Project Overview
Since 2015, this
joint project between Community Crops and Center for Rural Affairs has enhanced urban and rural-based farm viability of 191 beginning Hispanic, socially disadvantaged, and limited resource
farmers in Nebraska. These new farmers frequently lack
financial or production skills, are unaware of technical resources,
or lack English-language proficiency for accessing technical
information. We assisted these beginners with development of small
scale farm enterprises through training and technical assistance
that: (1) improved participants’ financial and business skills, (2)
connected them with a network of resources, and (3) gained and
improved production skills. We have conducted three 4-month long courses for
financial training and resource identification, field workshops for
farming skills, farm tours to observe practices in place, and
provided individual advising to participants. The classes were
broadcast to additional sites to reduce travel for participants,
and interpreters were available for all activities. Main Street Project, based in Minnesota, presented to the workshop participants in 2015 and 2016. In 2016 they also hosted a site visit for participants to demonstrate their farming systems.
Number of Participants: 191
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