Sprouting Farms Corp

Sprouting Farms Corp Is Proposing the Growing the Education to Market Pipeline: Meeting West VIRGINIA'S Beginning Farmer Education and Training Needs With the Goal to Help Beginning Farmers Improve Their Success in Farming Through an Education, Training, and Technical Assistance Program That Will Increase the Knowledge, Skills, and Tools Beginning Farmers Need to Make Informed Decisions for Their Operations and Enhance Their Sustainability. the Target Audience for the Project Is Farmers in West Virginia Who Have Never Operated a Farm or Have Operated a Farm for Less Than Ten Years. to Achieve This Goal, Sprouting Farms Will Expand Its Educational Training Programs for Beginning Farmers Through the Enhancement of a Virtual Learning Platform; Connect Beginning Farmers to Sound Business Development and Management Practices; Provide Technical Assistance to Grow Existing Farm Businesses; Increase Access to Farming Resources (including Land, Equipment, and Labor Sharing); Begin Addressing Long-term Land Access for Beginning Farmers, and Replicate Education and Training Centers Across the Agriculture Education Network.objective 1: Enhance and Expand Education and Training Program to Increase Small Farm Businesses in West Virginiaobjective 2: Grow Existing Farm Businesses Objective 3: Increase Access to Farming Resources Through Resource Sharing Programsobjective 4: Begin to Address Long-term Land Access Needs for West Virginia Farmers