Tilling the Soil of Opportunity
a National NXLevel Business Planning Course delivered by a certified instructor What’s next for your farm business?
Prepare a professional business plan and get your farm business on the right track! Tilling the Soil of Opportunity is designed to help you test your ideas, explore new marketing opportunities, and develop a business and marketing plan specific to your farm. Participants will assess their resources, develop marketing strategies, understand financials, learn how and where to get funding for their businesses, and network with other farmers. This is an intense course that will require at least 45 hours of your time!Session Outline:
* Take stock of your resources * Basic equipment required * Legal terrain ** Manage from the ground up * Plant it, grow it, market it! * Reap the benefits - marketing strategies *
* Get your budgets in line * Analyze These: Cash Flow & Financial Statements *
* Cultivate your money resources * Harvest your future *
Tilling the Soil of Opportunity is aimed at those individuals who have started or are thinking about starting an agricultural-based venture that is not tied to large-scale commodity-style production. The course features individual assistance in all areas of business planning as well as networking opportunities with other farmers. If you are unsure of your farming goals, please consider the course Exploring the Small Farm Dream.
Course Details: Online Version
| When: |
April 23, 2012 - May 28, 2012 Mandatory classes: Mondays & some Wednesdays, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Optional classes: Sundays, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
| Communication: | Mikogosoftware (free to download) |
| Registration: | $225 - Members* $300 - Non-Members* If two people from the same farm or family register together, the second person receives a 50% discount on registration! Contact NOFA-NJ for details. |
| Payment Plan: | Payment options available. Please contact NOFA-NJ. |
| Discounts: |
Register early and receive $25 off! Use the discount code EarlyBird at checkout. This discount expires on MONDAY, APRIL 9TH, 2012 |
| Cancellations: | Please see the NOFA-NJ Cancellation Policy. *Exception: requests for refunds are only available up to two (2) weeks before a scheduled program. |
| Questions: | 908-371-1111 |
* Participants must purchase their textbook from NxLevel.org. Alternatively, you may purchase a textbook from NOFA-NJ, please contact the office for details.