New Farmer U will have an on-farm summer workshop series to boost farmers’ business skills on Monday, August. 18th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, August 19th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The workshops will take place at Gwenyn Hill Farm, a 430 acre diversified organic farm growing 50 different varieties of vegetables and an orchard, maintaining a dairy herd, Red Devon cattle and Border Leicester and Cotswold sheep, Gwenyn Hill Farm is the perfect setting to learn and grow at New Farmer U!

Featured speakers include Compeer Financial's Senior Lending Officer, Paul Dietmann and the Food Finance Institute’s Farm Program Manager, Andy Larson. This will be a unique opportunity for farmers to receive in-depth consulting in the areas of farm financials and your farm’s organizational health. Katie Bishop will train the group on Farmer Self-care and Wellbeing, and other presentations will focus on Movement & Ergonomics, and Finding the Right Markets for Your Farm. There will be an in-depth tour of Gwenyn Hill Farm on Tuesday after the workshops wrap-up. This is an intensive training to help farmers get new ideas to succeed!
 

Additional information:
Travel and lodging stipends are available to help farmers attend this training.

This event is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

·Assorted breakfast pastries, refreshments, and lunch will be provided both days. Monday night we will have a social gathering with more details to come! 

· Space is limited and registration closes Thursday, August 14th

· Any additional questions or interpretation requests, please reach out to Victoria Ostenso, at victoria.ostenso@marbleseed.org