowa, where he sells a wide variety of vegetables and herbs through a 200-member community-supported agriculture model, food stores and a farmers market. He also coordinates presentations for the Upper Midwest Organic Conference.
Hendrickson said the online offering not only caters to the type of people drawn to beginning farming, but also allows experts from far away to be part of the ongoing series.
“We’re excited because we can get really great presenters who wouldn’t be able to travel to a conference to present,” Hendrickson said. “This will give us top-notch speakers and help our audience.”
To learn more about how to watch the webinar and browse other Beginning Farmer resources. Read more about Blanchard and his farm.
Where can I find the archived version of this webinar?
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The Missouri Beginning Farmers Program will continue its monthly webinars in March with a presentation by Curtis Millsap of Millsap Farm titled, “Pastured Poultry for the Beginning Farmer.” The webinar will be March 7th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm with a PowerPoint presentation. There will be two additional opportunities to learn from Curtis, March 16 and March 28, both from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. These will be live chats in a Question/Answer format where Curtis will answer questions brought forth by participants in the webinar. Curtis is well known in the Springfield, MO area for his CSA and pastured poultry operation.
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Missouri Beginning Farmers Program’s Archived and Future Monthly Webinars, Workshops and Forums
The Missouri Beginning Farmer Program’s “moodle” (the term used for internet teaching management) will include monthly webinars of topics of interest to beginning farmers. Other tools on the moodle will include “webinar chats” with successful farmers, forum discussions on topics such as “grass-based farming”, “tractors and equipment”, and more. Also included on the moodle will be hand-out materials, PowerPoint presentations and pictures from past and future face-to-face short courses. Over time we anticipate adding a farmer mentoring component as well.
To join the Missouri Beginning Farmers Program Moodle go to https://extweb.missouri.edu/accountmanager/login.aspx to create a “passport” (registration with a login name and password) to the moodle. Here is video to assist with the creation of your passport - http://etcs.ext.missouri.edu/15PR-Moodle/CreatePassportOnly.pdf Then you can go to https://extweb.missouri.edu/courses/ and search using Missouri Beginning Farmers Program and you will find the moodle. Here is a video to assist you with signing up for the moodle - http://etcs.ext.missouri.edu/15PR-Moodle/Account%20Manager-1_FindAcourse-P1/Account%20Manager-1_FindAcourse-P1.shtm
Upcoming topics for future webinars are listed below. Each month go to the Missouri Beginning Farmers Program moodle page or the Missouri Beginning Farmers Program blog http://missouribeginningfarming.blogspot.com/ to get the URL to attend each webinar.
April – What You Need to Know to Get Started in Organic Production with Liz Graznak, Happy Hollow Farm
May – Soils Basics with Joel Gruver, Professor, Western Illinois University
June – Social Media Marketing with Lane McConnell, Ozark Farm and Neighbor
July – Selling at Farmers’ Markets: The Do’s and Don’ts with Andy Larsen, Iowa State University
August – Direct Marketing of Beef with Mark Mahnken, Missouri Legacy Beef
September – SARE Farmer/Rancher Grants with Debi Kelly, University of Missouri
October – Beginning Beekeeping with Art Gelder, Walk-About Acres
I just now learned of the Feb. 21 webinar. Is an archived version available, and if so, where?
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ReplyDeleteMissouri Beginning Farmers Program’s Archived and Future Monthly Webinars
The Missouri Beginning Farmer Program’s “moodle” (the term used for internet teaching management) will include archived monthly webinars of topics of interest to beginning farmers. Other tools on the moodle will include “webinar chats” with successful farmers, forum discussions on topics such as “grass-based farming”, “tractors and equipment”, and more. Also included on the moodle will be hand-out materials, PowerPoint presentations and pictures from past and future face-to-face short courses. Over time we anticipate adding a farmer mentoring component as well.
Presently you will find the Chris Blanchard webinar titled "Ten Things to Think About When You Start Farming" as well as the 2010 workshop materials (Growing Producer for Local Markets and Tractors 101 with more to come from 2010) and two discussion forums.
To join the Missouri Beginning Farmers Program Moodle go to https://extweb.missouri.edu/accountmanager/login.aspx to create a “passport” (registration with a login name and password) to the moodle. Here is video to assist with the creation of your passport - http://etcs.ext.missouri.edu/15PR-Moodle/CreatePassportOnly.pdf Then you can go to https://extweb.missouri.edu/courses/ and search using Missouri Beginning Farmers Program and you will find the moodle. Here is a video to assist you with signing up for the moodle - http://etcs.ext.missouri.edu/15PR-Moodle/Account%20Manager-1_FindAcourse-P1/Account%20Manager-1_FindAcourse-P1.shtm
Upcoming topics for future webinars are listed below. Each month go to the Missouri Beginning Farmers Program moodle page or the Missouri Beginning Farmers Program blog http://missouribeginningfarming.blogspot.com/ to get the URL to attend each webinar.
March 7 - Pastured Poultry for the Beginning Farmer, Curtis Millsap, Millsap Farm
April 4– What You Need to Know to Get Started in Organic Production with Liz Graznak, Happy Hollow Farm
May 2 – Soils Basics with Joel Gruver, Professor, Western Illinois University
June 6 – Social Media Marketing with Lane McConnell, Ozark Farm and Neighbor
July 5 – Selling at Farmers’ Markets: The Do’s and Don’ts with Andy Larsen, Iowa State University
August 1 – Direct Marketing of Beef with Mark Mahnken, Missouri Legacy Beef
September 6 – SARE Farmer/Rancher Grants with Debi Kelly, University of Missouri
October 3 – Beginning Beekeeping with Art Gelder, Walk-About Acres