Aug 28th Webinar & Aug 29th Conference Call

Dear RMA learning community members,

Remember to join us on Tuesday, August 28th from 3 pm - 4:15 pm EST for the final webinar for this learning community!

This webinar will feature Northeast based immigrant farmer organizations, including the Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (a program of Southern New Hampshire Services), Cultivating Community's New American Sustainable Agriculture Project in Maine, and the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project in MA. This webinar will include a lot of practical information on strategies and challenges in building the capacity of limited resource producers in addressing food safety and liability insurance issues and accessing local, institutional markets.

Please use the link in the announcement below to register for the webinar. You must register in advance in order to receive the information you need to plug into the webinar.

Join us Wednesday, August 29th from 1 pm - 2 pm EST for our final conference call for this learning community!

During the conference call, we will "digest" the information presented on the webinar, discuss how it relates to our experiences of working with limited resource producers, brainstorm other strategies to improve the overall effectiveness of our work with limited resource producers, and other related topics.

Conference Call-in information:

1.800.704.9804

Participant Code:  32478877#

Please plan to join us for this final webinar and final conference call of this project!

Recordings, slides, and a synthesis of the key points of the three previous webinars and notes from the three previous conference calls are posted on the site for this project: http://foodsecurity.org/information-on-food-safety-and-liability-insurance-for-small-scale-and-limited-resource-farmers/

Thank you! - Kristen Markley

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Working with Immigrant Farmers

Join us for a Webinar on August 28

As the last webinar in the series for this Learning Community, this webinar will feature representatives from several Northeast-based immigrant farmer organizations. The speakers will share their strategies and challenges in building the capacity of limited resource producers in addressing food safety and liability insurance issues and accessing local, institutional markets.

Speakers:

Andrea Bye, Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success, a program of Southern New Hampshire Services
Daniel Ungier, Cultivating Community, New American Sustainable Agriculture Project in Maine
Jennifer Hashley, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project in MA

Moderator:
Kristen Markley, Community Food Security Coalition

This webinar is funded by the USDA Risk Management Agency.

Title:	Working with Immigrant Farmers
Date:	Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Time:	3:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

Mobile attendees
Required: iPhone®/iPad®/Android™ smartphone or tablet

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/503746080

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Kristen Markley
Community Food Security Coalition
105 Bucher Hill Rd Suite #1
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
717-240-1361
kri...@foodsecurity.org
www.foodsecurity.org

Our mission is to catalyze food systems that are healthy, sustainable, just, and democratic by building community voice and capacity for change.