Networking | Start 2 Farm

Washington FarmLink

http://www.cascadeharvest.org/programs/washington-farmlink

Washington FarmLink is the state’s leading program to link aspiring farmers and landowners and help build sustainable farming operations. FarmLink addresses barriers that farmers face in keeping their land in farming and answers the call for more technical assistance and education.

Sponsoring Organization:

Cascade Harvest Coalition

Puget Sound Fresh

http://www.cascadeharvest.org/programs/puget-sound-fresh

Puget Sound Fresh is the region's premier consumer education and product identification program. Puget Sound Fresh educates consumers in 12 counties about the health and environmental benefits of buying and eating locally grown.

Sponsoring Organization:

Cascade Harvest Coalition

Evaluating and improving educational instruments and outreach for beginning farmers

http://www.farmcreditnetwork.com/

"In the innovative and competitive agri-food business environment there is increasing need for improved beginning farmer training materials, especially those concerning financial skills and business literacy.

Sponsoring Organization:

Farm Credit Council

FACCP Farming Across Cultures Communication Project

http://www.uvm.edu/extension/agriculture/faccp/

There are an estimated 1,200 Latino farmworkers on our dairy farms in Vermont. The Farming Across Cultures Communication Project began in May of 2010 with an overall objective of increased communication, understanding, and training on farms with Latino employees.

Sponsoring Organization:

University of Vermont Extension

Virginia Whole Farm Planning Programs

http://www.vabeginningfarmer.aee.vt.edu/planning/index.html

Most farmers do some kind of planning on their farms nearly every day. Whole Farm Planning is distinct from other farm planning approaches because it ties all the planning you do together for the whole farm. This holistic approach is based on the short and long-term vision you and your family has for itself and the farm.

Sponsoring Organization:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute Extension

American Farmland Trust Studies & Reports

http://www.farmland.org/resources/default.asp

American Farmland Trust's expertise in conservation and agriculture stems from our leading-edge research, comprehensive data-gathering and successful on-the-ground work conducted across the country for the past 30 years.

Sponsoring Organization:

American Farmland Trust

Food Industry Market Maker

http://national.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/index.php

MarketMaker is a national partnership of land grant institutions and State Departments of Agriculture dedicated to the development of a comprehensive interactive data base of food industry marketing and business data. It is currently one of the most extensive collections of searchable food industry related data in the country.

Sponsoring Organization:

University of Illinois Office of Extension and Outreach

Resource Guide for Vermont's New and Aspiring Farmers

http://www.vermontagriculture.com/agdev/newfarm.htm

"The Resource Guide for Vermont's New and Aspiring Farmers is divided into two sections. The first section addresses four commonly identified challenges that new and aspiring farmers may face—access to capital, access to production knowledge, access to land, and access to markets.

Sponsoring Organization:

University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Training and Development of new green farmers in the San Joaquin Valley

http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/index.php/campaigns/gjed

This Program "activities fall into four main categories: (1) needs assessment and curriculum development; (2) training and development of participants; (3) network outreach and creation; and (4) pilot project planning."

Sponsoring Organization:

Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment

Cultivating a New Generation of Farmers and Ranchers at the Urban-Rural Edge

http://www.sagecenter.org/

This program "aims to support the long-term sustainability of local food production at the San Francisco Bay Area urban-rural edge, by delivering training and mentorship opportunities to beginning farmers and ranchers in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties."

Sponsoring Organization:

SAGE Sustainable Agriculture Education