Join White River NRCS for What is the Future of My Farm? A 6-session course in February and March to help you define your farm's future, assess its current state, and plan for achieving your whole-farm goals.
Course Dates:
February 7, 21, & 28
March 7, 14, & 21
This course is designed for participants who have experience with some version of the holistic management model, such as last year's course, What is the Future of My Farm?, NOFA-VT's Farm Beginnings course, or other Holistic Management-based applications. This course is inspired by the Holistic Management concepts & principles.
Participants should gain a deeper understanding and apply to their farms the following:
- Development and use of the Context/Holistic Goal and Holistic Management decision-making matrix.
- Grow healthier & more rewarding Relationships within each farm's Whole Resource Base – People-Landscape-Ecosystem Processes-Money - and their relationship to the larger water basin, community, and markets.
- Gain Resiliency from Enhanced Management by pushing oneself out of conventional/historical/self-contained perspectives to engage learning, strategies, protocols, and external resources - to Optimize actions, finances, and mindfulness for achieving The Goal.
- Application of the holistic financial management mindset & processes – making money work for the Good of the farm, rather than the Good farmer working with a lack of money.
The ultimate objective is for each participant to develop a comprehensive plan – land-uses, enterprises, tactics, for a financially/socially/ecologically Thriving farm with viable, flexible & resilient short-, mid-, and long-term strategies.
