New Entry's farmer library has hundreds of resources on sustainable farming, marketing, and operating a successful small business. Our physical library at our office in Beverly, MA contains books, CD's, DVD's periodicals, pamphlets, and videos in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Khmer. You can also search the directory below for downloadable digital resources, helpful web sites, and online farming videos.
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This guide will help you use the ‘Income and Expenses Tool’ with farmers. The tool is an Excel spreadsheet, intended to be used one-on-one with a farmer and a program staff person. This tool can be used after a farmer has completed at least one selling season, or it can be used to make an estimated budget for the upcoming year. This teaching resource was developed by Global Gardens in Boise, Idaho in partnership with the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED Solutions). Refugee farmer training programs across the country provided feedback on this lesson, which is now integrated throughout the guide.
A presentation from the 2015 NIFTI National Field School by Aley Kent from the International Rescue Committee.
“Community-based” and “participatory” are big words in our work world of late. But what do we really mean by this? And how do we build programs that build farmer participation in a way that maintains the integrity of our educational programs? This session will share some key tools that can help you to navigate increased participation without losing your marbles.
Draft template for a specialty crops 25 acre incubator business plan. Provides sample language to outline an incubator's marketing, management, and financial plans.
This document was prepared by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems as a resource through the Bring New Farmers to the Table Project. This document serves as a strategic guide for Incubator farms to utilize when seeking start-up funds.
Spread sheet that provides a financial model for a 25 acre incubator farm. Includes calculations for start up funds, salaries and wages, expenses, and projected sales.
This is a tangible structure tool to teach farmers in a one-on-one setting to manage established wholesale accounts. You will spend ~30 minutes introducing the farmer to the steps in selling to wholesale accounts, introducing them to the resource, how it is laid out, and how to use it. The rest of your time is supporting the farmer in hands-on practice with the resource until they have reached competency.
This guide is intended for current Community Food Project grantees to prepare them for the Indicators of Success survey. This survey is the data collection method for the annual Indicators of Success report that documents the collective impact of all current grantees in a particular fiscal year. This report is distributed widely as well as sent to the USDA to support future CFP funding.
