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Presents

Cow/Goat Shares Teleseminars
Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern
Starting April 3, 2012
 

Join us by phone from the convenience of your home!

Live in a different time zone?  Click here for Your Time.

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Want to legally distribute or obtain raw milk?

Scaling down your herd?

 

A share operation may be the answer you've been looking for.

Before diving in, take advantage of experienced legal and operations advice.

Register Now to participate in these 90-minute teleseminars!

 

     Apr 3:     101 - LEGAL ASPECTS with Pete Kennedy, Esq. 

 

     Apr 10:   102 - GOAT-SHARE OPERATIONS with Sharon Wilson 

 

     Apr 17:   103 - COW-SHARE OPERATIONS with Tim Wightman

 

     Apr 24:   104 - LEGAL & OPERATIONS FORUM with all three 

 

Here's your chance as farmers and consumers to get your legal and operations questions answered.  Participation is limited to the first 25 registrants.

 

Register Online or Call 513-593-9430   

 

The cost is just $35 per session.  Register for any three for $95 or for all four for $125. Click here for more details! Unable to attend? Ask about recordings.    
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PAYMENT INFORMATION
 
You may register and pay online by debit or credit card using PayPal for Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express or your PayPal account. If you have any questions, please call our office at 513-593-9430 or send email to share@farmtoconsumerfoundation.org.

 

If you prefer to pay by check (made payable to FTCF), you must call first to register and then send your payment to:  

 

Farm-to-Consumer Foundation  

2962 Madison Road, Suite N1-371

Cincinnati, Ohio  45208 

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TELESEMINARS
 T101

101 - LEGAL BASIS FOR SHARE OPERATIONS (Cow & Goat-Shares) 

Pete Kennedy presents a legal overview of share operations and a discussion of the differences between the various types (cow/goat, herd or farm-shares).  

  T102

102 - OPERATIONS (Goat-Shares) 

Past attendees with goat-shares asked for their own class focusing on goats. Beginners and experienced goat-share operators will benefit from Sharon Wilson's advice, including important aspects to consider before starting, solutions to common problems and sure-fire ways to improve both quality and profitability.  

  T103

103 - OPERATIONS (Cow-Shares) 

Tim Wightman offers advice, including important aspects to consider before starting a cow-share, solutions to common problems and sure-fire ways to improve both quality and profitability.   

 T104 

104 - LEGAL & OPERATIONS FORUM (Cow & Goat-Shares) 

A favorite of past attendees - A lively forum hosted by Tim Wightman, Sharon Wilson and Pete Kennedy, Esq. for getting your most important legal and operations questions answered.
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TELESEMINAR HOSTS

Pete
Pete Kennedy is an attorney in Sarasota, Florida and serves as the President of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (www.farmtoconsumer.org) and Vice President of the Foundation. He works on dairy issues, particularly, the right of farmers to distribute raw milk and raw milk products direct to consumers. Each week he helps members of the Fund with cow- or goat-share operation start-ups. The Raw Milk Nation Map was derived from Pete's compilation of the original state raw milk laws and state raw milk summaries posted at www.realmilk.com. He is currently working with others to challenge the federal ban on the interstate shipment of raw milk for human consumption [see information about the lawsuit against FDA, posted at www.farmtoconsumer.org/litigation-FDA.htm].

Sharon
Sharon Wilson owns and operates a goat herd share in Colorado (Natural Choice Dairy, LLC) and currently serves as Treasurer of the Raw Milk Association of Colorado (RMAC). As a Board member of RMAC, she has been helping to create test standards for goats along with product standards and recommended process standards. Sharon has been consulting other potential goat share operations in and out of state for the last six years.

Tim
Tim Wightman is a lifetime farmer and serves as the President of the Foundation and was a founding Board member of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. He pioneered CSAs, organic cooperatives, farmers' markets, the cow-share program and the farm-share program while living in northern Wisconsin. Tim operated a small raw milk dairy in western Ohio but now lives in New Hampshire. He consults worldwide with dairy farmers on cow shares, raw milk safety and direct marketing and is the author of the Raw Milk Production Handbook and the presenter in "From Grass to the Glass - Chore Time" DVD. View them online FREE at www.farmtoconsumerfoundation.org/fsr
A minimum of ten (10) registered participants is required to convene the teleseminar; if for some reason this minimum is not met and the session is canceled, you may request a refund or rollover to the next scheduled session or series.  
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ABOUT FTCF 

The Farm-to-Consumer Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization created to expand public awareness about sustainably farmed food, increase choices and access to local sources, and support small family farms growing and raising these foods.  We do this through educational and charitable activities.  

Our education programs raise consumer awareness about the value of fresh,
local and non-toxic farm-produced foods.  We also teach farmers proactive strategies to avoid harassment by local, state and federal government
interference with food production and on-farm processing.

Farm-to-Consumer Foundation 

Attn: Cow-Share College & Goat-Share University
2692 Madison Road, Ste N1-371
Cincinnati, OH  45208
513-593-9430