The Farmer's Growing Academy presents "Farming Is a Business" on Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at The Farmers Hands Agriculture Center, 2548 Livingston Road, Jackson, MS (Jackson Medical Mall Campus). This free workshop for beginning farmers, veteran farmers and ranchers, limited-resource producers, urban producers, and underserved farmers covers choosing a farm business structure, how to obtain a USDA farm number, navigating USDA programs, and recordkeeping and business readiness. Registration is free onsite or by scanning the QR code on the flyer. Lunch will be served. Funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Download the flyer here for full details.