Special Topics
The following topics offer additional resources that can benefit farm businesses.
These are external business and professional organizations that can provide help in the form of guidance, expertise, and service for both beginning and established entrepreneurs.
- Sustainable Agriculture
- "Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities."
- Economic Development
- These organizations provide guidance and support for regional businesses.
- Organic Farming
- Information on production, economic data, research results, certification information, transition strategies, as well as many other subjects related to organic agriculture.
- Establishing Your Business
- Information and assistance programs that can help you establish your business.
- Funding and Grants
- Information on funding resources and initiatives available to farmers, researchers, and educators
- Risk Management
- Sources for news and information on managing risk for ag producers
- Direct Marketing
- Establishing a successful marketing strategy can help your business thrive
- Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
- Community Supported Agriculture has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community's farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production.
- e-Commerce
- Resources for implementing your online business venture
- Value-added Marketing
- Increasing the value of your products with labor and creativity
- Cooperative Marketing
- Learn about the benefits and challenges of working to combine resources and efforts to market as a group.
