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Organic Certification Cost Share Program

http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateQ&left...

Organic crop and livestock producers in selected states can be reimbursed as much as 75 percent of their certification costs, up to a maximum of $750.

Sponsoring Organization:

AMS Agricultural Marketing Service

Organic Certification: What, How and Why (or Why Not)

http://nebeginningfarmers.org/online-courses/all-courses/bf-106-organic-certific...

"Organic certification of your farm requires strict adherence to a set of farm management practices determined at the federal level and monitored by a 3rd-party certification agency.

Sponsoring Organization:

Northeast Beginning Farmer Project

Season Extension

http://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/resources/plainlanguage.html

A Plain Language Guide from the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. In this guide you will learn about: the benefits and costs of extending the growing season; simple methods of season extension; materials and costs for season extension.

Sponsoring Organization:

New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

Harvesting Crops for Market

http://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/resources/plainlanguage.html

A Plain Language Guide from the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. In this guide you will leanr about: when toharvest fresh vegetables; post-harvest handling and food safety; preparing produce for market.

Sponsoring Organization:

New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

CSA Plain Language Guide

http://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/resources/plainlanguage.html

A guide to developing a small-scale Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) operation, presented in easy to understand language for access by audiences from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Sponsoring Organization:

New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

Rotating Apprenticeships Farmer Training in Chicago

http://www.healthyfoodhub.org/

"Training in organic and sustainable specialty crop production Apprentice farmers grow crops sustainably on land in Pembroke Township. Pembroke farmers increase their production and improve production methods with the help of apprentices.

Sponsoring Organization:

The Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living

Building a Foundation for New Farmers: Training, Resources, and Networks

http://casfs.ucsc.edu/

"This program expands farmer training opportunities at the CASFS Apprenticeship on the UCSC Farm; revises widely-used production and marketing training manuals for national dissemination as free online resources and at-cost print resources; and expands existing and creating new mentoring and peer-to-peer support opportunities via workshops, fie

Sponsoring Organization:

UCSC University of California Santa Cruz

CASFS The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association's Farm Apprenticeship Program

http://www.mofga.org/Programs/FarmApprenticeships/tabid/502/Default.aspx

"Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association's Farm Apprenticeship program connects people wanting to learn organic farming with experienced farmers willing to share their expertise. The typical arrangement involves an exchange of labor for room, board, a stipend, and informal, intensive training and experience in farming.

Sponsoring Organization:

MOFGA Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association's Organic Farmer Loan Fund

http://www.mofga.org/Programs/OrganicFarmerLoanFund/tabid/1058/Default.aspx

"The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association's Organic Farmer Loan Fund is intended particularly to help organic farmers working on establishing a credit history for their farms.

Sponsoring Organization:

MOFGA Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association

ALBA Agriculture and Land-based Training Association Farm Incubator Toolkit

http://www.albafarmers.org/

The Agriculture and Land-based Training Association's (ALBA) Farm Incubator Toolkit is a resource aimed to help other organizations that are interested in starting a farm incubator program.

Sponsoring Organization:

ALBA Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association