High School Resources + New Grower Training

[Shari Brown]

Hi Fresh From the Farm Educators,

Two quick updates today:

1. High School Education

For those of you interested in bringing farm to school and sustainability education to high schoolers, attached you'll find a list that you can add on to. Feel free to share additional ideas with the group!

 

2. New Grower Training - FREE! Apply Now.

This is an announcement from Mary Hosier at the University of Illinois. If you are interested in this training, they are planning for the December 2013 class of new Illinois farmers! 

Aspiring Illinois farmers, new growers with less than five years’ experience, commodity farmers interested in diversifying to include fruit or vegetable production, and high school and community college agriculture teachers are invited to apply now for the next session of a free training program offered through the University of Illinois crop sciences department.

See more at:  http://news.aces.illinois.edu/news/new-illinois-farmers-program-accepting-applications-second-session

And related article:  http://news.illinois.edu/ii/13/0620/newfarmers.html

Please share widely as we will soon be reviewing applications for year two.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Mary Hosier

Project Manager

S-332 Turner Hall / 1102 South Goodwin Avenue / M/C 046

Urbana, IL  61801

Phone 217-333-7512 /  mho...@illinois.edu   /     http://newillinoisfarmers.org/new_generation_app.php    /    http://illinoissare.org/

 

Best,

Shari and the FFF Team

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Shari Brown

Seven Generations Ahead

Program Associate

Office: 708.660.9912

Cell: 608.358.5357

Seven Generations Ahead |  Founded in 2001, Seven Generations Ahead’s mission is to promote the development of ecologically sustainable and healthy communities.   SGA works with local government, community and private sector leaders to help communities make the changes they need to create a healthy and sustainable future.  Through community-wide sustainability planning and implementation, educational conferences and consulting, and school-based zero waste and farm to school programming and consulting, SGA is a catalyst for local community solutions to global environmental issues.