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2011 Living on the Land: Stewardship for Small Acreages
Treasure Valley course
will be offered in Meridian!
DOWNLOAD THE 2011 BROCHURE
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Contact the Canyon County office at
208-459-6003 or canyon@uidaho.edu
to register.
Want
to learn more about Living on the Land?
This course is designed to help small acreage landowners care
for their land sustainably. Course topics include:
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What Do You Have and What Do You Want?
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What Can You Do?
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Selecting Farm Equipment
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Enterprise Budgets
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What to do About Weeds
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Water Quality,
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Market & Organic Gardening
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Feeds and Feeding
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Pasture Establishment and Renovation
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Your Living Soil
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Caring for Your Animals
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Grazing Management and much more!
Instructors: University of Idaho Extension educators, specialists,
class alumni and guests.
Read
about Living on the Land Landowner Impacts in 2010
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2011 Cultivating Success Small Farms
Education
Sustainable Small Farming and Ranching:
On-line course registration
is now open!
This course on Sustainable Small Farming and
Ranching 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.
Upon course completion, project participants will have the
knowledge and skills to engage in whole farm planning.
The Cultivating
SuccessTM
program is now enrolling participants in the first on-line
version of this course. The course will run for 10
weeks, from January 10 to April 1. Due to grant support
from the Western Center for Risk Management Education, the
course fee of $125 is being waived and
limited enrollment
is available for no charge
on a first come basis. Space in this course is limited.
Registration deadline is December 15, 2010.
For
your registration form and
questions regarding the on-line course email:
Amanda Snyder
Idaho Cultivating
Success Program Coordinator
amsnyder@uidaho.edu
For other Cultivating Success Course
offerings in Idaho, visit
www.cultivatingsuccess.org
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New in Southeastern Idaho!
Click
above or here to download the brochure
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QUICK LINKS:
RESOURCES NOW
ONLINE
·
Innovative, grant funded sustainable research and education on
Idaho farms:
report on SARE Funded Research & Education Projects in Idaho:
1998-2005
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Northwest Direct Idaho Farmer
Case Studies: find out how local growers are taking advantage of
unique marketing opportunities...
· The future of sustainable agriculture as
viewed by Idaho farmers and agency professionals:
Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Idaho
2005 retreat...
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