How to Manage When You and Your Family’s Lives Have Been Upended

Wed, Apr 8, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT EVENT ORGANIZED BY University of Minnesota Covid-19 has brought unprecedented changes to our lives. Amidst it, all, farms and families have to keep functioning. Are you working from home? Are you helping your kids learn from a distance? Are you trying to farm or ranch [...]

Rapid Response Briefing: Helping Food and Farm Businesses Navigate CARES Act Financial Assistance Programs

EVENT ORGANIZED BY Wallace Center Wednesday, April 8th at 4pm EST  As organizations across the country mobilize to address the unprecedented financial hardships that farm and food businesses are faced with due to Coronavirus, many are wondering if and how the $360 billion in forgivable loan programs authorized under the  Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act can help. The Payroll Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program are [...]

GAP 101 & Western NC Market Opportunities

GAP 101 & Western NC Market Opportunities Apr 9, 2020 – 9:00am-4:00pm Warren Wilson College Cottage Garden 701 Warren Wilson Rd, Swannanoa, NC 28778 Our full day workshop will provide the complete package from farm food safety to market Register Now >>

Latinx community, COVID-19 and k-12 education

EVENT ORGANIZED BY The Office of the Governor Please join the Office of the Governor for our second COVID-19 Latinx conference call. The call will be facilitated by The Office of Public Engagement and VolunteerNC. The theme for this week’s call will be focused on K-12 education during COVID-19 to give you resources and current [...]

Finding Farm Workers & Finding Farms to Work On with NC FarmLink

Finding Farm Workers & Finding Farms to Work On with NC FarmLink EVENT ORGANIZED BY NC FarmLink Thu, April 9, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT Register here. About this Event COVID19 is placing new and unforeseen challenges on farm labor - getting employees as well as keeping them safe. NC FarmLink's mission is [...]

How to Create a Free Online Store for Your Farm

How to Create a Free Online Store for Your Farm EVENT ORGANIZED BY Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a Webinar on How to Create a Free On-line Store for Your Farm. Agriculture Extension Agent Debbie Roos will walk participants step-by-step through the [...]

Local Foods Purchasing 101

Local Foods Purchasing 101 Registration link coming soon! Featuring Lynn Policastro (Wake County Smart Start), Jen Kozacek (CACFP) and Shironda Brown (Farm to Early Care and Education).

Nutrition during the COVID-19 Crisis

EVENT ORGANIZED BY NC State University Human Resources in collaboration with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Thursday,  April 16 | 12-1 P.M. | via Zoom With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact all of our daily lives, it is more important than ever that we take the time to care for ourselves [...]

Tips for Facilitating Excellent Virtual Meetings

Tips for Facilitating Excellent Virtual Meetings Register here Series of 4 online facilitation training via Zoom every other Thursdays from 12:30-2 p.m. starting March 26th. Each week will each feature different content. Facilitating Virtually #1 - Navigating Virtual Platforms & Participant Engagement Tips In this first workshop, we shared tips for navigating Zoom and other [...]

CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series: Disaster Recovery for the Food System

EVENT ORGANIZED BY CDFA   The CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series is a free, exclusive online series connecting businesses and projects within the food system to development finance tools, such as bonds, tax increment finance, tax credits, revolving loan funds, and more, to create equitable local and regional food systems. This series will showcase [...]