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What is Farm Beginnings?

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Useful Links

Research/News

ATTRA (National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service)
www.attra.ncat.org

AURI (Agricultural Utilization Research Institute)
www.auri.org

New Farm
www.newfarm.org

Sustainable Ag Organzations

Sustainable Farming Association of MN
www.sfa-mn.org

MOSES (Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service)
www.mosesorganic.org

Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society
www.npsas.org

Center for Rural Affairs
www.cfra.org

Women in Blue Jeans
www.womeninbluejeans.org

MISA (Minnesota Institute of Sustainable Agriculture)
www.misa.umn.edu

Production

Penn State Ag Alternatives
http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu

Missouri Alternatives Center
http://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/index.htm

U of M Extension
www.extension.umn.edu/topics.html?topic=4

Practical Farmers of Iowa
www.pfi.iastate.edu/PFIhomenew.htm

Sustainable Farming Connection
www.ibiblio.org/farming-connection

Marketing

OFARM (Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing)
www.ofarm.org

Pride of the Prairie
www.prideoftheprairie.org

Southeast MN Food Network
www.localfoodnetwork.org/index.html

Midwest Food Alliance
www.thefoodalliance.org/midwest

Local Harvest
www.localharvest.org

FoodRoutes
http://foodroutes.org

Puget Sound Fresh
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/farms/index.htm

Small Grains
www.smallgrains.org

Organics

National Organic Program
www.ams.usda.gov/nop/indexIE.htm

MN Dept of Agriculture Organic Standards
www.mda.state.mn.us/esap/organic/default.htm

Organic Ag Info
www.organicaginfo.org

Business Planning
Tools from Building a Sustainable Business
www.misa.umn.edu/publications/bizplan.html

Management
Center for Holistic Management
www.holisticmanagement.org

Finance
MN Dept of Ag Financing Information
www.mda.state.mn.us/farmplan.htm

The Farm Service Agency www.fsa.usda.gov offers several programs like the Uninsurable Crop Assistance Program www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/nap03.htm and Beginning Farmer Loan Program www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/begloan04.htm. Some Farm Beginnings graduates have successfully applied and are farming today with loans through the Farm Service Agency.

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Worksheets
Worksheets from the class to use for time, labor, income and expense planning.

• blank.pdf
• monthly.pdf

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