Digging Deep into Data: Production Planning and Cashflow Worksheets
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To Reach the Cook County Small Farms and Local Foods team, please email or call Sarah Batka at 217-300-8636 or sbatka@illinois.edu
The course has two components. Free templates will be provided.
Part 1A: a 1 hour virtual lecture on vegetable production planning, followed by discussion and Q&A.
Part 1B: a 1 hour virtual lecture on cash flow worksheets, followed by discussion and Q&A.
Part 2: an in-person guided work session where you will have the opportunity to input your own data in to an Excel template, share results, and/or discuss solutions to potential problems that may be revealed after completing the worksheets. Instructors and students will collectively brainstorm solutions.
Virtual Webinars:
Part 1A: Wednesday January 15, 2025, from 6:30 to 8 pm. Vegetable Production Planning using Excel
Rescheduled to Tuesday January 21.
Part 1B: Wednesday January 22, 2025, from 6:30 to 8 pm. Cash Flow Worksheets
In-Person Work Session:
Part 2: Friday January 24, 2025 from 9 am to 3 pm at
8753 S. Greenwood Chicago, IL 60619. Bring your laptop and farm data for this day-long work session. The Cook County Local Food Systems and Small Farm team will be on hand for one-on-one coaching. Lunch will be provided for the in person session, and everyone who attends will receive a copy of
Fearless Farm Finances or
The Lean MicroFarm. You MUST have attended the virtual session in order to attend the in person session.
Cost: Part 1 virtual sessions are at no cost.
Part 2 - The in person session requires a $15 refundable deposit to ensure attendance.
Instructor(s): Kathryn Pereira, and
Zack Grant, Cook County Extension Educators, Local Food Systems and Small Farms.
If you have any questions or to request a reasonable accommodation to participate: Sarah 217-300-8636 or sbatka@illinois.edu