Rogue Farm Corps’ series of workshops in April 2018, “Changing Hands A Workshop on Farm Succession Planning and Access to Land” will bring together aspiring and retiring farmers for a full day of training on land access and succession planning. We will also have some facilitated networking on regional issues throughout the day so we can begin to build a community that will last beyond the workshops.

If you are an aspiring farmer, come learn about creative ways to start your farm business with topics on finding, leasing, financing and buying agricultural land.

If you are a retiring farmer, come learn from experts about what it takes to pass on your business to the next generation – keeping it in the family or finding others to carry it on.

These day-long workshops start with breakfast at 7:30 am, the program begins at 8:30 am and goes through 5:00 pm with lunch and happy hour included.

Register now for just $20, including meals. Late registration within 10 days before each event will be $30.

Contact Ashley Rood with questions at ashley@roguefarmcorps.org or call 971.409.6806.

Additional dates and locations are:

Monday, April 23: SOU Higher Education Center in Medford
Friday, April 27: Central Oregon Community College in Redmond
Monday, April 30: Sprout! in Springfield

Food safety and sanitation expert, Nina Parkinson will cover the following topics in a four-hour training workshop:

• Basic microbiology – the importance of clean equipment from the microbes perspective
• Basic cleaning procedures – how to select appropriate cleaners and sanitizers and other issues to assure equipment is cleaned effectively
• The importance of training – writing and following SOPs to assure equipment is clean
• Verification – how do we make sure the sanitation crew did a good job

Speaker: Nina Parkinson