classes

Austin signed up for a farm training workshop that started last Wednesday. He found out about it through the extension office in Hillsborough. It is being put on by Breeze Farms, a nearby CSA (community supported agriculture). There are seven more in the succession, once a week through February. The first lesson focused on whole farm planning and business plans. He came home having met some of the locals we’ve seen around town, and even came across someone who put a bid on our house as we were buying it! Most of the notes are posted on line, as so many people do these days to save paper. However, Austin did come home with a sample business plan from one of the neighboring farms called Tumbling Shoals Farm. It will be a good reference even though looking through it he found several things that could be done differently. Austin has written a few business plans in the past, one for school and a collage of some for the ever changing future we have coming up. I’m sure we will be commencing the updated composition fairly soon. He also mentioned how they focused on the importance of the appearance of one’s farm stand at the farmers markets. As obvious as it sounds, I guess it is an important point. Hopefully our marketing department has a unique, chic, tasteful style that attracts a plethora of respectable consumers.
Chris and I are signed up for a beginner beekeeping class. It begins January 14, and is also a once a week class for nine weeks. I am so beexcited. At first it appeared as though the Orange County class was full and so I was going to drive a bit further to a class in Burlington, but then Chris ran into one of the gentlemen who teach the course, and he happened to come across two more seats. Sweet.