Financial Planning, Business Planning,and Food Safety for South & East Oklahoma
The University of Arkansas School of Law Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative has joined with the Farm Credit of East Central Oklahoma, the Wallace Center at Winrock International (Washington DC), Morse Marketing Connections (MMC), and the Choctaw Nation and Muscogee Creek Nations to offer an important set of “bootcamp” workshops in southern and eastern Oklahoma during 2015. You will hear the latest on food safety regulations and GAP certification, crop insurance and risk management tools, and will be given hands on experience in what are called “one page” financial, risk assessment and business plan tools. We will also provide information on new markets in the region and how your operation can participate in food hubs that are growing in number across the country as a way to link small, beginning, mid-sized, remote and new producers and their operations into new markets.
In-Person Workshop Locations and Dates:
All workshops will begin at noon with light refreshments and conclude by 5 p.m.
April 30 Broken Bow, OK Choctaw Nation Community Center May 21 Durant, OK Choctaw Nation Community Center
June 11 McAlester, OK Choctaw Nation Community Center
July 9 Poteau, OK Choctaw Nation Community Center
August 13 Okmulgee Muscogee Creek Nation Community Center
Each in-person workshop will cover the following information:
- “One Page” Financials
- “One Page” Business Planning
- “One Page” Risk Assessment
- Food Safety Regulations Update and GAP Overview
- Risk Management and Crop Insurance Policy Updates
- Choctaw Nation Update on Promise Zone, Food and Agriculture Plans
- Muscogee Creek Nation Update on Food and Agriculture Plans
- Food Hubs & Other New Markets
- New and Old Legal Issues Facing Producers