Saturday, March 19^th From 9am to 7pm, we’ll gather in Kaslo for a day of keynote presentations, speakers, panel discussions, and information sharing, as well as the Kootenay Food Economy Tradeshow. Lunch dinner and snacks are provided, with a musical celebration to finish off the evening.

Sunday, March 20^th we’ll meet in Meadow Creek from 9am to 5pm for our Business Boot Camp where farmers and food entrepreneurs will take part in a day-long, guided business planning session with expert Chris Bodnar.   Participants will identify or clarify their businesses mission, objectives, goals and action plans. This will be a serious, but fun and mutually supportive exercise to ensure participants leave the day with strong direction for their businesses, a clear action plan, and a support process to help them stay accountable to themselves in the following year. We mean business, we’re here to help all of us be successful! (Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Snacks)

** Billeting Available for Saturday night ** – contact dustineast@nklcss.org

** Childcare is also available for kids 1-6** – contact patricksteiner@nklcss.org

F3 Agenda – Subject to Change

 

 

Day one: A Growing Economy

9:00   Registration and Food Economy Tradeshow

9:25   Introduction from Hosts Dustin East and Patrick Steiner

9:30   Facts, Realities and Opportunities with Paul Kelly

10:00 Message from Community Futures and Kootenay-Boundary Food Producers Coop

10:20 Introduction to Strategic Doing and Exercise with Ange Qualizza

10:40 Creating a Successful Farm Enterprise with Chris Bodnar

11:20 Messages from KLAS, Young Agrarians, FoundTree

11:30 E-Tools with Chris Bodnar

12:00 Lunch and Food Economy Tradeshow

1:00  Address from RDCK Area D Director Aimee Watson and Kaslo Mayor Suzan Hewat

1:15 Farmer Panel discussion facilitated by Patrick Steiner

2:00  Food Processing Panel discussion facilitated by Shauna Teare

3:00 Refreshment Break and Strategic Doing Setup

3:15  Strategic Doing Groups

4:30  Present Results and Paths forward

5:00  Food Security Songs and local entertainment

5:30  Dinner and Social

Day 2: Cultivating Entrepreneurs with Chris Bodnar and Sylvia Caldwell

9:00   Registration and Breakfast

10:00 “Drawing Change” Vision Planning Exercise

11:00 The one page Business Plan

12:00 Lunch

1:00   Workshops with Chris Bodnar and Sylvia Caldwell

Workshops for farmers may include: Row Planning, Seed calculation, financial planning, enterprise budgeting, Labor resources, Farming with a family

Workshops for Value added Processing may include: Pricing, Regulations, Marketing, Transportation, and “getting ready to value add”

2:00   Workshop session #2 (Breakout sessions with Chris Bodnar, Kristen Namour and Sylvia Caldwell)