Orange County

&

NC State University

College of Agriculture & Life Science

announce the

PLANT at Breeze Program - A Farm Enterprise Incubator

People Learning Agriculture Now for Tomorrow!

(PLANT)

The PLANT Farm Enterprise Incubator seeks to revitalize agricultural activity in
Orange County & the Piedmont Region through training on small scale sustainable
farming techniques with a focus on vegetable production.

The field component of the farm incubator will be based at the

WC Breeze Family Farm Agricultural Extension & Research Center

in Northern Orange County at the intersection of

Walnut Grove Church Road and Schley Rd

Course Description (Español)

Register

The program consists of a series of 8 workshops held on

Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9 PM

at the Cooperative Extension Food Lab in Hillsborough

January 9      Whole Farm Planning & Goal Setting

January 16    Soils, Fertility, & Crop Rotations

January 23    Pests, Diseases, & Weeds

January 30    Planting & Harvesting

February 6     Marketing 101 & 201

February 13   Building your Business Plan

February 20   Recordkeeping & Action Plan

February 27   Integrating Livestock into your Farm

 

Following the workshop and completion of a business plan and crop plan,

farm trainees will be able to tend land in 1/4-acre increments

and utilize equipment provided by the PLANT at Breeze Program.

Workshops and Schedule Subject to Change. RSVP requested.

 

 

 

 

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