Our Food Access Team Supports Beginning Farmers & Connects them to Markets in Low-Income Neighborhoods.
Join the U of A Cooperative Extension for our Beginning Farmer Business Training this Fall! Join other growers, have some dinner, and learn the ins and outs of starting a farming or market gardening business. Seats are limited. Please visit http://bit.ly/BeginningFarmer2016 to learn more and register.
2015 Beginning Farmer Business Training application Apply for the Maricopa County Cooperative Extension's annual business training for beginning farmers
Please join us at the Cooperative Extension office 4341 East Broadway Road Phoenix, AZ 8504 (Palo Verde room), August 4th at 5pm for a free screening of the documentary film, The Market Gardener’s Toolkit. The Market Gardener's Toolkit is an educational documentary produced by Possible Media featuring Jean-Martin Fortier, small-scale vegetable grower and author of the bestselling book The Market Gardener, A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-Scale Organic Farming. In the film, he shares his tools and techniques for successful, profitable, human-scale vegetable growing. From soil preparation to strategies on dealing with insect pests, discover how this micro-farm manages to generate $150,000 in sales annually – without the use of a tractor or any heavy machinery. The film is 78 minutes long; feel free to stick around to socialize with fellow market farmers afterwards!
See you then,
Angela Entzel
Food Access Program Coordinator
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Maricopa County
4341 East Broadway Road
Phoenix, AZ 85040-8807
Work Phone: 602-827-8212
Fax: 602-827-8292