<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><base href="x-msg://13/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Sandra J. Repp" <<a href="mailto:sjr37@cornell.edu">sjr37@cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] 9/15: Beginning Farmer/Land Seeker Meeting</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">August 21, 2015 8:15:37 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L <<a href="mailto:SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L@list.cornell.edu">SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L@list.cornell.edu</a>>, TC-HSC-L <<a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@list.cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@list.cornell.edu</a>>, NWAEG-L <<a href="mailto:NWAEG-L@list.cornell.edu">NWAEG-L@list.cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Devon Van Noble <<a href="mailto:devon@groundswellcenter.org">devon@groundswellcenter.org</a>>, Becca Rimmel <<a href="mailto:becca@groundswellcenter.org">becca@groundswellcenter.org</a>>, Ian Douglas Bailey <<a href="mailto:idb6@cornell.edu">idb6@cornell.edu</a>>, Catherine Barnes <<a href="mailto:cab377@cornell.edu">cab377@cornell.edu</a>>, Monika Roth <<a href="mailto:mr55@cornell.edu">mr55@cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b>Beginning Farmer/Land Seeker Meeting<br>Tuesday, September 15, 7-9 PM</b><br><i>@ CCE-Tompkins, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY</i><br><br>Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming and the Cornell Cooperative Extension regional agriculture program are hosting a FREE discussion/info meeting for people seeking land to farm on Tuesday, September 15, 7-9 PM at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County office at 615 Willow Ave in Ithaca.<br><br>Information about land seeking approaches and options will be discussed. Cooperative Extension staff will provide details on cash lease arrangements including cash and barter options. Dan Welch with the Cornell Farmnet program will discuss lease to own and farm transfer arrangements.<br><br>The meeting also provides an opportunity for land seekers and beginning farmers to provide feedback on Landlinking and incubator/start up farm business support they need. Key discussion topics to be explored are: What land arrangements are you seeking? What support services and resources are you needing? What challenges have you experienced in seeking land, support, or needed resources?<br><br>Regardless of the stage of your farm business development, this session provides an opportunity to share your needs and learn about options to pursue for successful farm business start-up. To register email<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mjc72@cornell.edu">mjc72@cornell.edu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or call Cooperative Extension at 272-2292. There is no charge for this workshop.<br><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>