Preparing Small Farms for Current Market Demands
Register below by June 2, 2020, 11 PM EST.
The Zoom link to the webinar will be emailed to all registered attendees by the morning of June 3.
This webinar will provide small farmers (and extension agents working with small farmers) with useful information on available resources to help them market their products, reach consumers, and use alternative marketing strategies to sustain and grow their businesses during and after the COVID-19 health crisis. Our team will show small farmers how to utilize online resources and strategies that may work for their farms. The webinar also includes advice on maintaining both farm vitality and owner health for optimum safety and profitability. This webinar also provides resources that promote success in production agriculture or agriculture-related occupations for farmers who may experience physical or cognitive disabilities, illnesses or injuries that make it difficult to perform agricultural tasks. By sharing information and discussing solutions, we will extend ideas throughout the region. A brief update on farmers market protocols for Delaware will be provided by the Delaware Department of Agriculture. During the Q&A session, we will identify common problems most farmers are facing, what they are planning to do, why the plan works/or doesn’t, how they can stay in business and grow, and how extension programs can assist the farmers during this difficult time.
Buy Local - Demand Potential in a Challenged Food System
12 – 12:20 PM
Dr. Gordon Johnson, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Fruits and Vegetables, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, University of Delaware.
12:20 – 12:25 PM Q&A
Linking Farm Vitality & Health
12:25 – 12:45 PM
Ms. Maria Pippidis, AFC FFC, County Director & Extension Educator, FCS, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension
12:45 – 12:50 PM Q&A
Emergency Preparedness for Farm & Family
12:50 PM-1:10 PM
Ms. Inetta Fluharty, WV AgrAbility Program Specialist, West Virginia Extension Service, Farmers Health & Business
1:10 PM-1:15 PM Q & A
Brief Update on the Farmers Market Protocol for Delaware
1:15 – 1:25 PM
Ms. Kathy Jackson, Communications & Marketing Specialist II, Delaware Department of Agriculture, Farmers’ Market
1:25 – 1:30PM Q&A
This webinar is organized by Delaware State University Cooperative Extension (contact Dr. Gulnihal Ozbay - gozbay [at] desu.edu) & sponsored by the Northeast Climate HUB.
Cooperative Extension Education in Agriculture, 4-H and Home Economics, Delaware State University, University of Delaware and United States Department of Agriculture cooperating, Dr. Dyremple B. Marsh, Dean and Administrator. It is the policy of Delaware Cooperative Extension that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, sex, disability, age, or national origin.