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Jan

Solid Ground Farm Managers Summit Feb 13, 2024 in Hartford

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FARM MANAGERS SUMMIT TUESDAY, FEB 13
Are you a farmer owner or manager ready to hire your first employees or do you already have a farm crew and feel that your employee management knowledge and skills need help…then this Farm Managers Summit is for you!
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: The Chrysalis Center, 255 Homestead Avenue, Hartford, CT
Cost: $40 Add-on an additional team member’s registration during checkout for a discounted rate of $25.00.
Come to learn about Farm Financials regarding both payroll obligations and strategies for hiring employees based on your cash flow. You will also learn tools to improve your employee management like job descriptions, pre-season training, employee handbooks and performance reviews as well as skills for building a strong farm team and retention! Farm owners and managers should consider bringing another crew leader or senior staff with them as both tracks will be packed with helpful information that you will not want to miss out on! Add-on an additional team member’s registration during checkout for a discounted rate of $25.00.
The day includes:
Farm Financials and Labor Management tracks
Panel Discussion with CT Farmers managing staff
Keynote speaker Emily Landek from Riverland Farm
Please email to nancy.barrett@uconn.com with any questions.
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29
Jan

CT DoAg Food System Capacity Building Grant Due March 6, 2024

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CT DoAg Food System Capacity Building Grant Due March 6, 2024

CT DoAg Announces CT Food System Capacity Building Grant due March 6, 2024. Funding Opportunities to Increase Food Access and Address Food Insecurity
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg), on behalf of the CT Food Policy Council, announces the competitive solicitation process to award funds to Connecticut organizations and groups involved in food system policy or creating innovative, localized, programming in their respective communities to increase food access and address food insecurity through the Food System Capacity Building Grant. Applicants must submit a completed application by March 6, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. using Cognito Forms.
A grant webinar will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2024, from 2-3 p.m. Applicants can register below or on the grant webpage. The webinar will be recorded and posted. Questions regarding the Food System Capacity Building Grant can be directed to Hannah Carty at Hannah.Carty@ct.gov or 860-471-1620 or Cyrena Thibodeau at Cyrena.Thibodeau@ct.gov or 860-895-3094.
Funding for the Food System Capacity Building Grant is provided through the Connecticut Food Policy Council under C.G.S. Sec. 22-456. There is no minimum funding request and the maximum amount of funds that can be requested for one project is limited to $20,000.00. There is no match requirement for this grant. For more information on the Food System Capacity Building Grant Program, including grant guidance, application link, and project profile template, please visit the website, https://portal.ct.gov/…/Food-System-Capacity-Building….
22
Dec

UConn Extension Solid Ground “The Business of Farming” Course Starts Jan. 19-March 1, 2024

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UConn Extension Solid Ground “The Business of Farming” Course Starts Jan. 19-March 1, 2024

UCONN EXTENSION’S SOLID GROUND PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR “THE BUSINESS OF FARMING” 

This course will accommodate 15-18 participants for a 7-week learning opportunity that includes both virtual and in-person meetings (details below). It is designed to develop and strengthen the business and technical skills for beginning farmers with 0 – 3 years of experience. Historically underserved beginning farmers are encouraged to apply.

Participate in a learning experience with farmer peers and develop new networks along the way. You are welcomed to a safe space and environment to foster informal interactions, knowledge, comradery and relationship building. As we enter the winter months in agriculture, this is an important time to acquire some of the fundamental skills in farm business management, such as completing your business plan, creating farm business record-keeping, tax filing, and grant writing.

Please only apply if you can commit to attending all seven training sessions (both virtual and in-person) that take place on Fridays from January 19 – March 1.

Apply to join at: s.uconn.edu/businessoffarming

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS JANUARY 9, 2024!

16
Dec

Farmer to Farmer Conference in Meriden CT Jan. 27, 2024

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Farmer to Farmer Conference in Meriden CT Jan. 27, 2024

FARMER TO FARMER CONFERENCE
Farming is a profession full of trial and error. Every year, we take stock of what worked and what didn’t, assess our weaknesses and strengths, and tweak the plan for next year.This winter, take the time to reflect and learn from the experiences of your fellow farmers at NCTFA’s Farmer 2 Farmer Conference.
Our conference will feature workshops on production methods, scaling up the farm, and more!

Breakfast and lunch will be served free of charge. Attendees will take home some locally saved seeds and maybe some other surprises!

There will also be a FARM HACK competition where you can show off the tools you’ve invented and win a cash prize!

Register here.
16
Dec

CT DoAG Farmland Restoration, Climate Resiliency Preparedness Grants due Jan 31, 2024

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CT DoAG Farmland Restoration, Climate Resiliency Preparedness Grants due Jan 31, 2024

FARMLAND RESTORATION, CLIMATE RESILIENCY & PREPAREDNESS GRANT OPPORTUNITY 
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) is accepting grant proposals for the 2024 Farmland Restoration, Climate Resiliency & Disaster Preparedness Grant (RRP). Support is available to provide Connecticut agricultural producers and not for profits directly involved in production agriculture funding for investments which will increase the long-term climate resiliency of farming operations and decrease farm vulnerability to extreme weather events. Applications are due no later than 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 2024.

“This grant is a revision and expansion from the previous Farmland Restoration Grant Program to better prepare our farmlands with climate resiliency outcomes and disaster preparedness planning and implementation to support Connecticut’s agricultural sector as they navigate changing weather patterns,” said Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt. “Over the past four years we have experienced dramatic and more frequent extremes in weather – drought, flooding, and late freezes. This grant is one avenue to help mitigate those in the future through strategic investments while continuing to improve lands to produce food for people and livestock.”

Grant information can be found here.
Press Release is available here.
16
Dec

National Young Farmers Coalition Grant Applications due Jan. 15, 2024

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National Young Farmers Coalition Grant Applications due Jan. 15, 2024

YOUNG FARMERS GRANT PROGRAM
Applications due January 15, 2024
In the fifth and final year of the program, they are celebrating distributing 50 grants to a new cohort of young farmers and ranchers in 2024!
This year, forty-five awards will go to businesses already in operation, and five to farm and ranch operations starting up in 2024.
Applications are currently open for the 2024 Young Farmer Grant Program!
Applications are open until January 15th, 2024, at 3pm ET. Please reach out to em@youngfarmers.org with questions. No phone calls please.
This program seeks to support “livelihood farmers and ranchers” or those seeking long term careers that financially support them through agriculture. At this time, they are not able to offer funding to farmers who are not currently, or are not working, toward making an income farming through long-term careers in agriculture.
Applicant must be the operation owner or plan to start their own operation in 2024. For non-profit farms without “owners” applicant must be the lead farmer/farm manager. Farmer part-owners of cooperative or collective farms are qualified to apply. Please choose just one owner to represent the operation in the application.
Young farmers and ranchers who are at least 18 and not over 40 years of age as of May 1, 2024.
Applicant must use farm practices that protect natural resources for future generations.
There are no preferences for what applicants produce on their operations or for current scale of farm.
They strongly encourage farmers of color, Indigenous farmers, and farmers who are facing significant structural barriers to accessing other funding opportunities and success in agriculture to apply.
Staff and Board members of the National Young Farmers Coalition are not eligible to apply.
Recipients of the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 Young Farmer Grants are not eligible to apply.

 

 

16
Dec

Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund Applications due Jan 3, 2024

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FARMER VETERAN FELLOWSHIP FUND
The Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund application will be opening on January 3, 2024! Join the Farmer Veteran Coalition for a webinar on December 19, 2023, at 12pm CST where they will discuss the Fellowship Fund application and creating a business plan with our partners at Center for Farm Financial Management. For more information about the Fellowship Fund, click here.
The Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund is a small grant program that provides direct assistance to veterans who are in their beginning years of farming or ranching. The Fellowship Fund does not give money directly to the veteran, but rather to third-party vendors for items the veteran has identified will make a crucial difference in the launch of their farm business. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000, and nearly $4 million has been awarded to more than 930 veterans since 2011.
Wanting to start a farm, but unsure if it’ll be successful? Full of great ideas for your farm, but struggle to implement them? Or maybe just trying to strategize your farm’s future, but don’t know where to start? Writing a business plan can dramatically increase the success of implementing your ideas and goals. Using the AgPlan online business planning software, this workshop will guide you in creating a business plan to incorporate your farm vision into your operation.
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