Illinois Farm Beginnings
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Registration

This page and links will take you through the registration process for the 2008-09 Central Illinois Farm Beginnings® Program. You can register online or by mail. Get $200 off your tuition by registering before July 1, 2008.Enroll in Central Illinois Farm Beginnings and get the information and support you need to jump-start your entrepreneurial farm business. Photo by Glenda Kapsalis

If you want to register for one of the half-day Farm Dreams workshops, click here.

Please send paper applications and your registration fee to:

The Land Connection
1227 Dodge Avenue, Suite 200
Evanston, IL 60202

Enrollment

Applications must be accompanied by the $100 registration fee. The registration fee is non-refundable upon acceptance into the program and will be credited toward tuition.

Acceptance decisions will be made on an ongoing basis upon receipt of your full application and registration fee.

Up to two people in the same family or business can attend Central Illinois Farm Beginnings for each accepted application.

Deadlines

Early registration ends July 1. If your application is postmarked July 1 or before, you will get $200 off your registration fee. All applications must be received by September 1, 2008.

Two people in the same family or business can attend with each accepted application.Tuition

Tuition for Central Illinois Farm Beginnings is $1,500. For students who register by July 1, tuition is $1,300.

Tuition pays for up to two people from the same family or business to attend the course’s nine seminars (40 hours of instruction), five working field days, and a six-month mentorship with an experienced farmer in your area of interest. Tuition also includes course books and materials, and catered lunches. See below for scholarship assistance.

Scholarships

We seek to provide scholarships to all who need them in order to attend Central Illinois Farm Beginnings. Click here for more information.
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 The Land Stewardship Project. Central Illinois Farm Beginnings adapts these original materials based on the experiences of its local farmers and steering committee members.