The new farmer survey CLOSES TOMORROW (Tuesday, March 31st). This is your last chance to complete and circulate the survey in your networks.

The National New Farmer Coalition and the University of Manitoba created this survey to assess the needs of new farmers in Canada where it concerns policy and educational opportunities. The results will feed into the development of a National New Farmer Policy Platform and will serve to document the sources of new farmer learning in Canada. We want to hear from people who are currently farming, want to be a farmer, or have recently exited farming.

We need 100 more responses to reach our respondent target: please help us achieve our goal by forwarding this link to your farming/foodie networks and help us promote this survey through your social media channels:

http://ruminationsongerminations.com/2015/02/10/new-farmer-survey/ [1]

Facebook: New farmer survey: Last day! You have until TOMORROW (Tuesday, March 31st) to tell us about the experience and needs of new farmers in Canada (and be entered to win over $1500 in prizes) http://ruminationsongerminations.com/2015/02/10/new-farmer-survey/ [1]

Twitter: Last day for new farmer survey in Canada! Take our survey by TOMORROW (Tuesday, March 31st) and be entered for prizes: http://bit.ly/1ClSe3o [2]

Thank you for your help,

The National New Farmer Coalition (a group of new and young farmers from across Canada, as well as organizations including: the National Farmers Union [3], Young Agrarians [4] and Food Secure Canada [5]) and Julia Laforge (University of Manitoba PhD Candidate)

For more information, please contact:

Virginie Lavallée-Picard, NNFC Interim Coordinator, newfarmercoalition@gmail.com [6]

Julia Laforge, julia.laforge@umanitoba.ca [7]