Partner Organizations

Farm Business Management

• AgPlan (from University of Minnesota)
• ATTRA: National Center for Appropriate Technology
• Center for Farm Financial Management (University of Minnesota)
• Cornell University “Campus to Farm Guide”
• Grown in Marin Resources for Farmers
• Kitchen Table Consultants
• Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) Publications
• New England Small Farm Institute
• Northeast Beginning Farmers Project
• Practical Farmers of Iowa Farminars
• Small Business Development Centers
• Washington State Department of Agriculture Small Farm and Direct Marketing Publications
• Veggie Compass (UW-Madison)
• Young Agrarians Business Tools – Young Agrarians works to empower new farmers to learn business skills that will allow their farms to thrive.

Farm Financing

• Agrarian Trust: Affording OURLAND: Financial Literacy for Young Farmers
• Cal Coastal
• Finance for Food
• Know Your Farmer Know Your Food
• USDA Farm Service Agency

Land Access and Land Tenure

• California Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers    
• Finding Farmland
• Land for Good
• Sustainable Farm Lease

Land Trusts and Conservation

• American Farmland Trust   
• California Department of Conservation and the California Farmland Conservancy Program
• California Rangeland Trust
• Land Trust Alliance  (including an extensive list of land trusts throughout California and around the country)
• Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District   
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, California (Conservation Client Form)
• Farm Succession Planning
• “Conservation Financing for Farm Transfer” from NCAT
• Farm Transitions Toolkit
• International Farm Transition Network
• “Lessons in Farm Transition Policy: A Review of Public Support for Intergenerational Farm Transition Work in the United States” (PDF)  June 2000
• “Valuing Sustainable Agriculture Practices” by NCAT

Farm Production Resources

• Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California
• ATTRA: National Center for Appropriate Technology
• Community Alliance with Family Farmers   
• CASFS’ Teaching Direct Marketing and Small Farm Viability
• eOrganic Webinars
• Grown in Marin Resources for Farmers
• PastureMap
• Rodale Institute
• Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) Publications
• Small Meat Processors
• University of California Cooperative Extension Offices
• USDA National Organic Program: Conservation Activity Plan – organic transition assistance

Other Farm Resources (Non-Profits, Community Resources, Etc.)

• California Certified Organic Farmers
• Farm and Food Jobs
• Farmer Knows Best at ATTRA
• FarmsReach
• Food Craft Institute
• The Greenhorns (including their Farming Library)
• Growing New Farmers Project
• Sierra Harvest
• National Immigrant Farmer Initiative
• Start2Farm

Farm Policy News and Advocacy

• Ag Innovations (Farming and Food Policy Councils, including California Food System Alliance Network)
• Beginning Farmer: An Online Resource for Farmer, Researchers and Policy Makers
• California Farm Bureau Federation
• Center for Rural Affairs
• Community Alliance with Family Farmers
• EcoFarm
• Farmers Legal Action Group
• National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
• USDA Risk Management Agency