Webinar: Developing a Plan of Action- Bringing the Farm to School Series

Farmers, ranchers and local food processors can learn strategies for growing and selling their products to school districts through the upcoming webinar series ‘Bringing the Farm to School: Local Producer Training’, hosted by the South Dakota Specialty Producers Association.

Malisa Niles, SDSPA Farm to School Contractor, will lead producers through a series of lessons designed and tested by the National Farm to School organization. Each weekly lesson will assist the producer in understanding and navigating planning, producing and selling to schools. Learn more.

Register for any of the six training webinars of interest, which are scheduled on Tuesdays from 10-11:30 a.m.

• Feb 24: Power of Farm to School (Register)
• March 3: Getting to Know School Markets (Register)
• March 10: Selling to School Markets (Register)
• March 17: Product Development (Register)
• March 24: Growing for Schools (Register)
• March 31: Developing a Plan of Action (Register)

Please contact Malisa Niles, at sdspa.urbanag@gmail.com with questions. 

This program is funded under a Conservation Collaboration Cooperative Agreement NR226740XXXXC008 between the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and South Dakota Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA), to promote sustainable agriculture practices and environmental stewardship.

In addition the  training materials were funded in part with federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service through an agreement with the National Center for Appropriate Technology in partnership with the National Farm to School Network. Program contents are solely the responsibility of the presenters and authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA or NRCS.