Green Hectares: Big Exchange

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The purpose of the Big Exchange is to give rural entrepreneurs and community groups an opportunity to

• network more effectively,
• to understand how to use resources better
• to remove barriers for themselves and their community
• to find solutions that work for rural business and community organizations

By creating an online event, Green Hectares removes the barriers of time and geography and allows for people to  have the same networking opportunities their urban counterparts might have.  We find amazing experts in their fields on topics suggested by rural entrepreneurs. The sessions generally start out very general with big ideas and then move to practical, usable advice as the questions from the entrepreneurs begin to ask for advice.

Our events generally run for two hours with limited spots available for each session.  Currently we are scheduling these events in the last week of every month.

Please visit our website for more information, or to sign up.

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Green Hectares: Online Communities of Interest

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Online communities can congregate around a shared interest, but can be spread across multiple websites. There may be more than one website to go to find any one online community. Their meaning can change depending on who is defining them. Universally, however, there are things that show signs of a community. They are:

• Content: articles, information, and news about a topic of interest to a group of people
• Forums or newsgroups and email: so that your community members can communicate in delayed fashion
• Chat and instant messaging: so that the community members can communicate more immediately.​

Green Hectares will support existing online communities by linking these communities through various channels that they have in place. Creating a collective meeting space for the five main areas of:

• Crops
• Environment
• Entrepreneurship
• Livestock
• Rural Development

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Green Hectares: Online Facilitation

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All Community Connector Facilitators have been trained by the Sirolli Enterprise team to provide support to local entrepreneurs in realizing their business dreams. The Sirolli Enterprise team has over 30 years of personal business experience and have been intimately involved in the development, launch and implementation of economic development initiatives worldwide since 1997. The Entrepreneurial Development Program is a community based economic development tool.

The program is a free and confidential service that is offered within project areas and online, to anyone who wishes to open or operate a business. The facilitator assists clients in conducting market research, developing business plans, securing financing, locating commercial or retail space, and obtaining permits and approvals from appropriate government entities.

The methodology has provided a philosophical and practical basis for operations to Green Hectares Management Team and their Resource Boards. The Resource Boards have learned about the Trinity of Management and have an understanding of how Facilitators coach entrepreneurs.

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Green Hectares: R.E.A.L Training

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Bringing the agricultural and rural leaders of tomorrow into the online spaces of today, REAL (Rural Entrepreneurs and Agriculture Leaders) Training is a program that equips young people in rural areas with the ability to engage with agriculturally and economically diverse communities through ongoing online training and tools, short-term mentorships and improved networking activities.

Green Hectares will help create an environment where those with a vested interest in agriculture and food would thrive. Rural and agri businesses need engaged leaders with training to support that community. The result is a dynamic partnership, linking established rural practices with future unlimited potential.
REAL Training will include virtual and face to face events across Canada, providing instruction to young leaders in the agriculture and food sectors.

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Green Hectares: The Community Connector

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The Community Connector Program (CCP) facilitates effective and sustainable use of resources, experts, spaces, and programs already available to the community while encouraging people to connect, collaborate and learn from and with each other.

Based on the premise that every rural community is unique and has the capacity to shape its own future, the CCP provides a model for community development that is adaptable and community-driven. The success of the program hinges on local community action and champions for the project. The CCP establishes regional Community Connector projects in communities in partnership with Green Hectares.
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Through this partnership arrangement, the local community has ownership in the project but gains a replicable model and support from Green Hectares. Partnering communities are required to provide financial or in kind support for this position and in return Green Hectares hires a local facilitator, provides training and mentorship, manages the project and provides useful outcomes and information back to the community.

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