Small-farm owners can find an abundance of information to help get the maximum potential out of their businesses at an upcoming conference. Ohio State University Extension’s Small Farm Program is hosting the Living Your Small-farm Dream.

The March 25 event is at the R.G. Drage Career Technical Center, 2800 Richville Drive SW, in Massillon, from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. It includes 27 workshop sessions on topics, including disease prevention, aquaculture, land management, finances, solar energy, pond management and use of urban land for garden markets.

Registration for the Living the Small Farm Dream conference is $60, or $30 for students. Register online by March 17.

“Across Ohio, there are an increasing number of residents who are purchasing small acreages,” says Tony Nye, an OSU Extension educator who coordinates the Small Farm Program. “Conferences like this help provide landowners with necessary information to help grow their small-farm business.”

The conference, which includes a trade show, is designed to help participants learn tips, techniques and methods for diversifying their operations to improve economic growth and development on their farms, Nye says.

Researchers and educators with OSU Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, as well as industry experts, will conduct the conference sessions. For more information, contact Nye at 937-382-0901 or [email protected].

Source: OSU Extension