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SUMMARY:Victoria Rockstar Farmer Tour: Workshop for Organic Vegetable Growers with Frédéric Thériault
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/victoria-rockstar-farmer-tour-workshop-for-organic-vegetable-growers-with-frdric-thriault/
LOCATION:Victoria Friends Meeting House :: 1831 Fern Street Victoria, V8R 4K4
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:<p>Victoria Rockstar Farmer Tour<br />Crop Planning to Successfully Grow $150,000 / 1.5 Acres! <br /><br />Workshop for Organic Vegetable Growers with Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Th&eacute;riault<br /><br />When: Thursday, January 29, 2015<br />Doors Open: 9:30am<br />Workshop: 10am-6pm<br />Cost: $75. All proceeds from ticket sales support Young Agrarians 2015 programs!<br />Lunch: 1-2pm Bring a dish to share and tools to eat with!<br /><br />Learn how attain profitability through crop planning with this all-day workshop!<br />* Decide how much money you need to make;<br />* Calculate your financial goals;<br />* Determine your ideal markets;<br />* Create field planting schedules to ensure you meet market demand;<br />* Generate a field operations calendar;<br />* Analyze profitability and refine your plans for the growing season.<br /><br />This workshop provides a structure for determining how to operate a profitable, diversified vegetable farm. It hones in on the core issues of farm success: which crops to grow, when to plant them, and in what quantities. Then it provides a logical, linear process for completing it all on time.<br /><br />The workshop material is based on the book: Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers, co-authored by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Th&eacute;riault. Participants will be supplied with all the charts and necessary information to apply skills learned during workshop on their farm. The workshop will include several hands-on exercises for attendees to familiarize themselves with the calculations and techniques.<br /><br /><em><strong>About the facilitator, Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Th&eacute;riault</strong></em><br /><br />Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Th&eacute;riault is one of five members of Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm, in Les C&egrave;dres, Quebec. Founded in 2005, the farm sustains three families with its production of organic vegetables, flowers, and certified organic seeds on seven hectares of land. Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric holds a BSc and a MSc in Plant Sciences and Agriculture. He has taught Ecological Agriculture and Principles of Plant Science at the University of McGill and Alfred College.<br /><br />Young Agrarians is a partnership with FarmFolk CityFolk Society. Our vision is to grow the next generation of farmers and food lovers in British Columbia and Canada!</p>=0D=0A=
<p>Tickets at: <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1135536" target="_blank">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1135536</a></p>
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