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 The University of Illinois Extension will be hosting two Farm
Commons webinars at the University of Illinois Extension office,
700 S. Airport Drive in Springfield, Ill. on January 5 and 6.
The webinars will include –Hosting Safe, Legally Secure Farm
Events; and Adding Value without Adding Legal Liability To Farm
Products.
The webinars are free, but you must register at
http://farmcommons.org/webinars to attend. You then
have two options: you can view the webinar at your own
home/office or you can attend at the University of Illinois
Extension office.
Each webinar will provide lots of time for questions, input from
farmers themselves, and true stories about folks who have been
there. In Springfield, we will have local experts at each of the
webinars including Wes King, Executive Director, Illinois
Stewardship Alliance and Rebecca Osland, an attorney in
Springfield, providing legal advice and planning services to
people involved in local food and local businesses.
The featured webinars will include:
Hosting Safe, Legally Secure Farm Events
Monday, January 5, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
On-farm events are a great way to build support in the
community. And, they’re a lot of fun! But as the saying goes,
it’s only fun until someone loses an eye. Make sure your farm
isn’t left with the short end of the stick after a
good-intentioned event goes bad. From zoning compliance to guest
injuries and serving prepared food, we’ll work through a
checklist of things a farm should address before hosting an
event.
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Adding Value without Adding Legal Liability to Farm Products
Tuesday, January 6, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Although starting a processing operation, improving packaging, and
developing new products are great ways to make the farm more
profitable, these activities have a huge legal impact. Employment
laws, liability potential, state/federal regulations, and tax
factors all change when a farm begins to process product. Farms
relying on cottage food laws should make sure to attend- we’ll talk
about what these laws do not do to protect farms.
For more information, contact Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, Extension
Educator at 217-782-4617, cvnghgrn@illinois.edu
[Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, Extension
Educator, Local Food Systems and Small Farms, University of Illinois
Extension]
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