The Center for Women & Enterprise is accepting applications for their Strategic Growth Planning Accelerator Program. This 10-week course and individual mentoring is open to woman-owned food/beverage or service businesses with pre-COVID revenues of $50-400,000.

You must have been in business for a minimum of two years and have at least one employee. The goal of this course is to provide both the opportunity and information necessary to strategically think about your business and what you need to do to successfully move through COVID and into the future.

If your application is accepted, the course and the mentorship are free.

Course: August-October, 2022

Join University of Vermont Extension and Dr. Dayna Locitzer for an in-person session focusing on preventative care and treatment of common diseases.
It will include a farm tour to observe how the owners raise their calves.

Participants will hear about best practices for raising replacements, colostrum management, milk feeding, housing, scours and calfhood pneumonia.

Vermont grazing consultant and co-presenter Sarah Flack will discuss pasture management for heifers.

This free in-person workshop will be held at Taconic End Farm, 1395 Leicester-Whiting Road, Leicester, Vermont. 

Workshop: Aug. 25th from 10-12pm ET

Join Croatan Institute  to hear from a panel of experts on financing the specific needs of regenerative agriculture infrastructure businesses and implementing innovative capital solutions.

Regenerative farms rely on small-to-mid scale, aligned infrastructure to process, transport, and market their products. These middle infrastructure businesses help to improve farm income and bolster regional food economies.

This panel will share their experiences and lessons learned, as well as pathways forward for investors and capital providers to better serve regenerative agriculture infrastructure enterprises. 

Register for this free event here.

Panel: August 4th from 12-1:30pm ET