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Skills ►What What do you love to do? ►What What do you know how to do? ►Learn Learn how to manage your enterprise by farming with someone else, at trainings and classes or through trial-and and-error. ►What What do you do well? ►How How much time do you want to spend farming and marketing?
What skills do you need? ► Vegetables – crop and soil knowledge, planting, field prep, harvesting, weather/season, pest and weed control, irrigation, marketing. ► Vine & Bramble – soil and planting knowledge, propagation, trellising, cultivation and harvesting, adding value, irrigation, winter prep, etc. ► Sheep – Breed knowledge, flushing, tagging, delivery of lambs, shearing, handling/moving sheep, behavioral knowledge, shelter and feeding needs, fencing and marketing.
Page 1 and 2: Farm Planning and Enterprise Select
Page 3: U.S. Small Farm Statistics ►Small
Page 6 and 7: The Importance of Small Farms ► I
Page 8 and 9: Whole Farm Planning ►Ties Ties al
Page 10 and 11: Setting Goals 1. Quality of life fo
Page 12 and 13: Vision for future of your farm ►
Page 14 and 15: Examples of Goals ►I I want to im
Page 16: Start With a Farm Map ►Creating C
Page 21 and 22: Land ►What What size is your farm
Page 23 and 24: Soils ►What is your soil type and
Page 25 and 26: Know Your Land ►Find Find out you
Page 27 and 28: Water ► Find out the water needs
Page 29 and 30: Climate ► For descriptions of las
Page 31: Capital ►How How much are you wil
Page 35 and 36: Labor ► Farm labor is generally m
Page 37 and 38: Create an Action Plan ►Evaluate E
Page 39 and 40: Diversification to Enhance Your Far
Page 41 and 42: Ecology & Community ►Farm Farm ec
Page 43: Enterprise Budgets ►Generally Gen
Page 47 and 48: Business Planning Resources ► Ore
Page 49: Other Resources ► Oregon State Un

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