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 Legal Issues Workshop
Do you work with farmers? Do you teach farmer training classes?
Would you like to incorporate farm law into your curriculum?
Join us for a "train the trainers" event for those who help farmers
with legal issues.
Sustainable farmers who run their own entrepreneurial businesses
have a wide range of legal needs, such as:
- creating a business entity
- writing by-laws and operating agreements
- negotiating land leases
- land use violations
- hiring employees and interns
- finding and meeting health department regulations for
value-added or processed foods
- complying with a variety of production and marketing
regulations
- tax issues for multi-farm CSAs and food hubs
The Land Connection, in collaboration with Rachel
Armstrong, lead attorney at Farm Commons, will present
information, structure role-play interactions, and provide
resources to help you effectively present and disseminate
the legal information and tools that farmers need to become
economically viable businesses, and the stable and resilient
foundation of rural areas. Join us for a valuable day of
farm law, and check back here for online resources soon.
The workshop will be held on September 2 from 9:00 am to
4:00 pm at the University of Illinois Extension office at
700 S. Airport Drive, Springfield. Preregistration is
required at
http://thelandconnection.org/legalissues
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2014 Pumpkin Field Day to be Held at Ewing Demonstration
Center
The 2014 Pumpkin Field Day will be held on Thursday,
September 4 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the University of
Illinois Extension, Ewing Demonstration Center, 16132 N.
Ewing Rd in Ewing (located about 20 minutes south of Mt.
Vernon). Registration will begin at 9 am, with the welcome
starting at 10 am. During the course of the day, University
of Illinois Extension Specialists and Educators will discuss
a range of pumpkin production topics including variety
selection, disease, insect and weed management; cover crops;
and no-till transplanting. A pumpkin variety trial, with
over 50 different cultivars, has been established as well as
field demonstration plots to accompany each of the
presentations. There is no charge to attend (lunch will be
provided), but registration is required. Please register by
calling (618) 687-1727 or online at: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/fjprw
by August 29, 2014.
Farmer Grant Writing Workshop
Existing and prospective farmers are invited to participate in a
grant writing workshop on Wednesday, October 1 from 6:00-9:00 pm
(registration starting at 5:30 pm) at the University of Illinois
Extension Office, 700 S. Airport Drive in Springfield. Information
will be presented on the basics of grant writing as well as
specifics on grants available through the North Central Region
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Farmer Rancher Grant
Program and the Illinois Department of Agriculture. A light meal
will be provided. Be sure to bring your grant writing ideas too! Go
to Register Online at
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lms
For additional information, contact Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant at
217-782-4617 or
cvnghgrn@illinois.edu
[Text received; DEBORAH
CAVANAUGH-GRANT, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION] |
