About Farm Dreams

Farm Dreams: Assessing Risks and Resources to Start an Entrepreneurial Farm Business

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own farm business? Farm Dreams is a four-hour, interactive workshop designed to help you decide if entrepreneurial farming is for you. Participants will have the opportunity to meet experienced sustainable farmers, Farm Beginnings graduates, and other prospective farmers. You will learn about different successful farm enterprises, and be able to ask questions about the genesis and development of farm businesses. The workshop will cover resource assessment, goal-setting, financial planning, marketing options, and finding land and equipment. Farm Dreams will help you learn what it takes to start and manage your own farm-based business, and decide whether this is the path you are ready to take.

To find out about the next Farm Dreams workshops, click here.

For Farm Dreams workshops in the Chicago area and northern Illinois, visit http://www.learngrowconnect.org/farmer.

Farm Dreams was developed by Angelic Organics Learning Center thanks in part to a grant from the USDA Risk Management Agency. Materials are used by permission. For more information visit www.learngrowconnect.org

All Farm Beginnings material was developed by the Land Stewardship Project and is based on the experiences of their farmer members. It is used by permission under license. For more information, please visit . Central Illinois Farm Beginnings adapts these original materials based on the experiences of its local farmers and steering committee members.