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December 2020
12/9 Webinar: Creating Virtual Farm & Food Experiences
Creating Virtual Farm and Food Experiences Wednesday, December 9, 2020 9am Pacific time; 12pm Eastern time; 6pm Central European time; 10:30 Indian time Whether it's farm tours, private tastings, or conferences, we are all figuring out new ways to connect digitally with customers and colleagues. During this period of limited travel, farm and food businesses around the world are experimenting with innovative online formats to share their agricultural experiences and products. Join us to learn about lambing tours in Scotland…
Find out more »12/11 Cultivating Success: Is a Small Farm in Your Future?
Is a Small Farm in Your Future? Virtual Workshop Interested in starting a small farm in the city, suburbs or country? Wonder what it would take, and if you’re ready? Whether you’re in the planning stages or have just begun, this one-day intensive workshop will help you determine what options are available for you, explore potential markets and profitability for different enterprises, network with others and learn what it takes to begin and sustain a small-scale farming business. …
Find out more »12/17 Webinar: Building food council networks that support
Webinar Date and Time: Thursday, December 17, 2020 – 2:30 to 4:00 pm EST There is no cost to participate. Registration for the webinar is required. Click the link immediately below to register CLICK TO REGISTER After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Webinar description: This webinar will share how Kansas, Michigan, and North Carolina have each developed robust local food (policy) council networks. These networks connect councils and local level coalitions to foster more equitable…
Find out more »12/18 HUB: WSU Food Systems Holiday HUB
This Friday @ 10am. We're inviting the HUB Community and ALL Food Systems Team Members! Join us in our Holiday Zoom Room this Friday at our regular HUB time, starting @10am. Bring some festive cheer, your ugliest virtual holiday background, and some solstice musings. Let's take some time to celebrate our community and accomplishments for 2020.
Find out more »January 2021
1/12 Cultivating Success: Agricultural Entrepreneurship – Snohomish County
Growing Profitable Farms Farming can be a good economic opportunity as well as a great lifestyle choice. However, success requires that farming be viewed as an enterprise that must sustain itself and the farm family for the long term. Beginning farmers must look at their farm like any new business venture, while existing operations considering diversification or expansion must evaluate how changes can affect land, labor, capital, and family resources. WSU Snohomish County Extension, in partnership with Snohomish Conservation District,…
Find out more »February 2021
2/2 Cultivating Success™: Agricultural Entrepreneurship Statewide! English y Español!
Statewide! Cultivating Success™: Agricultural Entrepreneurship (Farm Business Planning) English y Español! Starts Feb 2nd, 2021 (Register by Jan 29th) Register Here Registrarse En Español Statewide Offering: Spring 2021 (February 2nd - March 30th) Tuesdays, 6:00pm to 8:30pm Course Description: Cultivating Success™: Agricultural Entrepreneurship is an in-depth farm and food business planning course. We will walk you through the necessary steps to create a business plan for an existing farm-based business or a completely new enterprise. Join weekly online classes…
Find out more »3/16 Cultivating Success™ WEBINAR: Wireworm Online Field Day
3/16/21- Wireworm Online Field Day Presenter: Diane Green, Greentree Naturals - Sandpoint, ID Description: Ever dig up potatoes or carrots with wriggly holes inside? This is probably wireworm damage. Wireworms feed entirely underground, attacking germinating seeds, roots, bulbs, and tubers. Damaged plants soon wilt and die. Managing wireworms organically can be challenging. Greentree Naturals hosted an on-farm research project with the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology at University of Idaho to evaluate Biological Control against wireworms in 2020.…
Find out more »2/16 Cultivating Success™ WEBINAR: Biochar: Properties and Potential as an Agricultural Amendment
2/16/21- Biochar: Properties and Potential as an Agricultural Amendment Presenter: Dan Strawn, University of Idaho Soil & Water Systems and Greg Moller, University of Idaho Food Science Description: In this webinar University of Idaho faculty Dan Strawn and Greg Moller will discuss their experiments developing a novel biochar that is loaded with phosphorus from water treatment and utilized as a beneficial soil amendment. Their goal is to add value to the biochar, recycle phosphorus, and create a soil amendment that…
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