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WSU Cultivating Success - Agricultural Entrepreneurship & Business Planning 2020

The second course in the Cultivating Success series, this course gives students an introduction into business planning, licensing and marketing for today's small farms. Whether you are an established farmer seeking to expand your product line or are a beginning producer interested in developing the business side of your farm, this class will assist you in creating your plan.

Course presenters include successful local producers and business planning and marketing specialists with expertise in helping small businesses succeed. Topics will include licensing and permitting, market analysis and trends, marketing, branding, personnel planning, financial planning, insurance, and more. Participants will develop a business plan as part of the final project. This course is taught through presentations, in-class activities and two additional field days to learn about different styles of successful small farm marketing.

Course will be held:
Thursdays 6pm-8:30pm
January 9th March 12th
WSU Skagit County Extension Office
11768 Westar Lane, Suite A, Burlington, WA 98233

Class size is limited and pre-paid registration is required. This course is taught in collaboration with Skagit Valley College ENVAG 271.

Course cost $260 per farm for up to 3 people.

¡Curso traducido al Español también! The course will be offered in English with Spanish language interpretation provided at the Skagit location. Extension programs and policies are available to all without discrimination. To request disability accommodations contact us at least ten days in advance.

Course facilitators: Kate Seymour and Anna Chotzen

Kate Seymour, WSU Skagit County Research and Outreach Coordinator, has a degree in Business and Psychology from Albion College. She has spent the past six years immersed in the Skagit County small business food and agriculture. Her experiences range from working as farm manager at small organic farms to produce manager at local retail stores.

Anna Chotzen is the Business & Marketing Manager at Viva Farms, a non-profit farm business incubator serving aspiring and limited-resource farmers in Western Washington. Anna manages Viva Farms' sales program, as well as the development and implementation of its business training program. She is deeply committed to helping farmers achieve financial viability, and has worked as an advocate for and advisor to small-scale farmers, particularly on topics related to business and marketing, for over a decade.