PROTECTING YOUR FARM OR RANCH WORKSHOPS

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
 

Times are changing! As you expand the activities of your farm, you need to know how to protect yourself and your business. You should attend this workshop if you:

• Give farm tours on your land.
• Have or are hiring employees, volunteers or apprentices.
• Process your farm product to sell it as value-added.
• Hand out samples to customers.
• Have visitors come to your farm.
• Wonder how to pick a good insurance agent for your farm.

Idaho Workshop Dates
March 26: Emmett, USDA Building
March 28: Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co. Extension Building
April 7: Pocatello, ISU Continuing Education Building
April 18: Orofino, Clearwater Co. Ext. Office, Orofino LCSC Outreach
April 23: Sandpoint, Bonner County Extension Office
April 25: Post Falls, UI Research Park (Jacklin Seed building)

Time

8:30am – 5:00 pm (workshop start and end times may vary slightly by location)

Cost

$15 per participant

Register

Workshop fee of $15 includes a comprehensive resource packet, the new 120-page 2008 Protecting Your Farm and Ranch Assets: A Guide for Direct Farm Marketers, and refreshments (lunch is on-your own). Registration by credit card is available through the Rural Roots website or you can mail a check or money order for $15 directly to Rural Roots.
On-Line: Click Here to Register!

Phone: 208-883-3462
Email: kate@ruralroots.org
Mail: PO Box 8925, Moscow, ID 83843

Take Home Resources Available for Each Participant

• Protecting Your Farm or Ranch: A Guide for Direct Farm Marketing in Idaho
• Idaho Farmers Market Food Safety Brochure
• Starting a Business in Idaho

• Food Safety Begins on the Farm: A Growers Guide

• Reduce Microbial Contamination with Good Agricultural Practices Brochure
• Starting a Specialty Food Business in Idaho
• Introduction to Risk Management

• RMA 2008 Insurance Fact Sheet: Idaho State

Agenda

Click here for the agenda of the 2008 Protecting Your Farm or Ranch Workshops

Workshop Sponsors