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New Farmer U

Aug 18 - Aug 19 | Waukesha, WI | Gwenyn Hill Farm | $
New Farmer U will have an on-farm summer workshop series to boost farmers’ business skills on Monday, August 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, August 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The workshops will take place at Gwenyn Hill Farm, a 430-acre diversified organic farm growing 50 different varieties of vegetables and an orchard, maintaining a dairy herd, Red Devon cattle and Border Leicester and Cotswold sheep, Gwenyn Hill Farm is the perfect setting to learn and grow at New Farmer U!

Featured speakers include Compeer Financial’s Senior Lending Officer, Paul Dietmann and the Food Finance Institute’s Farm Program Manager, Andy Larson. This will be a unique opportunity for farmers to receive in-depth consulting in the areas of farm financials and your farm’s organizational health. Katie Bishop will train the group on Farmer Self-care and Wellbeing, and other presentations will focus on Movement & Ergonomics, and Finding the Right Markets for Your Farm. There will be an in-depth tour of Gwenyn Hill Farm on Tuesday after the workshops wrap up. This is an intensive training to help farmers get new ideas to succeed!