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Marketing Strategies to Improve the Economic Viability of Beginning Farmers and Support Strategies to Support Beginning Farmers

http://www.pacificgatewaycenter.org/portal/default.aspx

"All activities below will be conducted in a culturally appropriate manner in the client's language.  Curriculum will cover business filing, documentation of cash receipts and taxes. Also, the needs of marketing outlets will be identified and conveyed to clients to better align both parties' interests.

Sponsoring Organization:
Pacific Gateway Center

Helping Beginning Farmers in Connecticut Scale Up their Farm Enterprises through New Farm Management Training and Access to Technical Expertise

http://www.extension.uconn.edu/

The project is organized into four activities: ACTIVITY 1: Whole Farm Planning. This activity offers a collaborative and integrated team approach to planning for business growth over two years.

Sponsoring Organization:
University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System

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

International Rescue Committee in San Diego's Refugee Entrepreneurial Agriculture Program

http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-san-diego-ca/fsch

"International Rescue Committee (IRC) San Diego' Refugee Entrepreneurial Agriculture Program (REAP) assists new American refugee farmers in becoming future leaders of a sustainable, urban and ethnically-oriented agricultural sector.

Sponsoring Organization:
IRC International Rescue Committee

Farm Incubator Educational Training Program and Web-based Resource Center for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

http://www.aamu.edu/Academics/alns/SFRC/Pages/default.aspx

"Alabama A&M University's (AAMU) Small Farms Research Center has a long history of serving the needs of small, limited resource and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in Alabama. Since 2008, the Center has assisted over 300 agricultural producers through value-added producer grants, crop insurance, cost-share and loan programs.

Sponsoring Organization:
Small Farms Research Center at Alabama A&M University

Beginning Farmer Educational Programs in the United States, in Canada and in France

An internship report that covers and compares the situation and support for beginning farmers in the United States, Canada, and France. Tables that include beginning farmers serving institutions, their missions and correspondence with the author, and a bibliography are informative appendices to the report.

Sponsoring Organization:
SDSU South Dakota State University

BFN/Mass Beginning Farmer Network of Massachusetts

http://bfnmass.org/

"The Beginning Farmer Network of Massachusetts (BFN/Mass) is a collaborative network of farmers and farm service providers dedicated to beginning farmer success in MA."

Sponsoring Organization:
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

Profit in the Field: A Primer on Direct-Market Farm Business Models for Beginning Farmers, Lenders, and Investors

http://www.learngrowconnect.org/files/ProfitInTheField_Web.pdf

Direct-market farmers can use this publication to introduce potential stakeholders to direct-market business models and what it takes for their farm to achieve profitability.

Sponsoring Organization:
Angelic Organics Learning Center

Farmer Development Scholarship Program

http://www.learngrowconnect.org/node/4225

The Upper Midwest Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) and Angelic Organics Learning Center (AOLC) created the Farmer Development Scholarship Program to help farmers in the Upper Midwest CRAFT network offset the costs of continuing education as they build and grow their young farm businesses. Eligible farms can apply for

Sponsoring Organization:
Angelic Organics Learning Center
Upper Midwest CRAFT Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training

Farm Hack

http://www.youngfarmers.org/practical/farm-hack/

"Farm Hack is a farmer-driven community to develop, document and build tools for resilient agriculture.  We accelerate this process by connecting farmers with other farmers, engineers, designers, architects and other allies through in-person events on farms, at institutions, or in grange halls, and through an online forum.

Sponsoring Organization:
National Young Farmers Coalition