Post training evaluations will be used to measure knowledge of the material, reactions to the instruction medium and content, and intentions to use the material received. Pre and post tests will also be administered for specific Soil Conservation District workshops for supervisors. The rural areas of the state generally lag behind the metropolitan areas in many measures such as population, income and employment growth. More and more people are looking for ways to create new business enterprises or ways to make extra money to subsidize farm and rural family income. Entrepreneurism is on the rise and unemployment is extremely low, except in reservation areas.
Opportunities exist through e-commerce and work from home structuring of large companies.
E-commerce has given rural businesses an expanded market and access to knowledge and resources that were not available in the past. New generation cooperative development is growing. Anticipated Outcomes Participants will understand the concepts of e-commerce and will be able to evaluate a business web site. An increased number of rural businesses will have a presence on the web. Farm and Ranch owners be able to evaluate opportunities in recreational businesses.