Hello everyone,
Our next Vermont New Farmer Network meeting will be Thursday August 5
from 12:30 - 2 pm, again with lunch provided. Please let me know
by July 22 if you can attend, and if you prefer Berlin, Randolph or
Burlington.
Agenda items will include:
-- Assessment of accomplishments since 2002, remaining gaps/needs and
emerging needs
-- Planning for possible fall 2004 strategic planning meeting
-- ?Pending grant proposals?
-- Program updates
-- Other -- please feel free to make suggestions.
Also please mark your calendars for Vt NFN meetings on Sept. 2 and
October 7. All will be working lunches beginning at 12:30, with location
to be determined.
If you have questions or suggestions, please let me know.
Beth
2. NFN Members will review the
Winter 2003 Grant Proposal “A Proposal to Support New Farmers in Vermont”
to see where progress has been made and what areas are still relevant for
future initiatives. If you need a copy of the proposal, please contact
Beth at [log in to unmask]
3. Beth will solicit information from
network members to create a chart organized by the four areas of “access”
for new farmers and showing which network members work in each
area.
4. NFN members will that chart to check in
with others as we take on new projects.
5. Beth will set up monthly meetings for
the network for at least the next few months to continue discussion of a
strategic planning session, and to further consider how to make use
Vern & Ann’s offer, and possibly to discuss details of a SARE
proposal (if UVM is asked to develop it’s proposal into a full
proposal.)
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Beth Holtzman
Women's Agricultural Network
617 Comstock Rd.
Berlin, VT 05602
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802-223-2389 ext. 15
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