Business Planning

Working With Your Meat Processor

Farmers who want to sell meat directly to restaurants, grocery stores, or consumers need a reliable and skilled partner: the meat processor is an essential...

10 September, 2018

Breaking Ground: A Guide to Growing Land Access for Local Food Farming in Northeast Illinois

Breaking Ground, developed by Openlands and the Liberty Prairie Foundation connects the three most critical stakeholders in land access – local food farmers, private landowners,...

15 August, 2018

On-Farm Food Safety Website

The On-Farm Food Safety Project (OFFS) helps you learn about food safety, create a personalized on-farm food safety plan, and become food safety certified.   Endorsing...

26 July, 2017

Direct Market Success: A Farmer’s Guide to Farmers Market, CSA, Farmstand, Online and Restaurant Sales

Closely modeled after FamilyFarmed’s Wholesale Success manual and training program, Direct Market Success is intended to be the definitive farmer’s guide to selling, food safety,...

26 July, 2017

Beginning Farmers

Fabulous site with tons of great resources for everything from business planning, to finding farmland, to information on specific farm enterprises from mushrooms to goats...

25 July, 2017

ATTRA

ATTRA is the best place to start looking for information you need, with incredibly useful documents, a bank of internship opportunities, webinars, and even an...

25 July, 2017

Farm Finances Webinar: Crafting a Simple Balance Sheet

Discover the power of the balance sheet in this live webinar. In collaboration with the Land Stewardship Project, we will walk participants through the various...

25 July, 2017

Lender of First Opportunity

FSA Programs for Beginning and Non-Commodity Crop Farmers: This guide describes the programs FSA offers that support beginning and non-commodity crop farmers, including the eligibility requirements...

25 July, 2017

Profit in the Field

A Primer on Direct Market Farm Business Models For Beginning Farmers, Lenders, and Investors: This resource was created as a collaboration between Deer Run Farm, Angelic...

21 July, 2017