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This workshop will address some of the challenges that beginning farmers, particularly immigrant farmers in minority communities, face as they try to gain traction and carve spaces for themselves…
Beginning Farmers, Land Access, Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farm Business, Farm Business : General, Farm Business : Marketing, Farming Systems, Field Crops, Fruits and Specialty Crops, Vegetables, Livestock, Production, Production : General, Soils
This guide was developed to provide producers just getting started in agriculture with a well-rounded resource. Set up as a road map, it walks beginning farmers through the various resources available to support them through their journey of starting an agriculture operation, farm, or food business. The road map includes stops for phases such as Brainstorming, Learning, Planning, Funding, Forming, Operating, and Networking, as well as additional resources.
2023 by Bonnie Warndahl, Brett Olson, Katie Kubovcik, Moses Momanyi
Join experienced Farmland Access Navigators to learn about the
current challenges and solutions of land tenure. They will share land
access stories and dive into creative solutions to land acquisition…
Bonnie Warndahl, Farmland Access Navigator discusses land access issues for farmers, including her own story, and what Renewing the Countryside's (RTC) Farmland Access Program is initiating to help…
Finding quality, affordable land is challenging. The Land Access Hub is a group of professionals that assist in land acquisition and are aware of the challenges and needs of beginning farmer land…
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
Based in Des Moines, IA, Global Greens reconnects former refugee farmers with the land as they build their new life.
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
A collaborative farm in Dane County, WI, for aspiring market farmers who are supported with land, tools, education, and marketing assistance.
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
Kilimo Minnesota, founded in 2020, supports African immigrant farmers in Minnesota through mentorship, farmland access, and cooperative development. What began as an incubator has grown into a movement—organizing 50+ farmers into cooperatives that share resources, knowledge, and markets to build a sustainable local food system.
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
The Community Crops Program provides education, advocacy, and experiences to grow local food through community gardens, production greenhouses, incubator farms, and workshops. Based in Lincoln, NE.
Beginning Farmers, Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farm Business : General
free online tool offered by the University of Minnesota to help farmers write a viable business plan.
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
Liberty Prairie (formerly Liberty Prairie Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Grayslake, Illinois with a history of over 30 years of strengthening the local food system and enhancing the natural landscape. Located halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee, our work focuses on connecting people with sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship at the urban edge.
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
As the Chicago Botanic Garden’s urban agriculture program, Windy City Harvest is making a difference in communities on the West and South Sides of Chicago. By focusing on growing food, improving health, and creating job opportunities, we're helping build strong, vibrant neighborhoods that thrive.
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
Based in Ferguson, MO, EarthDance provides beyond-the-basics education and hands-on training to meet the needs of budding gardeners, beginning farmers, youth, and “agri-curious” community members.
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
Connects landless individuals with a background in agriculture, to fertile land in the area…while removing all barriers of entry that exist.
Beginning Farmers, Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Land Access : Outgoing Farmers
New England-based nonprofit, Land for Good connects, assists, and engages farmers, landowners, service providers, communities, and policymakers to grow equitable farming opportunity and sustainably keep land in agriculture. We work across scales, from individual support to federal policy, to improve how farmers get onto, hold, and transfer farms.
Land Access : Incoming Farmers, Farming Systems : Incubator Farm
Pushing the Envelope (Geneva, IL) is committed to supporting new farmers as they build their credentials as agricultural community members and business people. The Beginning Farmer Incubator Program is designed to give young growers the opportunity to gain critical experience running a small-scale sustainable operation in a resource sharing environment.
