1. Planning for your farm business Lesson 1 Your goals, your skills, your resources…

2. Planning for your farm business Module Goals Develop a list goals for your farm business. Learn basic farm marketing principles Develop a marketing plan for your farm. Learn basic record keeping tools to keep your farm profitable. Learn the tool you will need to start a farm business. Walk away with a basic business plan for your farm!

3. What you need to know before you start this module and your farm business… Basic English skills Basic computer skills

4. Why farm goals are important? Voices of the farmers: Insert Video: http://www.nybeginningfarmers.org/vidLessons.php?vidID=U2V0dGluZ0dvYWxz

5. Why do you want to farm? What are your goals? Whipstone Farm, Chino Valley, AZ

6. Determining your skills and resources? Heifer Project International Farm--Arkansas Take out worksheet #2…

7. How do you get skills and resources? A farmers story… Insert interview with a farmer on how they obtained their skills and resources for their farm.

8. What’s next? Let’s write it down. Take out worksheet #4… Sweet Woods (Goat ) Dairy Farm- New Mexico