This self-assessment is designed to help beginning farmers identify their business knowledge. There are nine sections covering different aspects of business health, such as business formation, land, accounting, taxation, labor & contractors, production & marketing, credit, and business plan (including insurance, energy and other items).

This self-assessment is designed to help aspiring farmers identify their business knowledge before beginning a farming or ranching operation. There are nine sections covering different aspects of business health, such as business formation, land, accounting, taxation, labor & contractors, production & marketing, credit, and business plan (including insurance, energy and other items).

This Toolkit represents the combined knowledge and experience of dozens of farm incubator projects across the U.S. in a comprehensive guide to starting and operating land-based beginning farmer training programs. The Toolkit contains topics such as how to teach new farmers, providing marketing support, program evaluation, project administration, and incubator site management.

This guide provides a comprehensive overview on how to plan and conduct an evaluation. Click "download here" on the webpage to order a free copy of the guide. This document integrates into The Netway (http://evaluationnetway.com) and the accomanying workbook which can be found on this site.

This report offers guidance on designing and conducting a cross-culturally competent program evaluation that takes into account how culture, social identity or group membership, and privilege and power affect responses. It discusses challenges and ways to address them.

The Netway is an online tool developed by Cornell University (Cornel office for Research on Evaluation) to help organzation better plan evaluations. It provides a template for the creation of a plan, logic models, pathway models (theory of change), etc. It also allows for printing reports from the system. In program help is available on how to use the software, as well as how to do evaluation.

"As early-career Extension educators challenged by societal, structural, agricultural, and fiscal trends, we designed a multiyear educational program to support the diverse needs of emerging specialty crop producers in northwest Michigan. This article presents outcomes of that program. We explore how Extension professionals can develop impactful programs that address the varied needs of the next generation of agricultural producers. We provide an overview of the New FARM program, addressing the rationale, program objectives, program logistics, evaluation results, and implications. We hope the New FARM program will serve as a useful model for early-career Extension professionals."

Organic Growers School designed this Theory of Change document based on the goals set out in their Strategic Plan. It was designed for internal reference and use with staff and board orientation, evaluation design & planning, program development, impact measurement, etc. As well as external use with funders, supporters, and others. It provides a helpful visual snapshot of their impact goals and strategies that they can share easily. It is also a helpful resource for us to reference when considering organizational changes. 

This document describes developing and using follow-up surveys to track participant changes over time.

This document explores different types of questions to ask at end of meetings or workshop sessions.