Whole Farm/Ranch Business Planning - Colorado Results

February 7th was the start of HMI's Whole Farm/Ranch Business Planning coure in Montrose, Colorado. We held this event with support from the Valley Food Partnership and had another sold out program. This Introduction to Holistic Whole Farm/Ranch Planning was facilitated by Holistic Management Certified Educator Cindy Dvergsten, who taught the class of 30 participants. Those participants manage 1,690 acres and are both large scale livestock producers and small farmers, many with years of experience as well as beginning agricultural producers. Participants learned a great deal from the program as well as from each other, giving the program a 100% satisfaction rating.

Here's what the participants had to say:

When participants were surveyed about the the most useful things they learned in the session, some of the key take homes they experienced:

Evaluations showed the following results: