Start your growing season with planning: setting your financial goals, picking the crops you want to grow and those that are profitable. In this session, you'll get hands-on and learn to use online tools and desktop spreadsheets to make your growing year profitable!

Format: In-person demonstrations of applications and concepts, then hands-on experience using your own laptop and data

Instructed by:

• Alicia Ellingsworth, KC Farm School & KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. Coalition

• Claire Zimmerman, Johnson County Community College, Open Petal Farm

Come prepared:

• Bring a charged laptop, your farm map, production plan, and sales goals

• Lunch is provided

Cost & Registration
This event is free, but registration is required and limited to 20 people.

About KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. Coalition
KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. (aka Kansas City Farmers and Ranchers for Mentoring, Education, and Resource Sharing) Coalition is a project led by KC Farm School at Gibbs Road and Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc. (KC BUGs). It was developed with seasoned growers and ranchers to provide support, community, and hands-on education for aspiring and new growers and ranchers across the Kansas City region and to transition/preserve farmland for the coming generations.

We are grateful to the team of established farmers and partner organizations that have committed to helping guide this project. If you have questions about this event or coalition in general, please reach out to anyone on our team, including:

• KC Farm School

• Kansas City Black Urban Growers - KCBUGs

• Moose Paw Farm

• Grasshopper Urban Farm

• The Garden at Dogwood Forest

• Pearl Family Farm

• Sankara Farm

• The Toolbox: Small Business Resource Center

Learn more about KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. Coalition on our website at www.kcfarmschool.org/kc-farmers-coalition.

Have questions about our event or program? Email ashley@kcfarmschool.org.