{"id":441824,"date":"2026-08-24T07:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441824\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:34:12","slug":"free-business-training-offered-to-california-ag-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441824\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Business Training Offered to California Ag Producers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFree Business Training Offered to California Ag Producers<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Haylie Shipp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aginfo.net\/reporter\/44\/Haylie-Shipp\" class=\"thumb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Haylie Shipp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/user_61f3041c0e02c005840304_300_300.jpg\" class=\"img-thumbnail float-right\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRunning a farm or ranch takes a lot more than knowing how to produce a good product. These days, it can also mean being your own marketer, bookkeeper, salesperson and regulatory expert.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the idea behind a free Business Launchpad program being offered this fall through UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Southwest Regional Food Business Center and F3 Local.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-week program is open to small- and mid-sized California farmers, ranchers, fishers, food producers and food business owners. Up to 40 participants will be selected.<\/p>\n<p>Training will cover things like business planning, financial literacy, access to capital, marketing and branding, recordkeeping, regulatory compliance and food safety.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the program will happen virtually, including weekly classes and one-on-one coaching. There will also be in-person networking opportunities in Northern, Central and Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>The fall cohort runs October through December, and the training is free.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are due September 1, with participants expected to be notified by September 10.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information and the application at\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Business Training Offered to California Ag Producers Running a farm or ranch takes a lot more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[175017,175013,175016,175020,110854,175010,7,1369,1377,175021,9,8,147818,175012,175014,175022,7179,175018,175015,175023,175019,175011,6058,6059],"class_list":["post-441824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-access-to-capital","tag-agricultural-business-training","tag-agricultural-marketing","tag-agricultural-producers","tag-business-development","tag-business-launchpad","tag-california","tag-california-agriculture","tag-california-farmers","tag-california-food-producers","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-ranchers","tag-f3-local","tag-farm-business-planning","tag-farm-marketing","tag-financial-literacy","tag-food-business","tag-ranch-business-planning","tag-september-1-deadline","tag-small-farms","tag-southwest-regional-food-business-center","tag-uc-agriculture-and-natural-resources","tag-uc-anr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}