There are many critical details involved in starting a business. This class is geared towards providing foundational information to help new farmers and food related businesses to answer key questions such as, “What is required to start a business? Where and how do I get a business license? What are my responsibilities and legal obligations…
2018 Request for Applications (RFA) Announcement Western Extension Risk Management Education Center (Western Center) Washington State University Extension Serving Farmers and Ranchers Through Targeted Risk Management Education Proposals are due by 5 PM, PST, Thursday, November 16, 2017 The Western Extension Risk Management Education Center (Western Center), in conjunction with the Northeast, North Central and…
Space is still available in these three upcoming cider classes: CINA Cider Foundation Class October 9-13, 2017 WSU NW Research Center Mt. Vernon, WA Brianna Ewing, Instructor Online registration: http://cider.wsu.edu/event/cider-perry-production-a-foundation CINA Cider Foundation Class November 13-17, 2017 South Puget Sound Community College Olympia, WA Andrew Byers, Instructor Online registration: https://spscc.edu/cce/cider-perry CINA Cider & Perry Science…
The NW Innovation Center is hosting a bootcamp for applicants who might be interested in angel investing. It is targeted to startups that are putting together their presentation materials or about ready to do that. Details of the bootcamp are on http://nwirc.com/boot-camp/ For more details also see: Press Release – NWIRC Angel Bootcamp 2017 Bootcamp…
NABC has just taken delivery of a brand new piece of equipment for the Mobile Poultry Processing Unit – a lung and organ vacuum! Once assembled, it will be installed on the MPPU and the crew will be trained on use and cleaning. This handy tool helps to remove the unwanted organs and other material…
The next two NABC events are coming up very soon: the Prepping Your Produce For the Market tour on June 28th, and Hands-On Poultry Processing on July 12th. Prepping Your Produce is a Skagit Valley-based tour where post-harvest activity and logistics will be observed in action. The three site, self-driven tour includes stops at the Puget Sound Food Hub…
Learn how a Holistic approach to livestock grazing and ranch management is healthier for the land and the climate, and better for producers and consumers, too. For more information and registration, please see: http://pnchm.org/educational-opportunities/ranching-for-resilience-bellingham-field-day/
Three of the region’s farm education organizations have formed a partnership to support beginning farmers and ranchers in San Juan and Island counties. The Northwest Agriculture Business Center, the Organic Farm School, and WSU-Extension will host classroom and practicum workshops throughout the next three years in such key farm business development topics as marketing, financial…
NABC has been working with Cascadia Cooperative Farms (CCF) egg and pastured poultry cooperative in King and South Snohomish Counties to provide technical assistance, market development, and business planning services. CCF brings together small local farms raising pastured poultry to feed our communities using ethical, humane, and ecologically responsible practices. CCF creates pathways for farmers…
