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Mentoring webinar offered for farmers |
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January 20, 2018 |
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Helping experienced farmers become mentors to
other farmers is the goal of an upcoming
University of Idaho Extension webinar workshop
series.
“Cultivating the Success of Beginning Farmers:
Hosting Interns, Mentoring Beginning Farmers and
Methods for Improving Your Mentoring Skills” is
being offered in a four-part interactive webinar
that will take place on four Tuesday evenings
from 6 to 7 p.m. January 30 through February 27.
The training is geared for established farmers
in Idaho who have a desire to pass on their
knowledge and skills to beginning farmers and
ranchers, and would like to improve skills for
teaching and sharing knowledge with an intern or
student.
Opportunities for mentoring beginning farmers
can range from hosting on-farm or in the class
workshops, phone consultations, formal
internships and more.
With over 64 years of combined farming
experience, our course farmer mentor instructors
will guide participants on how to develop
successful mentorship relationships that are
beneficial for both the beginning farmer and the
experienced farmer mentor.
Two experienced Farmer Mentors, Diane Green and
Melissa Lines, will lead the workshop series.
Both farmers have been providing educational
experiences to others through a variety of
different types of mentorship programs over
their farming careers. Their experience is
supported with exercises and teaching materials
to help launch experienced farmers into their
next phase as a mentor.
"For a mentoring experience to be successful for
you, it is important for you to consider the
types of preparation required and whether you
are up for putting in the time and effort
required," said Green, a farmer with over 30
years' experience and also an experienced and
farmer-mentor. "It is also important for you to
think ahead about some of the potential pitfalls
of not being prepared. Taking this time to
prepare will also benefit those who are hoping
to learn from you.”
“We’re so excited to be able to offer this
chance for experienced farmers to learn how to
mentor and help develop other farmers!” said
Cultivating Success Idaho Director Iris Mayes.
“We want to reach all parts of our rural state
so we are using a very accessible webinar
format.”
This Farmer Mentor training was developed for
experienced farmers who may or may not already
have a mentorship program in place and are
looking for ways to improve their mentoring
skills. Whatever the mentoring experience level,
this training will provide practical steps and
strategies for facilitating successful mentee
relationships, and will be useful in a variety
of different types of mentorship arrangements.
Course fee is $25, and some partial scholarships
are available. More information and registration
instructions are available by
clicking here.
Registration deadline is January 29. |
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