Special workshop for farm women
Annie was a woman who grew up in a small farm community with a goal to marry a farmer and she did. Annie spent her lifetime learning how to be an involved business partner with her farm husband. Together they did great things, but it wasn’t easy. This is Annie’s project – to take her life’s experiences and share it with farm women living and working in a complex, dynamic, evolving business environment. Additional information on Annie’s Project can be found at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Annie/
Annie’s Project is designed to empower farm women to manage information systems used in critical decision making processes and to build local networks throughout the state. The target audience is farm women with a passion for business and involvement.
Farm women will receive training for managing information in the areas of: (1) Financial Records, (2) Production Records, (3) Marketing Plans and Risk Management, (4) Legal/Regulation Records and Documentation, and, (5) Human Resources and Time Management. A group of hand selected speakers have been recruited as presenters for each of these sessions.
Last year 30 women from central Michigan attended Annie’s Project. This is what one participant had to say, “Best class yet! Very informative and explained (farm business management) in an understandable and comprehensive approach.”
This women’s empowerment program will be offered in six sessions beginning on Thursday, February 3, 2011 and continuing through March 10, 2011. Meetings will be held in the Maple Leaf Room, 324 W. Wright Ave., Shepherd beginning at 5:30 p.m. with dinner and ending at 9:00 p.m. Contact Marilyn Thelen at the Clinton county extension office 100 E. State St., St Johns, MI 48879 or call 989-224-5240 for details. Registration deadline is January 21, 2011.