Mid-May farm management and marketing workshops

Dr. Keith Baldwin of The Cooperative Extension Program at A&T will be one of the workshop leaders for a program for farmers at the Macon County Extension Center on Wednesday, May 14 that will cover  business planning, marketing, and food safety. Joining Baldwin for the workshop, which will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., will be Peter Marks and Kate Slattery of the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

Baldwin also will be leading a workshop in “Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)” for farmers market and roadside stand managers on Thursday, May 15 at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (near Goldsboro). The program will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the registration fee is $20.

The GAP workshop is part of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ “Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture” series, and there is some funding available for travel costs for Cooperative Extension agents attending “Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture” workshops. The application form is available on the CEFS website. 

Posted April 30, 2008 04:42 PM

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