 Annie's
Project Schedule
Annie's Project
Helping Wisconsin women become effective business partners on
the farm.
Overview: Wisconsin farm women can look forward to special
classes devoted to helping them manage information management systems
for their farm. The undertaking is called Annie's Project and
is made possible by a grant from the North Central Region Risk Management
Education Center (NCRRMEC). Annie was a woman who grew up in a small
town in Northern Illinois. Her goal was to marry a farmer and she
did. Annie spent her lifetime learning how to be an involved business
partner with her farm husband. Together they did great things but
it wasn't easy. This is Annie's project - to take
her life's experience and share it with farm women living and
working in a complex business.
Purpose: Annie's Project is designed
to empower farm women to manage information systems used in critical
decision making processes and to build local support networks,
throughout the state. The target audience is farmwomen with a passion
for agri-business and/or involvement in an agri-business they married
into, were a part of all their life, or just plain wanted to start
on their own.
Agenda: Farmwomen will receive training for managing information
in areas of Financial Records, Production Records, Marketing Plans
and Risk Management, Legal/Regulation Records and Documentation,
and Human Resources and Time Management.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, Winter 2010
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New for 2010!!! Annie's Project for beginning farm women or women farmers considering a direct market/value added enterprise for their operation!
Who: Women considering starting a farm business or women farmers considering a direct market or other value added enterprise
What: A six week series of workshops that will help participants:
- Evaluate goals, skills and resources to determine farm business feasibility.
- Learn how to gather market research
- Prepare to write a business plan
- Learn about business strutures and tax issues as you develop your business plan
- Learn about state and federal regulations and industry practices for direct marketing farm products and safe food handling.
- Become familiar with valuable resource agencies, organizations, and personnel as they continue writing and implementing their business plans.
When: Tuesdays, January 19 & 26 and February 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2010. 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Lunch provided)
Where:
Lussier Family Heritage Center, 3101 Lake Farm Road, Madison. Directions can be found on the brochure
Registration cost: $30 per person -- this covers the entire six week course including materials, speakers and lunch each day. You can register by printing this brochure and completing the registration form and mailing with payment. Or you can contact Joy Kirkpatrick at the Center for Dairy Profitability, 608-263-3485, joy.kirkpatrick@ces.uwex.edu
We are able to provide this program at this special introductory cost because Annie’s Project is partially funded by the North Center Region Risk Management Education Center, the UW Center for Dairy Profitability, UW Agricultural Innovation Center and UW Cooperative Extension and the USDA Farm Service Agency.
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For more information on Annie's Project see: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Annie
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