Taproots Farm Hub Monthly Meet and Greet: What do you want to see?

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Taproots Farm Hub has received funding from the USDA's Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) to host one monthly meet and greet for producers and aspiring producers to talk about Leasing Organic Farmland.

We want to make sure we involve you with helping us craft these events and want to make sure they meet your needs. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey, we value your feedback!

Don't forget to join us at Western Collective on Tuesday, 10/21, 6-8pm for an End-of-Season Celebratory Meet & Greet, food and beverages provided. RSVP here.

This project is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP). Know a farm interested in transitioning to organic? Reach out to Hanna, an Organic Transition Specialist, at TOPP@tilth.org.

What would you like to see during these meet and greets? (Select all that apply)

Unstructured time to network and connect with others.

Guest speaker or person to talk about a collaboration- or organic-specific topic.

Breakout sessions to chat with others in a small group on a specific topic.

Addressing topics that farmers want to learn about (examples: loans, government grants, business plans, innovations in equipment, technical assistance, etc.)

Other:

What is most important to you in a venue location? (1 is most important, 5 is least important)

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

Location (proximity to your house).

Parking access.

A restaurant that cares about local food.

Types of food offered (maybe you don't want to eat pizza every time).

Type of beverages offered.

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What would keep you from attending an event? *

Difficult to park.

Location (example: you live in Canyon Co., and the event is in Ada Co.)

Day of the week.

A restaurant or brewery that doesn't care about local food.

Other:

Required

Do you want to make connections with proprietors or chefs?

Yes

Other:

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Do you want these meet and greets to look the same each time or have some variety? Example: odd months can be open ended with networking and even months have a theme or guest speaker. *

I want them to look the same each month and only be networking.

I want them to look the same each month and have a theme & presenter each month with time for networking after.

I like the every other month idea.

Other:

We all have valuable perspectives to share, and we want to find ways of tapping into this wisdom in our community.

Do you have specific knowledge or experience that you would be willing to share during one of these events, either as a short (10 min) informal presentation or as a resource that we can send folks your way?

If yes, what is a way you'd feel comfortable sharing this information with the group?

What else should we know and be thinking about as we plan these events? *

What best describes you? Please select all that apply.

Producer/farmer

Aspiring producer/farmer

Land owner

Industry professional

Student

Technical assistance provider

Supporter

Other:

May we contact you if we have questions about your answers? If so, please add your name and email in the "Other" box.

Yes

Other:

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