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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