Beginning Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Growers

CIAS offers several schools for beginning fruit, vegetable and flower growers. The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers is a three-day course that aims to give students a realistic picture of what it takes to run a successful small-scale produce operation. The three-day Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers demonstrates what it takes to set up and run a successful orchard business. Our Cut Flower Growers School will be held in 2014.
Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers: Jan. 18-20, 2013

Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers: Jan. 18-20, 2013

The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for anyone wanting to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered January 18-20, 2013 on the UW-Madison campus. [...more]

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Farm to School Featured in “Grow”

CIAS farm to school programs—and staff member Sara Tedeschi—are featured in the Spring 2013 issue of CALS Grow magazine. CIAS has been working on farm to school since 2001, and our work has influenced farm to school programs nationwide. Read the article here, or listen to a PodCALS interview with Sara.

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