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Vicki Morrone Organic farming specialist Center For Regional Food Systems at MSU 480 Wilson Rd Rm 303 East Lansing, MI 48824 517-353-3542/517-282-3557 (cell) Www.MichiganOrganic.Msu.edu From: Tom Cary <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 8:39 AM To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Last Days Register for Holistic Soil Management Workshop for Michigan New & Beginning Farmers - Farmer Field School Series 2015 Hello - Please share this widely. My apologies for any cross postings. We are most trying to reach farmers in their first 10 years of farming. If you are a farmer, please take a look at our workshops below and consider joining our Michigan Beginning Farmer list by going here -- http://eepurl.com/bz40TX Thank you for any help getting the word out. So far your willingness to help promote has really made a difference in reaching beginning farmers :o) - Tom Cary Farmer Field School Program Manager [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d6865a17601bfb9cd6549e6e3/images/66b23e4e-b288-43fd-920b-ce635e54f6c6.jpg] Michigan Farmer Field School Helping to cultivate viability for new and beginning farmers Join us for these upcoming hands-on, field-based, farmer-led workshops. October - 18, 2015 Sunday, 8am-6pm Cost: $150 for the first person and $30 for the second person from your farm Holistic Soil Management: Fertility, Cover Cropping, Weed Management and Tillage – Student Organic Farm – Lansing, Michigan. Includes: Proven strategies, planning, and tools at various scales for building and maintaining the healthiest soils while managing weeds and prepping fields for crops. Plan to spend 4-5 hours outside on the Student Organic Farm exploring implementation and demonstrations on the farm landscape. Lunch provided. Participants will also receive valuable resource and support materials. Presenters: Lee Arboreal- Live Edge Growers (formerly of Eaters Guild Farm), a 15 year veteran organic farmer focused on larger scale organic production and Jeremy Moghtader <http://www.msuorganicfarm.org/oftpsof-staff.html> - Farm Manager, MSU Student Organic Farm & Director, MSU Organic Farmer Training Program. To register or get on our mailing list, see below. November - 14, 2015, Saturday, 8am - 6pm Year Around and Seasonal CSA Success: Strategies and techniques for improving profitability and satisfaction – Student Organic Farm – Lansing, Michigan. Learn about proven strategies and different approaches to CSA startup and growth from the experiences and exploration done by the Organic Farmer Training Program and Sunseed Farm. Leave with new tools and new ideas about how to live, work and grow your CSA. Lunch provided. Presenters: Tomm Becker<http://www.farmsunseed.com/our-story.php> - Sunseed Farm, Jeremy Moghtader <http://www.msuorganicfarm.org/oftpsof-staff.html> - Farm Manger, MSU Student Organic Farm, Director MSU Organic Farmer Training Program. To register or get on our mailing list, see below. Additional Upcoming Workshops: Business Planning – Finding and Focusing on Profitability (Jan/Feb 2016), Scaling Up your Farm Business (April/May 2016), Planning for Better Pest and Disease Management(Feb./March 2016) TO REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP & KEEP INFORMED ABOUT THE FARMER FIELD SCHOOL: For information on workshop details, upcoming workshops and the Michigan Farmer Field School Series, or to register go to http://www.msuorganicfarm.org/farmer-field-school.html and fill out the registration form. To get on our Michigan Beginning Farmer list please go here to subscribe - http://eepurl.com/bz40TX For workshop Questions contact: Tom Cary - Farmer Field School Program Manager [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 616-916-9823<tel:616-916-9823> Megan DeLeeuw – Farmer Field School Program Manager 734-718-5506<tel:734-718-5506> ABOUT THE FARMER FIELD SCHOOL The MSU Farmer Field School is comprised of intensive one and two day hands-on workshops. They are tailored to deliver in-depth, practical information building on the decade of farmer training on-going at the MSU Student Organic Farm and the wealth of knowledge in Michigan’s farming community. Experienced farmers and premier agriculture educators from our region are teaming up to co-lead and deliver workshops in the Farmer Field School. Each workshop also includes group-based learning processes where diverse approaches to farming challenges can be shared and discussed by both participants and workshop presenters and demonstrated at host farm sites. For the current cycle, workshops will take place on select farms in southern Michigan with a goal of expanding the workshops to other regions of the state as the program develops. With an emphasis on vegetable production, the Field School is designed to help improve the profitability of diversified, sustainable, Michigan farmers in their first 10 years of farming who serve local and regional markets. The Field School is part of a broader vision and collaboration among statewide organizations including the MSU Center forRegional Food Systems<http://foodsystems.msu.edu/> and Michigan<http://www.miffs.org/> Food and Farming <http://www.miffs.org/> Systems<http://www.miffs.org/> to help increase new farm success by working to make farming a more prosperous, secure, and sustainable career choice for the many beginning as well as future farmers here in Michigan– to keep farmers farming, farmland in production, and food local and regional. The Farmer Field School is organized through the collaboration of MSU Student Organic Farm, Michigan Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS). and the Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS).To learn more, visit www.msuorganicfarm.com<http://www.msuorganicfarm.com/>. This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2015-70017-22856. Copyright © 2015 MSU Student Organic Farm, All rights reserved. You signed up through a recent survey or from communication about our Michigan Farmer Field School to keep informed about our workshops. Our mailing address is: MSU Student Organic Farm 3291 College Rd Holt, MI 48824 Add us to your address book<http://msuorganicfarm.us2.list-manage1.com/vcard?u=d6865a17601bfb9cd6549e6e3&id=011f7165f2> Want to change how you receive these emails? 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