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HAPPENING TODAY AT 1PM: Growing Mums Virtual Agritourism Workshop Live Q & A with Jeff Probst from Blooms & Berries
NAFDMA
It's not too late to purchase access.
In NAFDMA's first Virtual Agritourism Workshop, we visit Blooms & Berries Farm Market and Garden Center in Loveland, Ohio to discuss their very impressive Mum production process. Blooms and Berries grows 4,500 chrysanthemums each summer and typically sells out during their annual Fall on the Farm Festival.
In this workshop, whether you're currently just thinking of getting into mums, or have already been producing them, you'll receive a better understanding of the entire process through a variety of interviews, videos, photos and resources provided by co-owners Cathy and Jeff Probst. From information on suppliers and irrigation to planting and display, purchase the Virtual Agritourism Workshop below and gain access to become more successful in producing and selling mums.
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Rural Resilience: Farm Stress Training
No Fee, 100% self-paced, On-Line Course (Available until June 14, 2021)
In this course, you will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress and suicide, ways to effectively communicate with people under stress, and how to reduce stigma related to mental health concerns. The course better equips farmers, their families, and the agricultural community with tools and resources to help in time of need.
The content in this course was created by Extension professionals at Michigan State University, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, Montana State University and South Dakota State University. USDA's Cooperative Extension System, Farm Credit, American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union have worked together to bring this course online for the public.
Unit 1: Managing Stress (60 minutes)
Unit 2: Communicating with Distressed Farmers (75 minutes)
Unit 3: Suicide Awareness (30 minutes)
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From TV 2 Twitter: Crisis Management in a Viral World
Webinar Presented by Brad Ritter
July 16 – 1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific
All it takes is one mismanaged incident to ruin an entire season. National PR consultant, coach and trainer Brad Ritter, APR will guide you through the ins-and-outs of protecting your reputation and business when things go awry. This interactive webinar, featuring real-life examples, will help you prepare for and manage threats such as accidents and weather incidents.
Topics include:
- Identifying key components of a crisis communications plan, including team roles and responsibilities
- Managing the critical first 30 minutes of a crisis
- Developing effective responses
- Deciding what – and what NOT – to say on social media
- Speaking to the media, including tips for TV interviews
Brad Ritter is a national PR, crisis communications and media consultant who helps business owners more effectively tell their stories – especially when trouble strikes. His firm, which has offices in Columbus, Ohio, and Los Angeles, California, has more than 20 years of experience helping organizations manage everything from serious accidents to political scandals. Brad works with a wide variety of clients in hospitality and other industries, ranging from chain restaurants to campgrounds. A former TV reporter, anchor and producer, he covered agribusiness in Florida and Ohio. While it has been a while since Brad has been on a tractor, he remains a member of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
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We are heading to Georgia for the 2021 Agritourism Convention & Expo! Feb. 4-8, 2021
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Thousands of industry professionals subscribe to association news briefs, which allows your company to push messaging directly to their inboxes and take advantage of the association's brand affinity.
Advertise in this position today, with MultiView!
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Family owned Valley Road Woodworks manufactures all
types of wagons and tricycles, even ones for adults! They are
heavy-duty and low maintenance, and will give your farm and
customers years of enjoyment. The wagons and trikes are
especially useful and popular at pick-your-own farms!
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Save the Date for
NAFDMA Agritourism UK Farm Tour — March 4-6, 2021
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Are you a member?
NAFDMA
Are you a member? Be sure you request to join our Members Only Facebook Group and NEW Members Only Marketplace.
The links can be found on nafdma.com when you are logged in and navigate to Member Connection and then Facebook Groups.
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Small farms find creative ways to attract visitors during the coronavirus pandemic
Smithsonian Magazine
When shelter-in-place restrictions hit North Carolina this past March, Beverly Mooney — owner of Millstone Creek Orchards in Ramseur — knew she had to figure out a way to adapt quickly. "My business was considered an essential food source," she says, "but with only a bakery and cannery on site, it really limited me on what I could offer."
Mooney began reaching out to other small farmers and food producers in the area, seeing whether they'd like to be a part of the orchard's new Apple Barn Mobile Market, which pulls together products from various local farms and delivers them directly to customers.
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Agriculture alive and well in Davie County, North Carolina
Davie County Enterprise Record
The trend of the agricultural industry in Davie County, North Carolina, is looking up.
Despite the threats of farmland loss, Davie farmland is growing. North Carolina ranks number two in the top 12 states at risk for loss of farmland due to urbanization.
Davie County is resisting that trend. Before 2012, the county was losing 12 percent of its farmland.
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COVID might provide agritourism with a bounce
Brownfield AG News
A Colorado State University economist says COVID-19 might not have a large, negative impact on agritourism.
Stephan Weiler tells Brownfield more people have been taking road trips for vacation during the pandemic.
"People are talking about taking road trips as opposed to flying and agritourism is largely car-based," he said.
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Judge halts COVID-19 restrictions on Kentucky agritourism
Forward Kentucky
A state judge Thursday granted a temporary restraining order against Gov. Andy Beshear's orders restricting agritourism businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scott Circuit Judge Brian Privett's order halts the statewide enforcement of Beshear's executive orders with respect to all 548 of Kentucky's agritourism businesses registered with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
The judge's order came in a lawsuit brought by Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles and Evans Orchard and Cider Mill in Scott County. Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined them in the lawsuit.
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Farmers markets re-enter the spotlight
Farm and Dairy
Ed Perkins grew up working on dairy farms, in Carroll County, Ohio.
After getting a degree in botany from Ohio University, Perkins and his wife, a school teacher, bought a farm in Athens, in 1974.
Farming is different in Athens than in Carroll County. The land is hilly and rural. Farms can fit in a few acres of crops on ridge tops, like Perkins, or in valleys, or can graze livestock on hillsides.
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Beer festivals weren't just killed by the pandemic, but may be back next year
The London Free Press
Has the pandemic killed craft beer festivals?
From the Collective Arts Festival in Hamilton to the Roundhouse Summer Beer Festival at Steam Whistle in Toronto or the London Beer and Barbecue Show that was supposed to happened father's day weekend, they're gone for this summer and only the most optimistic person will think festivals still slated for the fall actually will happen.
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The State Fair of Texas is officially canceled
The Dallas Morning News
The State Fair of Texas, which has been canceled only eight times during its 134 years, and even then primarily because of two world wars, will not take place during 2020, fair officials announced Tuesday.
The reason, of course, is a global pandemic that continues to spread like wildfire throughout the United States, with cases in Texas rising.
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Around the farms
The Observer
GPS units will be no match for this new map.
The Union County Farm Loop map soon will be available online and in print throughout the county.
The loop map provides a self-guided scenic drive through a series of farms, ranches, backyard farm stands, pastures, orchards and agriculture-related businesses, said the map's creator, Janet Dodson of North Powder, who is involved in agritourism projects throughout Northeast Oregon.
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Kansas State Fair 'a go' after split vote by board
Pratt Tribune
The Kansas Secretary of Health warned Kansas State Fair Board members on Tuesday that COVID-19 cases in the state are spiking and officials now don't expect the current outbreak to end for a year to 18 months.
There should be no expectation by the time the fair rolls around that the virus won't still be spreading in Kansas, Dr. Lee Norman told the board via Zoom, and the largest number of new cases are tied to mass gatherings.
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'We need tourists': Maui goat dairy farm that catered to hotels struggles to pay the bills
Hawaii News Now
Surfing Goat Dairy is more than a company with a cute name. Since 2002, the farm in upcountry Maui has produced award-winning organic gourmet cheeses.
But its revenue has plummeted.
"We have this double whammy. We don't have any visitors. And all the hotels and restaurants who were ordering cheese, they are all closed," owner Thomas Kafsack said.
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