Small farm workshops
By Beth Claypoole  

Are you interested in starting a small farm business? What type of information do you need to start? What type of farming enterprise you would like to develop?

Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne County, in cooperation with Wayne County Agriculture Development Board and Wayne County Department of Planning will give a four-session workshop February 28, March 7, March 21 and March 28, to help you find answers.

This program will run each evening from 6 to 9 at the CCE Wayne County office on Hydesville Road in Newark. Applications for participation are available by calling 331.8415. Apply before Monday, February 12.

This workshop curriculum was designed by the Northeast Small Farm Institute and will be taught by Beth Claypoole, Executive Director and Ag Specialist with CCE Wayne County and Elizabeth Henderson, farm owner of Peacework Organic Farm and author of several books on sustainable farming. Individuals of many different backgrounds are invited to submit an application for participation in the workshop.

While the Explorer workshop is not designed to help participants develop a full business plan, it will help those in the initial stages of thinking about starting an agriculture business.

Participation in the workshop will allow aspiring farmers with an opportunity to examine many critical issues that they must consider to establish clear personal and business goals for the farm. This fun, interactive workshop will include discussion, case study and research by each participant. Submission of an application is required prior to registration.

There is a $25 registration fee with the rest of the workshop expenses being paid through a Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Grant of the United States Department of Agriculture received by the county Department of Planning.

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