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January

26th, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 1: Marketing and Sales

February

2nd, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 2: Intro to Farm Business Planning and Enterprise Selection
TBD Farm Business Planning Session 2, Field Trip: Exploring market outlets first hand
9, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 3: Crop Planning and Production
17, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 4: Equipment and Supplies Sourcing. Startup budgets.
23, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 5: Farm Financials: Writing the Business Plans

March

2, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 6: Writing the Business Plans II and Real Stories from Guest Growers
19, 4-6 pm Field Training: Hoophouse propagation and Seedling Management

April

2, 4-6 pm Field Training: Equipment Use and Maintenance (Farm Safety)
13, 7-9pm 2009 Farm Business Planning Course Graduation
16, 4-6 pm Field Training: Irrigation Set Up
30, 4-6 pm Field Training: Laying out Fields and Making Raised Beds

May

14, 4-6 pm Field Training: Nutrient Management and Record Keeping
28, 4-6 pm Field Training: Pest Management (Organic Pesticide Safety)
29, 9:30-4:30 Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Training in collaboration with the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at the New England Small Farm Institute in Belchertown

June

11, 4-6 pm Field Training: Post Harvest Handling, Food Safety and Marketing
18, 10-3 Livestock Field Training: Sheep School in collaboration with the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Grafton, MA)
25, 4-6 pm Field Training: Weed Management

July

9, 10-3 Livestock Field Training: Poultry School in collaboration with the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Grafton, MA)
9, 4-6 pm Field Training: Disease Management (Organic Pesticides II)
23, 4-6 pm Field Training: Cover Cropping Field Trip

August

6, TBA Farm Tour: Tour of New Entry’s four Dracut farm sites
22, 10-3 Livestock Field Training: Swine School in collaboration with the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Grafton, MA)

September

10, TBA Workshop: Canning and other food preservation
27, TBA Harvest Festival: 8th Annual End of Season Harvest Celebration - food, music, hayrides, games, and more!

October

17, 10-3 Livestock Field Training: Beef Cattle School in collaboration with the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Grafton, MA)
20, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 1, Class 1: Intro to Farm Business Planning and Enterprise Selection
27, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 1, Class 2: Crop Planning and Production

November

3, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 1, Class 3: Equipment and Supplies Sourcing. Startup budgets.
10, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 1, Class 4: Marketing and Sales
17, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 1, Field Trip: Exploring market outlets first hand
21, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 1, Class 5: Farm Financials: Writing the Business Plans
24, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 1, Class 6: Writing the Business Plans II and Real Stories from Guest Growersn

January - December 2010 (additional trainings to be posted when scheduled)

Jan 26, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 1: Marketing and Sales
Feb 2, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 2: Intro to Farm Business Planning and Enterprise Selection
February TBD Farm Business Planning Session 2, Field Trip: Exploring market outlets first hand
Feb 9, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 3: Crop Planning and Production
Feb 16, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 4: Equipment and Supplies Sourcing. Startup budgets.
Feb 23, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 5: Farm Financials: Writing the Business Plans
Mar 2, 6-9 pm Farm Business Planning Session 2, Class 6: Writing the Business Plans II and Real Stories from Guest Growers

Explore Farming workshops are offered on a rolling basis, please call our office or email mhimmel@comteam.org if you would like to be notified of upcoming classes.

Explore Farming workshops and Farm Business Planning classes are held at the New Entry office in Lowell unless otherwise indicated. Field Trainings are typically held at the farm site located at 1471 Bridge St., in Dracut, behind the Richardson's Dairy.

If you are interested in attending any of the events listed above, please send an email to nesfp@tufts.edu to receive notification of any scheduling changes. All dates are subject to change do to weather and other factors. Please confirm dates and times for events on our website at www.nesfp.org and call the NESFP office at (978) 654-6745.