Beginning farmers who want to enroll in a program, attend workshops and train on farms:
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Established farms looking to scale up and wholesale producers interested in mentoring:
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Beginning farmers who want to enroll in a program, attend workshops and train on farms:
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Established farms looking to scale up and wholesale producers interested in mentoring:
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Photo Credit: Urbavore Urban Farm
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Established in 2004, the Growing Growers apprenticeship program provides hands-on experience combined with reading, classes, and training that will give you the basics you need to get started farming.
Apprentices work on local, sustainably-run farms, where they experience the daily operations of a farm. They also attend workshops & farm tours, meet new and experienced farmers, receive textbooks and obtain on-the-job formal training from their host farmers. Paid and unpaid positions are available, and they typically run March - October, depending on the host farm’s needs. LEARN MORE >> |
The Beginning Farmer Wholesale Project presents a new opportunity for our region’s farmers to grow their business and the scale of local food production. The target audience for the project is a producer with no more than 10 years in operation, both urban and rural, with aspirations to expand in size and/or explore new market channels for their produce.
Farmer services include wholesale workshops, a Mentor Farmer Program, One-on-One Technical Assistance, Farmer-to-Buyer matching, and soon a Foodshed GIS Map, Video Series and the Demystifying the Wholesale Market Manual. LEARN MORE >> |
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The Growing Growers program hosts a listserv of hundreds of members to provide networking opportunities for growers, buyers, educators, Extension professionals, restaurant owners, Growing Growers apprentices and workshop participants to talk with one another.
This is a place to share ideas, answer questions, share grower information, share educational opportunities, and funding opportunities. This social network is important in keeping the local food system alive and connected. |
DATEJAN. 11th - MAR, 22nd:
MARCH 2nd: MARCH 2nd & 3rd: MARCH 4th 7:00pm: MARCH 5th 12:00-1:00pm: MARCH 9th: MARCH 16th: MARCH 18th 3:30pm-4:30pm MARCH 18th & 25th: MARCH 22nd: MARCH 23rd: MARCH 24th 6:00-7:00pm APRIL 10th: APRIL 15th 3:30pm-4:30pm: APRIL 21st 3:00pm-5:00pm: APRIL 24th: MAY 10th 3:00-5:00pm: |
WORKSHOPMU's COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SERIES. ONLINE. (ONGOING)
MU's SELLING LOCAL FOOD IN MISSOURI SERIES: SESSION 1. ONLINE. MID-AMERICA ORGANIC CONFERENCE. ONLINE. KSU's SMALL ACRES AG- OPPORTUNITIES WITH SPECIALTY CROPS. ONLINE. KSRE's: KANSAS PRODUCE SAFETY UPDATE. ONLINE. MU's SELLING LOCAL FOOD IN MISSOURI SERIES: SESSION 2. ONLINE. MU's SELLING LOCAL FOOD IN MISSOURI SERIES: SESSION 3. ONLINE. MU's DISASTER MANAGEMENT & EMERGENCY PLANNING. ONLINE. KSU/MU's PRODUCE SAFETY GROWER TRAINING. ONLINE. PRODUCTION PLANNING & PLANT PROPAGATION. ONLINE. MU's SELLING LOCAL FOOD IN MISSOURI SERIES: SESSION 4. ONLINE. KSU/MU's WILDLIFE CONTROL FOR PRODUCE GROWERS. ONLINE. BUILDING HEALTHY SOILS. ONLINE. MU's COVID-19 & FOOD SYSTEM SERIES: SUPPLY CHAINS. ONLINE. KU/MU's GAPS FOOD SAFETY PLAN WORKSHOP. ONLINE. SMALL FARM EQUIPMENT. HYBRID FORMAT. INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCE SAFETY WORKSHOP. ONLINE. |