CROW WING/CASS COUNTY USDA OFFICE VISIT: Intro to Ag Programs and Disaster Assistance for Market Farmers
Thu, Mar 07
|USDA Farm Service Center
This group visit to the USDA Farm Services Office in Baxter, MN, will help small farms and market growers learn about federal ag programs, insurance, grants, disaster assistance, and new market opportunities.
Time & Location
Mar 07, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
USDA Farm Service Center , 7118 Clearwater Rd N, Baxter, MN 56425, USA
About the event
Go Farm Connect is partnering with the Aitkin Farmers Market and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Crow Wing/Cass Counties Farm Service Center in Baxter to host this facilitated group visit. Market farmers and specialty crop growers will learn about federal farm programs, loans, grants, insurance and disaster assistance, as well as new market selling opportunities. You do not need to own land to participate.
The host will be Erik Heimark of Maple Ridge Produce in Aitkin, who is a Connector trained to help new and emerging farmers access helpful federal programs. Heimark is also a specialist with Go Farm Connect in farm business recordkeeping and high tunnel construction. He will be joined by USDA staff from the Farm Service Agency who will explain disaster assistance (NAP Coverage) and other programs available for specialty crop farmers. For more information, contact Erik at 218-232-1303 or erik.heimark@clcmn.edu. Allison Rian, hub manager at…