Winter Business Intensive: Class #4
Students will learn how to identify appropriate sales outlets and specific local and regional customers. *Training on how to use low-cost platforms to market products effectively will be provided.
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Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator 451 French Moore Jr Blvd, Abingdon, Virginia, United States
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Winter Business Intensive: Class #5
Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator 451 French Moore Jr Blvd, Abingdon, Virginia, United StatesStudents will get introduced to financial planning, recordkeeping, and filing taxes with an overview of budgets, cash flow analysis, and profit and loss sheets. *ASD will provide guidance for recordkeeping to make filing a farm’s Schedule F tax form easier.
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Winter Business Intensive: Class #6
Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator 451 French Moore Jr Blvd, Abingdon, Virginia, United StatesASD will share benefits of some sustainable production strategies: high tunnels for season extension, rotational grazing, and cover crops & soil health. *This class will highlight programs offered by other support organizations that cover these practices.
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Winter Business Intensive: Class #7
Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator 451 French Moore Jr Blvd, Abingdon, Virginia, United StatesStudents will learn the steps to set up their business and manage risk on their farm. *Information includes getting a Farm Number, business license, insurance considerations, business structures, and estate planning.
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Winter Business Intensive: Class #8
Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator 451 French Moore Jr Blvd, Abingdon, Virginia, United StatesStudents will have a fairly robust farm business plan outlined, which will be very useful when applying for loan or other support programs. *ASD will provide a variety of opportunities: state and federal grants, cost-share, and loan programs available to farmers with a special focus on the Farm Service Agency’s micro-loan program for beginning farmers.
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Farmer and Rancher Mentoring Q&A
Join Jenni Roop, ASD's Agriculture Education Communications Manager for a Q&A on the Farmer and Rancher Mentoring program. What you will learn: How to register for MyASDWhat can you do […]
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Veteran Open House
Appalachian Harvest 280 Boone Trail Road, Duffield, Virginia, United StatesJoin Appalachian Sustainable Development on April 13th at the Appalachian Harvest Food and Herb Hub to learn all about ASD, AH, and the agriculture programs and projects we offer. There […]
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Summer Field School ’22 Class #1: Specialty Produce and Irrigation
Creative Seeds Farm 422 W Glade Street, Glade Spring, Virginia, United StatesJoin us at Creative Seeds Farm for a session on Specialty Produce and Irrigation. With local food in high demand, this course will help you determine what type of crops will help you stand out in a crowded market place. We will also cover how using niche produce can really help drive farm sales and […]
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Summer Field School ’22 Class #2: Season Extension
TNT Farm N Greenhouse 32367 Taos Ln, Meadowview, Virginia, United StatesJoin us at TNT Farm N Greenhouse for a class of Season Extension. Season extension provides early and late harvests, winter harvests, and longer harvest windows. These techniques also offer […]
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Summer Field School ’22 Class #3: Aggregation/Distribution
Appalachian Harvest 280 Boone Trail Road, Duffield, Virginia, United StatesJoin us at Appalachian Harvest for a class on Aggregation and Distribution services and more. Season extension provides early and late harvests, winter harvests, and longer harvest windows. These techniques […]
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Summer Field School Class #4: Integrating Multiple Operations
Kelly Ridge Farms 30558 Old Saltworks Road, Meadowview, Virginia, United StatesIntegrating operations is key to incremental success in farming. Farms aren't about single product lines, but about how you can design your operations to support each other and build your […]
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Summer Field School Class #5: Rotational Grazing and Cattle Work
Valor Valley Farm 4949 Pounding Mill Branch Rd, Pounding Mill, Virginia, United StatesDarrell Wess and family started Valor Valley Farm in 2017 as a cow/calf operation. They have specialties in good land stewardship, quality cattle, and environmental conservation and sell at livestock […]
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