Workshops & Events
Upcoming Workshops & Events
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Growing Your Market: Practical Marketing Strategies for Small Farms
Wednesday, September 23rd 5-7 pm | Burlington, WA | Register Here
¿Buscas nuevas formas de llegar a más clientes y aumentar las ventas de tu granja? Acompáñanos en un taller práctico que reunirá tres perspectivas sobre cómo desarrollar y ampliar tu mercado. Maressa Valliant, de Sustainable Connections, compartirá herramientas útiles de marketing digital, consejos para hacer que tu granja sea más fácil de encontrar en línea y estrategias para comprender el recorrido de tus clientes. Charity Hestead, de Puget Sound Food Hub, compartirá consejos para presentar de manera efectiva tu granja y tus productos en el sitio web de Food Hub y llegar a posibles compradores. Kirsten Murray, de Rowdy Sprout Farm, compartirá su experiencia en la comercialización de su granja, incluyendo cómo colaborar con otros negocios puede ayudar a ampliar tu alcance.
Looking for ways to reach more customers and grow your farm’s sales? Join us for a practical workshop featuring three perspectives on building your market. Maressa Valliant of Sustainable Connections will share useful digital marketing tools, tips for making your farm easier to find online, and ways to understand the customer journey. Charity Hestead and Jessi Benoit from Puget Sound Food Hub will share tips for presenting your farm and products effectively on the Food Hub website and reaching potential buyers. Kirsten Murray of Rowdy Sprout Farm (and Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture graduate!) will share her experience marketing her farm, including how collaboration with other businesses can help expand your reach.
Come pick up practical ideas you can put to work on your farm right away!
Growing Healthy Garlic and Onions: Disease Prevention and Management for Organic Farms
Monday, September 28th 5:30-7:30pm |
Burlington, WA | Register Here
Join us for a hands-on field day designed for small- and mid-sized organic farms growing garlic, onions, shallots, and other alliums. This workshop-style event will combine indoor presentations with outdoor demonstrations, giving growers practical, research-based tools they can take back to their farms.
Washington State University plant pathologist Dr. Lindsey du Toit will share effective cultural practices for managing allium nematodes and other important diseases, along with best practices for cleaning and sanitizing equipment to reduce the spread of pathogens. Whether you’re looking to improve crop health, strengthen on-farm biosecurity, or learn from current research, you’ll leave with practical ideas and plenty of opportunities to ask questions and connect with other growers.
Acompáñanos en un día práctico en el campo, diseñado para granjas orgánicas pequeñas y medianas que cultivan ajo, cebolla, chalotes y otros cultivos de la familia de las aliáceas. Este evento, con formato de taller, combinará presentaciones en interiores con demostraciones en el campo, brindando a los agricultores herramientas prácticas y basadas en investigaciones que podrán aplicar en sus propias granjas.
La fitopatóloga de Washington State University, Dra. Lindsey du Toit, compartirá prácticas de manejo efectivas para controlar los nematodos de las aliáceas y otras enfermedades importantes, además de recomendaciones para la limpieza y desinfección de equipos con el fin de reducir la propagación de patógenos. Ya sea que busques mejorar la salud de tus cultivos, fortalecer las medidas de bioseguridad en tu granja o conocer los resultados de investigaciones recientes, te llevarás ideas prácticas y tendrás muchas oportunidades para hacer preguntas y conectar con otros agricultores.
Harvest Efficiencies Field Day with Bumblebee Farm
Wednesday, September 30th 9-12 pm | Redmond, WA | Register Here
Ready to ramp up your harvest efficiency? Join Viva Farms at Bumblebee Farm for a field day examining the ergonomics, specific tools, production techniques, crop maintenance, and more that contribute to effective harvest days. The Bumblebee Farm crew will share what they’ve learned as an intensive, diversified vegetable farm moving high quantities of produce off their small acreage. We’ll spend time with key crop groups to gain a holistic understanding of the considerations and skills that are core to their harvest flows, and walk through the tools, supplies, and infrastructure they’ve found most helpful. This free event will be at Bumblebee Farm in Redmond, WA. Space is limited. If you register but are then unable to attend, please cancel your registration to open a spot for someone else. Register today!
PAST WORKSHOPS & Events
Ready to grow your farm’s customer base?
Join us for an interactive workshop designed to help beginning and small-scale organic farmers build confidence in marketing their farm and connecting with new customers. Learn how to effectively share your farm story, tailor your message to different buyers and sales channels, and explore strategies for expanding your market opportunities. You’ll also hear practical tips and real-world experiences from fellow farmers to help you strengthen your marketing efforts and grow your business.
Thanks to Eat Local First, Metta Farm, Aash Farms and Rowdy Sprout Farm for joining and sharing their expertise.
This event is FREE, but registration is required. This workshop will be offered in English only. We are working to offer a similar workshop in Spanish later this year.
This work is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP).
On-Farm Water Management
Friday, March 27th, 3-5pm | via Zoom | Register Here.
Many of us in the Pacific Northwest farm in wet soils, so dry farming should be easy, right? If only! Sites are flooded in the winter, but dry and dusty all summer. Local growers are invited to learn from two service providers and farmers about water management, irrigation, and production methods and practices to conserve water in the variable conditions of regional river valleys.
Manejo del agua en la agricultura
viernes, el 27 de marzo, 3-5pm | en Zoom | Regístrese aquí.
Muchos de nosotros en el Noroeste del Pacífico cultivamos en suelos húmedos, así que la agricultura de secano debería ser fácil, ¿no? ¡Ojalá! La tierra se inunda en el invierno y está seca y polvorienta todo el verano. Se invita a los agricultores locales a aprender de dos proveedores de servicios y agricultores sobre cómo gestionar el agua, el riego y las prácticas de producción para conservar el agua en las cambiantes condiciones de los valles fluviales de la región.
Congreso de agricultores
lunes, el 16 de marzo | Mount Vernon, WA | Regístrese aquí.
Latino Farmers Summit
Monday, March 16th | Mount Vernon, WA | Register Here.
Viva El Suelo Film Screening
with Farias Farm, Eldur Heron Farm, and WSU Scientists
Wednesday, March 11th | 5:30 – 6:30pm | Mount Vernon Library Commons | No RSVP Required!
Proyección de la película, Viva El Suelo
con Farias Farm, Eldur Heron Farm y científicos de la WSU
miércoles, el 11 de marzo| 5:30 – 6:30pm | Mount Vernon Library Commons | No es necesario registrarse.
Planting with a Plan
with Farias Farm, Dear Table Farm, Bumblebee Farm, and Blue Glass Farm
Thursday, February 26th| 3 – 4:30pm | Viva Farms 16355 Ovenell Road | Register Here
Plantar con un plan
con Farias Farm, Dear Table Farm, Bumblebee Farm, and Blue Glass Farm
Jueves, el 26 de febrero| 3 – 4:30pm | Viva Farms 16355 Ovenell Road | Regístrate Aquí
