Farm Business
Grow Your Farm Business Course: Financial I: Accounting Basics & Financial Feasibility
Just Be Cause 1013 W State St, Ithaca, NYInstructors: Leslie Ackerman In Leslie’s first of two Finance sessions, she will guide the class to understand finance and accounting concepts and will explain tax basics intelligibly. She will also help students consider the financial feasibility of their individual farms or farm plans. The Grow Your Farm Business Course is offered on a sliding scale…
Grow Your Farm Business Course: Marketing, Branding, Writing a Marketing Plan
Just Be Cause 1013 W State St, Ithaca, NYInstructor: Matt LeRoux, CCE Tompkins County Learn how a focused strategy and specific efforts can reduce your marketing labor needs and make every step count. Matt will discuss the components of a basic marketing plan and how a plan leads to efficient and innovative marketing. The Grow Your Farm Business Course is offered on a sliding…
Grow Your Farm Business Course: Why Equity Needs To Be The Foundation of Your Farm Business
Just Be Cause 1013 W State St, Ithaca, NYInstructors: Alexas Esposito, Natalie Hughes Agri-culture is based on the relationship between humans and the land, focusing on the way in which land is cultivated to provide sustenance for a community. Tracing a history from colonialism to modern industrialization, conventional agriculture has evolved into a largely exploitative practice across race, gender, and class. If we broaden…
Grow Your Farm Business Course: Farmer Panel
Just Be Cause 1013 W State St, Ithaca, NYJoin 4 local farmers representing a variety of farm businesses as they discuss their business start-ups, lessons learned, marketing strategies, and more. Farmers TBA depending on student interests. The Grow Your Farm Business Course is offered on a sliding scale fee structure. The sliding scale for the full course is $100 - $350. A second…
Grow Your Farm Business Course: DIY Marketing: Marketing Channels & Social Media
Just Be Cause 1013 W State St, Ithaca, NYInstructors: Amanda David, Heather Sandford Drawing from their own experiences, Amanda David and Heather Sandford, will talk about their marketing techniques. How does a reluctant social media user create free and easy marketing for their business? How does a small-town pig farmer keep a local shop and farm while growing to wholesale regionally and nationally?…
Grow Your Farm Business Course: Farm Business Student Presentations
Just Be Cause 1013 W State St, Ithaca, NYStudents enrolled in the 9-week course present their business ideas. Each student will give a 15-20 minute presentation on their farm business to the cohort and to a selection of farmers and instructors. Time will be given for feedback. This session is only for cohort students taking the 9-week series
Bringing Your Farm-Based Business Online
Webinar Via Zoom NYBringing Your Farm-Based Business Online w/ Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds and Geraldine Lavin of Suntrap Botanical Buy One Get One! This event is a 2 part series. Part I took place on March 22. *Signing up for this event will grant you access to both Part I and Part II recordings.* Part II: Monday,…
Starting a CSA – Making the Jump from the Corporate 9-5 to Full Time Farming 24/7 With Fort Baptist Farm
Webinar Via Zoom NYStarting a CSA - Making the Jump from the Corporate 9-5 to Full Time Farming 24/7 With Fort Baptist Farm With Dee Baptist of Fort Baptist Farm Wednesday, April 14th 6pm-7:30pm EDT This cost of this workshop is based on a sliding scale system. Please see the registration form for information on cost. >> Register…
Farm Tour at Fort Baptist Farm
Fort Baptist Farm 915 Coddington Rd, Ithaca, nyAugust 12th from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Farm Tour: Fort Baptist Farm (Co-hosted with NOFA NY) @ Fort Baptist Farm 915 Coddington Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 Register HERE This event was originally planned for 7/29 but was rescheduled to 8/12. Those who signed up for the 7/29 date must re-register. Fort Baptist Farm is a Black…
Tour at the Jane Minor BOPIC Community Garden Amanda David of Rootworks Herbals
Jane Minor BIPOC Community Garden 40 burns rd, Brooktondale, NY, United StatesSeptember 8 from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Farm Tour: Rootwork Herbals & The Jane Minor BIPOC Community Medicine Garden (Co-hosted with NOFA NY) @ The Jane Minor BIPOC Community Medicine Garden 40 Burns Rd, Brooktondale, NY 14817 Register HERE Rootwork Herbals is the love, work, and play of community herbalist, Amanda David. Rootwork Herbals has…