Workshops benefit local farmers
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No one knows more about farming than farmers themselves. That’s why the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition is hosting a series of workshops starting Wednesday, May 25 to help farmers share their expertise.
Field days are free, on-farm, farmer-led events. The workshops are geared towards people who are just at the beginning of their farm exploration – interns and pre-start-up farmers – but are open to beginning and established farmers of all ages and backgrounds.
The first field day will be at Ploughshare Farm, an 18-acre diversified vegetable and livestock operation in Moiese. Owners Nicole and Cale sell their produce at the Missoula and Polson Farmers’ Markets and through the Western Montana Growers’ Co-op and via that experience, they have gained a great depth of knowledge over the past eight years about how to successfully grow for a farmer’s market. Nicole will discuss crop and harvest planning and will host an interactive demonstration on setting up an effective farmers’ market booth.
“Our hope is that the field days will give beginning farmers a broad understanding of the diverse ways to farm in Montana,” said event organizer Annie Heuscher. “We’re also including lots of potlucks and down time to encourage people to get to know one another and build a better network that can help each other in the future with questions and challenges.”
For more info on this and other field days, visit http://missoulacfac.org/2016-field-days.html.
