The 2008-2009 Stateline Farm Beginnings Course is FULL.

Please email joanne@learngrowconnect.org to be added to the notification list for 2009-2010. If you are interested in joining CRAFT (if you join now, your membership will be good through the end of 2009), please follow this link.

Download the information packet & application form (PDF file).

To apply for a scholarship, download the application (PDF file) and worksheet (Word Doc).

Stateline Farm Beginnings® includes 10 business planning sessions (34 class hours), course supplies, and a one-year membership in CRAFT, which gives you access to monthly on-farm field day workshops and one-on-one mentoring from an experienced farmer.

The 2008-09 business planning sessions (October-March) will be offered at Pine Row Farm in Roscoe, Illinois. (The first meeting will be held at Angelic Organics Learning Center.) Field day workshops (April-October) are held at sustainable farms across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

2008-09 Course Fee: $1,500, including $100 registration fee (scholarships available)

Application Guidelines

• All applicants will have a phone interview prior to acceptance into the program. Only 15 spaces are available.
• The $100 registration fee will be non-refundable upon acceptance into the program and will be credited toward tuition.
• Up to two people in the same family or business can attend Farm Beginnings® for each accepted application.
• Scholarship applications are due by the published application deadline.

For more information, contact Parker Forsell, Program Director, at 815.389.8455 or craft@learngrowconnect.org.

All Farm Beginnings® material was developed by the Land Stewardship Project based on the experiences of their farmer members. It is used by permission under license. To learn more, visit www.landstewardshipproject.org. Stateline Farm Beginnings® adapts these original materials based on the experiences of its CRAFT member farmers.