2022 OEFFA Conference Specialty Crop Grower Scholarship Survey

Vegetable, fruit or other specialty crop growers in Ohio can apply for a conference scholarship, as well as a scholarship for the Thursday, February 17 Food and Farm School class Creating Living Soil in the Market Garden or Optimize Your Farm's Marketing Funnel.

To apply, fill out this short survey. Questions can be directed to Renee Hunt: (614) 947-1642, renee@oeffa.org. Applications will be reviewed as they are received; if the survey is open, scholarships are still available.

A note about the hybrid conference: You can attend virtually or in person, or both!

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* 1. Contact information

Name

Organization/farm/business/entity

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Please indicate which specialty crop items you produce (check all that apply):

Vegetable

Fruit

Nuts

Mushrooms

Flowers

Medicinal herbs

Culinary herbs and spices

Bedding plants

Nursery crops

Honey

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* 3. Please check any other non-specialty crop related production on your farm:

Dairy

Grain

Livestock and/or poultry

Eggs

Value-added products

My farm is specialty crop production only

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What is your current farm size?

<1 acre

1-5 acres

6-9 acres

10 or more acres

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* 5. Which of the following best describes you:

Beginning farmer (<10 years)

Beginning certified organic farmer (<10 years)

Farmer

Certified organic farmer

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* 6. Have you attended the OEFFA conference before?

Yes

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* 7. In a sentence or two, please tell us why you are interested in attending the 2021 OEFFA conference, and how it will benefit your farming operation.

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* 8. I am interested in receiving a scholarship for (NOTE--you can select a Food and Farm School and the OEFFA conference; depending on demand, you may be awarded registration for only one):

Creating Living Soil in the Market Garden (Jesse Frost, presenter), Thursday, Feb. 17, Dayton Ohio

Optimize Your Farm's Marketing Funnel (Corinna Bench, presenter), Thursday, Feb. 17, Dayton Ohio

The OEFFA conference (to be held online with the in-person event in Dayton Ohio Feb. 18-19

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* 9. My gender is:

Man

Nonbinary

Transgender man

Transgender woman

Woman

I prefer to not identify my gender

I define my gender as:

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* 10. My ethnicity is:

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian or Asian American

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

Spanish, Hispanic or Latinx

White or Caucasian

I prefer to not identify my ethnicity

I classify my ethnicity as:

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* 11. (If awarded a scholarship) Please tell us your plans so we can better accommodate you:

I am planning to attend online only

In am planning to attend in person (Dayton Ohio) only

I plant to a online attend the conference online and in person

I am unsure of my plans

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* 1. Contact information

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* 2. Please indicate which specialty crop items you produce (check all that apply):

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* 3. Please check any other non-specialty crop related production on your farm:

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* 4. What is your current farm size?

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* 5. Which of the following best describes you:

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* 6. Have you attended the OEFFA conference before?

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* 7. In a sentence or two, please tell us why you are interested in attending the 2021 OEFFA conference, and how it will benefit your farming operation.

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* 8. I am interested in receiving a scholarship for (NOTE--you can select a Food and Farm School and the OEFFA conference; depending on demand, you may be awarded registration for only one):

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* 9. My gender is:

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* 10. My ethnicity is:

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* 11. (If awarded a scholarship) Please tell us your plans so we can better accommodate you:

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* 12. If there are other things you'd like to share, please comment here.