Events
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Feb 24
Farm to School - How the Partnership for Local Agriculture and Nutritional Transformation in Schools (PLANTS) can help you prepare to sell to schools
February 24, 2026 9:00AM – 10:00AM Zoom
This session covers the aspects of selling local food products to schools and institutions.
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Feb 24
A How-To for Herbs
February 24, 2026 10:30AM – 11:30AM Zoom
Ben Phillips will provide hot takes about herbal handiwork. We will discuss methods of production for many annual and perennial species and deliver take-home messages for key plant health issues that some herbs commonly face.
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Feb 24
Exploring a Beginning Farmer Curriculum to Guide Group Learning
February 24, 2026 12:00PM – 1:00PM Zoom
Learn to work with other farmers to gain knowledge to help improve your farming & business practices in areas of land access, produce food safety, soil health, farm finances, building new markets, IPM, urban agriculture and policy.
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Feb 24
Governing Essentials: Extraordinary Governance (February 2026)
February 24, 2026 12:00PM – 1:00PM
This session will help your board improve its governance to positively impact your community. Better board governance leads to more effective organizations that improve our communities.
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Feb 24
Farm Financial Fundamentals: Communicating with Confidence to Your Lender
February 24, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM Zoom
Starting and growing a successful farm takes a strong financial understanding & the ability to clearly communicate your farm’s story. Learn essential tools to work effectively with agricultural lenders.
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Feb 24
Farm Diversification on Paper
February 24, 2026 2:00PM – 3:00PM Zoom
Diversification is a great risk management strategy, but requires a slightly more complex and flexible accounting, budgeting and analysis system. Learn about tools to help assess your farms present or potential performance.
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Feb 24
PEARS Deeper Dive - Pulling Reports - February
February 24, 2026 2:00PM – 4:00PM Zoom
During this deeper dive you will learn how to view reports in PEARS and pull exports to create your own reports.
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Feb 24
How Much Home Can You Afford? - February 24, 2026
February 24, 2026 3:00PM – 4:00PM Zoom
Online class will teach you to calculate how much home you can afford to purchase and maintain based on your current income.
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Feb 24
Poultry Hobbyist: Essential Production Practices for Beginners
February 24, 2026 6:00PM – 7:00PM Zoom
New poultry hobbyists can build confidence and competence in raising their birds with basic but essential practices like proper care and understanding the animal's needs.
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Feb 24
Hay Production 101
February 24, 2026 7:00PM – 8:30PM Online
Join our team of MSU Extension specialists and educators online in February and March 2026 to learn the ins and outs of growing, harvesting and marketing your hay crop. The Feb. 24 topic is "Hay Industry Overview; Matching Hay Species to Farm Goals."
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