Baton Rouge, La. Dawn Mellion-Patin,
Ph.D., Extension Specialist, Agriculture, submitted a 30-minute presentation
titled “Wisteria Alliance,” which was accepted for presentation at the 2015
Extension Risk Management Education National Conference in Minneapolis, MN from
April 29 - 30, 2015. Her presentation was included in the conference
proceedings, available at http://agrisk.umn.edu
after the conference.
The
Extension Risk Management Education National Conference brings together private
and public sector educators, crop insurance agents, lenders, and other
agricultural professionals. The biennial conference allows this diverse group
to share ongoing and emerging successful risk management education efforts
which target agricultural producers and their families.
Conference participants learn about what is working to help producers
effectively manage the following types of risks associated with their
agribusinesses: Production, Price or Market, Financial, Legal/Institutional, and
Human Risk.
The Wisteria
Alliance is a relatively new training series offered by the Southern University
Ag Center, with the goal of providing practical, hands-on activities for women
who live on farms, those interested in starting a farm, and /or urban /
community gardeners. All of the trainings are designed for women, and are
primarily conducted by women. During the training sessions, facilitators strive
to create an atmosphere where women are comfortable asking questions, and
learning different tasks normally reserved for men, in a warm nurturing
environment.
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