{"id":180,"date":"2013-10-23T23:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/?p=180"},"modified":"2013-10-23T23:00:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T23:00:34","slug":"sustainable-small-farming-ranching-online-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Small Farming & Ranching Online Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you have been thinking of registering for this fall’s\u00a0Sustainable Small Farming and Ranching online course<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>now is the time!<\/p>\n

There are only 15 spaces left!! <\/b>\u00a0Begins November 12, 2013<\/p>\n

The SSFR whole farm planning course is designed for people exploring small farming and ranching and beginning farmers who are interested in developing a whole farm plan for their small farm enterprise. \u00a0Scroll down for more details!<\/p>\n

Are you a more advanced farmer\/rancher?<\/b>\u00a0 If you have done the exploring, have completed at least one year of farming and have begun developing or using a whole farm or business plan \u2013 perhaps our second course, Planning for Profit II, is right for you. \u00a0Planning for Profit II starts January 28, 2014.\u00a0 To learn more about this course, visit\u00a0 http:\/\/www.ruralroots.org\/programs\/planprofitII.asp<\/a>\u00a0 This course is also limited to 35 participants!<\/p>\n

Register <\/b>Today<\/b> to Reserve Your Place!<\/b><\/p>\n

SUSTAINABLE SMALL FARMING and RANCHING<\/b>
\nAN INTRODUCTORY, 8 WEEK ONLINE COURSE
\nin WHOLE FARM PLANNING<\/b><\/p>\n

November 12, 2013 \u2013 January 21, 2014<\/b>
\n<\/b>Live Course Webinars
\nTuesdays 4:00-6:00pm Pacific \/ 5<\/b>:00-7:00pm<\/b> Mountain<\/b> <\/b>
\n<\/b>(Webinars will be recorded for course participants who cannot view them live.)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

This course on Sustainable Small Farming and Ranching<\/b> guides participants to realistically evaluate their goals and resources, and provides the tools to evaluate the feasibility of starting a sustainable small acreage enterprise. Course topics include whole farm planning, resource evaluation, site appropriate production practices, enterprise budgets, market analysis and risk management\/food safety assessment.\u00a0 \u00a0Upon course completion, project participants will have a draft of a whole farm plan and the knowledge and skills to complete and implement it!<\/p>\n

For more information on course requirements and how to register: \u00a0http:\/\/www.ruralroots.org\/programs\/susfarming.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

Please share with others in Idaho, eastern Washington or eastern Oregon who may be interested in this course!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have been thinking of registering for this fall’s\u00a0Sustainable Small Farming and Ranching online course\u00a0now is the time! There are only 15 spaces left!! \u00a0Begins November 12, 2013 The SSFR whole farm planning course is designed for people exploring small farming and ranching and beginning farmers who are interested in developing a whole farm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}