Curtis Mahnken & Mariah Beverly of the Center for Farm Financial Management share their newest applications that can help beginning farmers.

Links

• Center for Farm Financial Management | Website
• Center for Farm Financial Management | Facebook
• Center for Farm Financial Management | LinkedIn
• CropCost
• My Market Profit

John Hewlett of the University of Wyoming shares their educational resources and internship program for beginning farmers.

Links

growing-wy.org [website]

@Growing-WY.org [Facebook]

@Growing_WYInternships [Instagram]

@GrowingWYIntrns [X]

Molly Allard and Gennifer Keller of the Northern Rhode Island Conservation District share their Urban Growers Leadership Program.

Links

nricd.org [website]

@NorthernRIConservationDistrict [Facebook]

@NRICD [Instagram]

Nigel Pritchard of the Athens Land Trust shares their Georgia Farm Link program to connect beginning farmers with landowners.

Links

gafarmlink.org [website]

athenslandtrust.org [website]

@GAFarmLink [Facebook]

@AthensLandTrust [Instagram]

Aley Kent of the International Rescue Committee shares their beginning farmer training events and farm incubator plots.

Links

rescue.org [website]

@IRCTucson [Facebook]

@NewRootsTucson [Instagram]

@IRCSaltLakeCity [Facebook]

@IRCSaltLakeCity [Instagram]

@IRCSeattle [Facebook]

@NewRoots_Seattle [Instagram]

Three BFRDP Project Directors share their success stories during the 2024 BFRDP Project Director Meeting.

Links

providencefarmcollective.org [Providence Farm Collective website]

gofarmhawaii.org [GoFarm Hawai'i website]

frontlinetofarm.appstate.edu [Frontline to Farm website]

Bobby Butler of Highline College shares their workshops, farm incubator, and farm field trips for beginning farmers.

Links

sustainableag.highline.edu [website]

Rachel Brice of Land for Good shares their webinar series and involvement in the New England Farm Link Collaborative.

Links

landforgood.org [website]

newenglandfarmlandfinder.org [website]

@LandForGood [Facebook]

@Land4Good [Instagram]

@LandForGood [X]

@LandForGood [LinkedIn]

@LandForGood [YouTube]

Beth LaShell of Fort Lewis College shares their beginning farmer training program - the Four Corners Training Network.

Links

fortlewis.edu/oldfort [website]

@TheOldFortAtHesperus [Facebook]

@OldFortFarmers [Instagram]

Erin Kimbrough of Texas A&M Agrilife Extension shares their Battleground to Breaking Ground program for veterans.

Links

txagrability.tamu.edu [website]

@BattleGround to Breaking Ground [Facebook]

@BattleGround_BreakingGround [Instagram]

Angel Cruz and Sara Kidd of North Carolina State University share their Boots on the Ground apprenticeship program for veterans.

Links

bootsontheground.ncsu.edu [website]

Rosie McVeigh and Rachel Slaughter of the Appalachian Resource Conservation and Development Council share their field school, one-on-on consulting, and women farmer learning circles for beginning farmers.

Links

arcd.org [website]

@AppalachianRCD [Facebook]

@AppalachianRCD [Instagram]

Dr. Judy Wu-Smart of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shares their Great Plains Master Beekeeping Program.

Links

gpmb.unl.edu [website]

@GPMBeekeeping [Facebook]

@Great.PlainsMasterBeekeeping [Instagram]

Christine Johnson of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute shares their Midwest GRIT program for beginning grain farmers.

Links

michaelfields.org [website]

@MichaelFieldsAgriculturalInstitute [Facebook]

@Michael_Fields_Ag [Instagram]

Lauren Bigelow and Amanda Zee of the San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild share their cultivating success workshop, farmers-to-farmland program, and mentorship program.

Links

sjiagguild.com [website]

@SJIAgGuild [Facebook]

@SJIAgGuild [Instagram]

Kevin Jablonski and Carli Donoghue of the Northern Colorado Foodshed Project share their Farm Business Accelerator program for beginning farmers.

Links

FoodshedProject.org [website]

@NorthernColoradoFoodshedProject [Facebook]

@NoCoFoodshedProject [Instagram]

Oscar Ruiz of Community Through Colors shares their workshops and one-on-one support for beginning farmers in Puerto Rico.

Links

communitythroughcolors.org [website]

@CommunityThroughColors [Facebook]

@CommunityThroughColors [Instagram]

Amanda Hixson of Sierra Harvest shares their mentorship program, beginning farmer courses, farm conference field days and farmer buyer mixer events.

Links

sierraharvest.org [website]

@SierraHarvest [Facebook]

@SierraHarvest [Instagram]

Jerry Raynor of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) shares their resources for beginning farmers and ranchers.

Links

nrcs.usda.gov [website]

@USDANRCS [Facebook]

@USDA_NRCS [X]

Jiff Martin of the University of Connecticut shares their Solid ground program for beginning farmers.

Links

solidground.extension.uconn.edu [website]

William Crutchfield of Virginia State University shares their Small Farms Outreach program's New Farmer Orientation class.

Links

ext.vsu.edu/sdvbfr-program [website]

@VSUCollegeofAgriculture [Facebook]

@VSU_AG [Instagram]

Bill Hlubik, Trevor Styles, and Linnea Eberly of Rutgers University Extension share their three phase training program for beginning farmers.

Links

rubeginnerfarmer.rutgers.edu [website]

@RUReadytoFarm [Facebook]

@RUReadytoFarm [Instagram]

RU Ready to Farm on CBS News

Henry English of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff shares their beginning farmer class, workshops, and direct assistance opportunities for beginning farmers.

Links

uapb.edu/small-farm-program [website]

@UAPB.SAFHS [Facebook]

@UAPB_SAFHS [Instagram]

@UAPB_SAFHS [X]

Jessica Groskopf of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shares how their Women in Agriculture program is benefiting beginning farmers.

Links

cap.unl.edu [website]

@NEWomenInAg [Facebook]

@NEWomenInAg [Instagram]

@NEWomenInAg [X]

Matt Gordon, Megan Fehrman, and Andrew Collins-Anderson of Rogue Farm Corps share their resource guide, equity literacy curriculum, and land connection program for Oregon's beginning farmers.

Links

roguefarmcorps.org [website]

ocfsn.org [OCFSN website]

@RogueFarmCorps [Facebook]

@RogueFarmCorps [Instagram]

@RogueFarmCorps [X]

Ken Olson of South Dakota State University shares how their intensive educational programs are reaching beginning farmers and ranchers.

Links

extension.sdstate.edu [website]

extension.sdstate.edu/beefsd [BeefSD website]

extension.sdstate.edu/agritourismsd-program [AgritourismSD website]

@SDSUExtension [Facebook]

@SDSUExtension [Instagram]

Andy Larson and Sarah Larson of the Food Finance Institute share their financial coaching program for beginning farmers.

Links

foodfinanceinstitute.org [website]

@FFIEdibleAlpha [Facebook]

@FoodFinanceInstitute [LinkedIn]

Kenneth White of the Segar Advocacy Institute shares their farmer meetings and on-site farming events for beginning farmers.

Links

segarai.org [website]

@SegarAdvocacyInstitute [Facebook]

@SegarAIOrg [Instagram]

@SegarAdvocacyInstitute [LinkedIn]

Britt Calendo of the Chicago Botanic Garden-Windy City Harvest discusses their work with beginning farmers through an apprenticeship program, food safety training, and a farm incubator program.

Links

chicagobotanic.org/urbanagriculture [website]

@WindyCityHarvest [Facebook]

@WindyCityHarvest [Instagram]

@WCHProduce [X]

Lori Stern of Marbleseed shares their organic farming conference, farmer-to-farmer mentorship program, field days, and farmer advancement fund.

Links

marbleseed.org [website]

@Marbleseed [Facebook]

@Marbleseedorg [Instagram]

Julius Kolawole and Karen Spiller of SNEFCC share their land access course, farmer circles, and stipend program for beginning farmers of color.

Links

snefcc.carrd.co [website]

@SouthernNewEnglandFarmersofColor [Facebook]

@snefarmersofcolor [Instagram]

Julieta Saucedo of La Semilla Food Center discusses their beginning farmer fellowship program.

Links

lasemillafoodcenter.org [website]

@LaSemillaFoodCenter [Facebook]

@LaSemillaFoodCenter [Instagram]

Sarah Campbell and Aimee Swenson of the USDA join Curtis Mahnken and Megan Engel of the BFRDP Clearinghouse to discuss resources for beginning farmers and ranchers.

Links

Farmers.gov [website]

@FarmersGov [Facebook]

@FarmersGov [Instagram]

@FarmersGov [X]

@FarmersGov [YouTube]

Ethan Page of Central Wyoming College discusses their crop production practicum, farm business course, and farm incubator for beginning farmers.

Links

cwc.edu/regenerative-farming/ [website]

@CentralWyomingCollege [Facebook]

@CWC_Rustlers [Instagram]

@Alpine_Science_Institute_CWC [Instagram]

Simon Ellis of the Marine and Environmental Research Institute of Pohnpei discusses their work providing training and technical assistance to beginning aquaculture farmers.

Links

meripmicronesia.org [website]

@MERIPFSM [Facebook]

Paul Shinneman of Plant It Forward discusses farming with PIF and the PIF Food Hub.

Links

plantitforward.farm [website]

@PlantItForwardFarms [Facebook]

@PlantItForward [Instagram]

Susie Marshall of GROW North Texas discusses their Farm Success webinar series for beginning farmers.

Links

grownorthtexas.org [website]

@GROWNorthTexas [Facebook]

@GROWNorthTexas [Instagram]

Stephanie Blumhagen of FARRMS shares their work supporting sustainable agriculture and strengthening local food systems in North Dakota.

Links

farrms.org [website]

@Farrms [Facebook]

@farrms.nd [Instagram]

Janel Yamamoto of GoFarm Hawai'i shares their work to build sustainable farms and increase food security in Hawai'i.

Links

gofarmhawaii.org [website]

@GoFarmHawaii [Facebook]

@GoFarmHawaii [Instagram]

@GoFarmHawaii [Twitter]

Kelly Colemen of Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) shares their work to strengthen farms and engage the community to build the local food economy.

Links

BuyLocalFood.org [website]

@CISA [Facebook]

@CISA_LocalHero [Instagram]

@CISAstaff [Twitter]

Beth Leipler of Providence Farm Collective shares their work to bring mentorship and hands on experiences to aspiring farmers in socially disadvantaged populations.

Links

ProvidenceFarmCollective.org [website]

@ProvidenceFarmCollective [Facebook]

@ProvidenceFarmCollective [Instagram]

@CollectiveFarms [Twitter]

@ProvidenceFarmCollective [YouTube]

Sally Worley of the Practical Farmers of Iowa discusses their three-part series focused on equipping beginning farmers with the right tools to be successful in the state of Iowa.

Links

PracticalFarmers.org [website]

@PracticalFarmersofIowa [Facebook]

@PracticalFarmer [Instagram]

@PracticalFarmers [Twitter]

@PracticalFarmersofIowa [YouTube]

Dr. Anne Fanatico and Dr. Lynn Gibbard of Appalachian State University share their Frontline to Farm project and how it is helping beginning farmers and military Veterans.

Links

FrontlinetoFarm.appstate.edu [website]

@FrontlinetoFarm [Facebook]

@FrontlinetoFarm [Instagram]

Andrea Smith of the High Desert Food and Farm Alliance discusses their support of beginning farmers and ranchers through workshops, networking events, a mentorship program and an agritourism program - the High Desert Food Trail.

Links

HDFFA.org [website]

@HighDesertFoodandFarm [Facebook]

@HDFFA [Instagram]

Kevin Klair, Curtis Mahnken, Amulya Rao and Megan Engel, members of the BFRDP Clearinghouse team discuss what the Clearinghouse is and how it is helping beginning farmers and ranchers.

Links

FarmAnswers.org [website]

@FarmAnswers [Facebook]

@FarmAnswers [Instagram]

@FarmAnswers [Twitter]

Jen Jensen from the University of Idaho shares about the expansion of her beginning farmer programming, Cultivating Success.

Links

CultivatingSuccess.org [website]

@CSIdaho [Facebook]

Goli Ziolek of Angelic Organics Learning Center shares about business training, farmer-to-farmer training, and farm viability circles.

Links

learngrowconnect.org [website]

@AngelicOrganicsLearningCenter [Facebook]

@AngelicOrganicsLearningCenter [Instagram]

Leah Ricci and Taylor Muglia from Quivira Coalition work to build resilience across dry lands, particularly in the Western United States.

Links

quiviracoalition.org [website]

@QuiviraCoalition [Facebook]

@QuiviraCoalition [Instagram]

@QuiviraAgRanch[Twitter]

Mark Walden discusses Grow Appalachia’s beginning farmer cohort, which covers topics such as mental health and financial management.

Links

growappalachia.berea.edu [website]

@GrowAppalachia [Facebook]

@GrowAppalachiaFarmingNetwork [Facebook Group]

@GrowAppalachia [Instagram]

@GrowAppalachia [Twitter]

Nathan Harkleroad of ALBA in CA shares about his five-year training program targeted at farm workers, often Latinos.

Links

albafarmers.org [website]

@ALBAFarmers [Facebook]

@ALBAFarmers [Instagram]

John Clendaniel from Delaware State University talks about offering a Farm School program to Nanicoke and Lenape tribes. 

Links

cast.desu.edu [website]

@DSUSmallFarms [Facebook]

Marianne Cufone of Recirculating Farms talks creating food access via urban gardening, hydroponics, and aquaponics, in Louisiana and surrounding states.

Links

recirculatingfarms.org [website]

@RecirculatingFarmsCoalition [Facebook]

@RecircFarms [Instagram]

@RecircFarms [Twitter]

John Munsell from Virginia Tech discusses his program that helps people add value to “goods from the woods,” such as shrubs, mushrooms, and botanicals.

Links

appalachianforestfarmers.org [website]

@AppalachianBeginningForestFarmerCoalition [Facebook]

@AppalachianBeginningForestFarmerCoalition [Facebook Group]

@ForestFarming [YouTube]

Joanna Winkler of Future Harvest discusses a tiered training program for all types of beginning farmers.

Links

futureharvest.org [website]

@FutureHarvest [Facebook]

@FHCASA [Instagram]

@FHCASA [Twitter]

Micaela Colley of Organic Seed Alliance talks about its program that teaches people how to grow seed via on-line, cohort, and mentorship programming.

Links

seedalliance.org [website]

organicseedcommons.org [website]

@OrganicSeedAlliance [Facebook]

@Organic_Seed_Alliance [Instagram]

@Seed_Alliance [Twitter]

Leslie Schaller of the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACENet) talks about growing the regional economy in the hills of southern Ohio through a beginning farmer program.

Links

acenetworks.org [website]

@AppalachianCenterforEconomicNetworks [Facebook]

@ACENetAthens [Instagram]

@ACEnetAthens [Twitter]

Rigoberto Delgado of the National Immigrant farming Initiative joins the podcast to talk about his group’s work with Latino farmers.

Links

nationalimmigrantfarminginitiativeinc.org [website]

@NationalImmigrantFarmingInitiative [Facebook]

Frank Taylor and the team from Winston County Self-Help Cooperative is on the podcast to talk about rural America and their efforts to renew it.

Links

www.wcshc.com [website]

@WinstonCountySelfHelpCooperative [Facebook]

Dr. Samuel Scott, Scotty, of the North-South Institute, joins the podcast to discuss risk management for fruit growers in Florida and the Southern U.S.

Links

www.nsied.org [website]

@North-SouthInstituteTrainings [Facebook]

@NorthSouthInstitute_NIS [Instagram]

@NSICEED [Twitter]

Liza Marron of the San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition shares how her group created a farm incubator program and farm park in Southern Colorado.

Links

riograndefarmpark.org [website]

@RioGrandeFarmPark [Facebook]

@RioGrandeFarmPark [Instagram]

Margaret DeVos of Southside Community Land Trust shares about her group's engagement with immigrant farmers and partnership with Brown University.

Links

southsideclt.org [website]

@SouthsideCommunityLandTrust [Facebook]

@southsideclt [Instagram]

@southsideclt [Twitter]

Michael Carter Jr. of Carter Farms discusses African-American farmers' challenges and how his group helps beginning farmers be profitable.

Links

thecarterfarms.com [website]

@carterspecialtyfarm [Facebook]

@carterfarmsva [Facebook]

@carterfarmsva [Instagram]

Natalie Hughes of Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming shares about her group’s farm incubator and land access programs.

Links

groundswellcenter.org [website]

@groundswellcenter [Facebook]

@groundswellcenter [Instagram]

@GroundswellCenter [YouTube]

Lucy Spence of RISE discusses how her program in upstate New York helps immigrants and refugees begin farming in the US.

Links

refugeeandimmigrant.org [website]

@refugeeandimmigrant [Facebook]

@syracuserise [Twitter]

@refugee-and-immigrant-self-empowerment-rise [LinkedIn]

@RISE2077 [YouTube]

Robin Hackett of OEFFA discusses his group’s resources for beginning farmers, including mentorship and a phone line to provide technical assistance.

Links

Progress Report [Farm Answers]

www.oeffa.org [website]

@OhioEcologicalFoodandFarmAssociation [Facebook]

@ohioecological [Instagram]

@OEFFA [Twitter]

@OEFFAEducation [YouTube]

Margaret Morgan-Hubbard of Eco City Farms shares how her group educates and trains the next generation of urban farmers who provide access to fresh food for people living in food deserts.

Links

Progress Report [Farm Answers]

ecoffshoots.org [website]

@ECOCityFarms [Facebook]

@ECOCityFarms [Instagram]

Erin Karney of Colorado Cattlemen’s Association talks about CCA's Ranching Legacy Program and program delivery challenges during Covid-19.

Links

Colorado Cattlemen’s Association [website]

@ColoradoCattlemensAssociation [Facebook]

@ColoradoCattlemen [Instagram]

Colorado Cattlemen [YouTube]

Matte Wilson of Siċaŋġu Co joins host Betty Berning to talk about his group’s efforts to promote food sovereignty on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, an area twice the size of Rhode Island with only three grocery stores. Siċaŋġu trains people to grow their food and access fresh produce. The group is embracing its old traditions of regenerative agriculture to promote food production and independence while also creating new traditions.

Links

Sicangu Co [website]

@sicangu.co [Facebook]

@sicangu.co [Instagram]

Betty Berning interviews Robert Elliott of the Veteran’s Farm of North Carolina, a 501(c)3 organization that provides training, support, and equipment to beginning veteran farmers. Robert shares about the training opportunities available to veterans interested in starting a farm, along with his group’s unique equipment usage program that allows farmers to borrow a piece of equipment, similar to how one would check out a book from the library. He also talks about the realities and challenges of farming, including the importance of understanding one’s market before growing a crop or creating a product so that a farm can profit and succeed. He underscores the importance of family support in successful farming operations.

Links

The Veteran's Farm of North Carolina [website]

@VetFarmOfNC [Facebook]

Host Betty Berning talks with Maile Auterson of Springfield Community Gardens about their work to address the needs and enhance the success of young, beginning, and disadvantaged farmers in rural and urban areas of Greene County, MO.

Links

Reducing Barriers for Disadvantaged and Beginning Farmers in Greene County Missouri [Progress Report on Farm Answers]

Springfield Community Gardens [website]

@SpringfieldCommunityGardens [Facebook]

@springfieldcommunitygardens [Instagram]

Springfield Community Gardens [YouTube]

Host Betty Berning talks with David Reed of the National Farmers Organization about the work they are doing with beginning farmers in the midwest.

Links

AgProfit Strategies Beginning Farmer Seminars [website]

@AgProfitStrategies [Facebook]

Betty Berning is joined by Suraya Arlslan and Alejandro Tecum of Adelante Mujeres, part of the Washington Organic Sustainable Alliance. Adelante Mujeres offers programming to Spanish-speaking farmers in various ways, including traditional classes, in-the-field training, mentorship, and conferences. One of the unique facets of this group is that all programming is offered in Spanish to reach their audience best. Their group even inspired a young woman to come to the farm rather than go to the beach with her family!

Links

Increasing the Sustainability of First and Next Generation Minority Farmers [Progress Report on Farm Answers]

Adelante Mujeres (Español) [website]

Adelante Mujeres (English) [website]

@AdelanteMujeres1 [Facebook]

@AdelanteMujeres [Instagram]

@AdelanteMujeres1 [YouTube]

Host Curtis Mahnken talks with Denis Ebodaghe, National Program Leader for small farm research and Extension Program Development for USDA-NIFA. They discuss the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) , Farm Answers, and more.

Links

Farm Answers (USDA-NIFA's official BFRDP Clearinghouse) [website]

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) [website]