Hi all!
Please come (and bring your farm friends!!!) to the BFN/Mass Fall Forum next Tuesday, November 12th. I am organizing and facilitating this event and it should be really fun and a great opportunity to make really useful connections for our farms. It is free and includes breakfast and lunch! Details and a link to registration are below. Hope to see you there!
Less than one week left until the free Beginning Farmer Network of Mass Fall Forum on Tuesday, November 12^th from 10:00AM to 3:00PM at the Charlton Public Library, Charlton, MA (40 Main St. Charlton, MA- very close to RI).
Register at: www.tinyurl.com/bfnfallforum2013

• Meet other farmers and farm service providers
• Cultivate beginning farmers in Mass
• Enjoy a half day with other agriculture folks including breakfast and lunch
• Make important connections that help your farm thrive

10:00                Arrival: refreshments and food
Introduction:  including talks by beginning farmer Suzy Konecky of Cricket Creek Farm and Jim Hafner from Land For Good
11:10                Networking round tables:  topics include: Land Access, Farm Loans, Record Keeping, Agriculture and Climate Change.
12:10- 1:10        Lunch- including locally made sandwiches, local cheese, apples, and cider.
12:30                Beginning Farmer Services Teaser (lunch continues): one minute for each service provider to pitch what they offer beginning farmers
1:15                  Action Discussion: topics include: Scaling-up and Avoiding Burnout, Debt and Credit, Women in Agriculture, Farm Knowledge and Skills and more!
2:10                  Wrap up, next steps
3:00                  Goodbye for the day: invitation to stay a few extra minutes and write FSMA comments that we will send in to the FDA.
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