Your Future in Focus is an eight-session class that empowers farming and food entrepreneurs to build a business plan for their venture – whether a start-up or a long-established business.

If you have been searching for a way to gain more control of your farm/food business’ start-up and growth, as well as to proactively mitigate business risks, this class is for you! As a member of the Your Future in Focus class, you will consider appropriate business structure, actively pursue goal-setting, build a strategy for marketing your products/services, and gain skill in the development/analysis of financial documents – all steps that lead toward writing a complete business plan. As the weeks progress, experienced instructors will guide you through the process of business and risk management planning, providing feedback throughout the course. Most important, you will receive training and support needed to produce a draft written business plan – the key business risk management tool that can be used both for daily management decision making, and as well as serve as a proposal for start-up or expansion funding.

The eight sessions are cumulative; participants are encouraged to commit to attending all classes. Sessions will be held on Mondays between January 14 and March 11, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Please note: No class scheduled for March 4.

Advance registration if required to attend!