Annie’s Project, a national Cooperative Extension program, is an eight-session class that empowers women in farming to manage information systems used in critical decision making, and to build local net-works of like-minded friends.

If you are a woman farmer with a passion for business and involvement in your farm operation, this class is for you! The sessions focus on all five areas of Risk Management – Production, Market, Financial, Legal, and Human Resources, and combine a short educational presentation by a Penn State Extension educator, class discussion, individual and small group activities, and guest speaker(s) who share the day-to-day application of proven risk management techniques and strategies. Several sessions will be held in a computer lab for participants to gain hands-on skills with software applicable to farm information systems.

By the final session, participants will have begun writing business risk management plans for their farms, and applying action steps that have been discussed in class, to daily operations.

This class will be delivered in one location only in winter 2013 — Gettysburg.

All sessions are 6 to 9 p.m.; a light meal is served starting at 5:30 p.m.

Who Should Attend?

• Women in agriculture, including sole, primary or joint owners of farms
• Primary decision makers or business managers
• Women interested in setting up a secondary enterprise on a family farm
• Women who anticipate responsibility for a farm in the future

Pre-Registration for this series is required!