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"Growing Our Own": A New Sonoran Desert Farmers Incubator Program" pilots a community-based collaborative approach to increasing the number and capacity of beginning farmers in Ajo, Arizona. [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $299,237
Institution: Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Project Director: Katarina Sajovec Altshul (ajocsa@hotmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
“Growing Our Own: A New Sonoran Desert Farmers Incubator Program”...

“Supportive, Small Scale, Basic Livestock, Financial Skills and Risk Management Training for Beginning Veteran Farmers Program” [Final Report]

Award Amount: $712,500
Institution: FARMER VETERAN COALITION
Project Director: Michael O'Gorman (michaelo@farmvetco.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
FVC facilitates a national peer network that develops and provides...

21st Century Management: Enhancing Educational Programming for Beginning Women Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $720,989
Institution: UVM Extension
Project Director: Mary Peabody (mary.peabody@uvm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
As the numbers of beginning farm and ranch women has...

A Beginning Farmers Program for Socially Disadvantaged and Limited Resource Producers in Arkansas [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Project Director: Henry English (englishh@uapb.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
October 2022 - September 2023 The UAPB...

A Collaborative Training Approach for Kentucky's Military Veterans, Underserved and Rural Beginning Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: UK - CES/Ag Programs
Project Director: Craig Wood (woodch@uky.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
The goal for this project is to bring military veterans...

A Collective Approach to Providing Resources, Technology and Assistance to Beginning Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $711,213
Institution: Alabama Extension/Auburn University
Project Director: Ayanava Majumdar (azm0024@aces.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Alabama Beginning Farms (ABF) Program at Auburn University was initiated...

A Comprehensive Approach to Growing Successful Beginning Meat Producers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,020
Institution: NC State University College of Animal and Life Sciences
Project Director: Sarah Blacklin (seblackl@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The goal of the project is to increase the number...

A comprehensive new farmer training program for Maine [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $709,713
Institution: Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Project Director: Ryan Dennett (rdennett@mofga.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Success in training farmers is the hallmark of the Maine...

A Pathway to Livestock Farming: Providing Access to Land and A Guiding Hand [Final Report]

Award Amount: $219,274
Institution: Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc
Project Director: WENDY WARREN (wendy.warren@swbadger.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The project develops opportunities to start farming on rented land with...

Accelerating Farmland Access in Vermont [Final Report]

Award Amount: $546,386
Institution: Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
Project Director: Ela Chapin (ela@vhcb.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
VHCB’s Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program, the Intervale Center, and...

Access to Land for New England`s Beginning Farmers: Phase 2 [Final Report]

Award Amount: $641,222
Institution: Land For Good
Project Director: Kathy Ruhf (kathy@landforgood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Access to land is one of the biggest challenges for beginning...

Access to Land for New England`s Beginning Farmers: Phase 3 [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,197
Institution: Land For Good
Project Director: Jim Hafner (executivedirector@landforgood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Land access is a top challenge for beginning farmers (BFs);...

Addressing the Training Needs of Hispanic and Limited Resource Beginning Farmers in Nebraska [Final Report]

Award Amount: $381,726
Institution: Community Crops
Project Director: Ingrid Kirst (ingrid@communitycrops.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Since 2015, this joint project between Community Crops and Center for...

Advancing Beginning Farmer and Rancher Viability by Expanding Our Effective Educational Strategies [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: Oregon State University
Project Director: Garry Stephenson (garry.stephenson@oregonstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
The long-term goal of this project is to (a) support and...

Advancing Immigrants and Refugees Toward Farm Ownership and Building Learning Networks Thro [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $749,548
Institution: World Farmers Inc
Project Director: Maria Moreira (mmoreira@worldfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of this three-year project and beyond is...

Advancing Next Generation Urban Farmers: Experiential Education, Mentoring, and Employment [Final Report]

Award Amount: $708,700
Institution: Planting Justice
Project Director: Gavin Raders (gavin@plantingjustice.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This Standard BFRDP project presents an innovative model to advance...

Advancing the Business of Farming in Connecticut in Partnership with Agriculture Learning Centers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $597,598
Institution: University of Connecticut
Project Director: Jiff Martin (jiff.martin@uconn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Our project was developed by and for small scale beginning...

Agroforestry Training For Native Hawaiians To Increase Economic Opportunity, Food Security And Cultural Connection [Final Report]

Award Amount: $598,170
Institution: Halau Kealaokamaile
Project Director: Fred Krauss (admin@kealaokamaile.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
We increased the number and enhanced the success of Native...

Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Program: Growing Opportunities Beneath the Canopy [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $656,903
Institution: Virginia Tech University
Project Director: John Munsell (jfmunsel@vt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Increasing demand for high- quality, herbal and nutraceutical products is improving...

Appalachian Resource Conservation and Development [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $407,995
Institution: Appalachian RC&D Council
Project Director: Susan McKinney (susan@arcd.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Through the Field School Beginning Farmer Training Program, the Appalachian...

Aquaculture Boot Camp - 2: Enhancing the sustainability of new and limited resource aquaculture/aquaponic farmers with innovative training [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,000
Institution: The Ohio State University
Project Director: HANPING WANG (wang.900@osu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Aquaculture Boot Camp (ABC) is an extremely successful program. The...

Arcadia`s Veteran Farmer Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $99,947
Institution: Arcadia Food, Inc.
Project Director: Matt Mulder (matt@arcadiafood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Based in Fairfax County, Virginia, but pulling on expertise and...

Arcadia`s Veteran Farmer Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $597,124
Institution: Arcadia Food, Inc.
Project Director: Matt Mulder (matt@arcadiafood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Based in Fairfax County, Virginia, but pulling from expertise and farms...

Armed to Farm: Soldiering the Success of Military Veterans in New Poultry, Livestock and Agroforestry Enterprises [Final Report]

Award Amount: $749,720
Institution: University of Arkansas
Project Director: Dan Donoghue (ddonogh@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Farming offers a viable avenue for returning veterans to transition into...

Athens Land Trust Beginning Farmer Development Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $298,893
Institution: Athens Land Trust
Project Director: Stephanie Simmons (stephanie@athenslandtrust.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The goal of Athens Land Trust's Beginning Farmer Development Program...

Battle ground to Breaking Ground [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Texas A&M AgrLife Extension
Project Director: Rick Peterson (rlpeterson@ag.tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The project’s overall goals were to increase the number and...

Battleground to Breaking Ground Expansion Project [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: Texas A&M Agrilife Extension
Project Director: Erin Kimbrough (erin.kimbrough@ag.tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension's Battleground to Breaking Ground Expansion Program meets...

Beefing Up Livestock, Poultry and Agroforestry Enterprises for Military Veteran Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,971
Institution: University of Arkansas
Project Director: Dan Donoghue (ddonogh@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Farming offers a viable avenue for veterans assimilating into...

beefSD: Enhancing knowledge and success of beginning beef producers through mentorship and training [Final Report]

Award Amount: $744,113
Institution: South Dakota State University
Project Director: Ken Olson (kenneth.olson@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
We addressed the primary goal of BFRDP “enhance food security,...

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Clearinghouse [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: CFFM - UMN
Project Director: Robert Craven (rcraven@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The purpose of this project was to continue to develop...

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,995
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Director: Jessica Groskopf (jgroskopf2@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This simplified standard grant was used to enhance the activities of...

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Clearinghouse [Final Report]

Award Amount: $1,000,000
Institution: University of Minnesota
Project Director: Robert Craven (rcraven@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project has developed a Clearinghouse that will help beginning...

Beginning Farmer Business Management Resources [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: University of Minnesota, Center for Farm Financial Management
Project Director: Kevin Klair (kklair@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The purpose of this Educational Enhancement Team project is to...

Beginning Farmer Success: Farm Pathways to Long Term Land Tenure [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Organic Growers School
Project Director: Cameron Farlow (cameron@organicgrowersschool.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
...

Beginning farmer training program for small to mid-scale horticulture farmers with less than ten years experience. [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $589,610
Institution: Louisiana State University AgCenter
Project Director: Carl Motsenbocker (cmotsenbocker@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

Beginning Farmer-Rancher Training Program: Hawaii Island [Final Report]

Award Amount: $564,000
Institution: The Kohala Center
Project Director: Melanie Willich (mwillich@kohalacenter.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
While Hawai‘i has abundant agricultural lands and a 12-month growing season,...

Beginning Farmers Georgia Agribusiness Incubator Network (B-GAIN) [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $250,000
Institution: GENERATION INFOCUS FOUNDATION INC
Project Director: Tiffany Ray (tiffany@generationinfocus.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Our program creates a positive ecosystem promoting professional and financial...

Beyond Start Up: Building the Capacity of MA Beginning Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,533
Institution: Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
Project Director: Kelly Coleman (kelly@buylocalfood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This renewal Standard BFRDP project built upon a successful Development Grant...

Boots On the Ground: North Carolina's Veteran Farmer Apprenticeship [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $626,230
Institution: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Project Director: Angel Cruz (aecruz@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Farming and ranching offer a viable path for returning veterans...

Breaking Down Barriers to Maryland Beginning Farmer Success: Growing Local Mkts and Urban [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $491,950
Institution: University of Maryland Extension, Baltimore City Office
Project Director: Neith Little (nglittle@umd.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project is a collaboration of six Maryland organizations: University...

Bridging the Gap: Growing Veterans [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $749,979
Institution: Hoola Veteran Services
Project Director: Emily Emmons (emily@hoolafarms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

Building a Regional Coalition in the Heart of Appalachia to Enhance Beginning Farmer Education with Experience in the Field [Final Report]

Award Amount: $473,915
Institution: Appalachian Sustainable Development
Project Director: Kathlyn Baker (kterry@asdevelop.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The project applicants represent a regional coalition joined across the...

Building Beginning Farmer Capacity and Sustainability through Outreach, Training, Mentorship & Land Access [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Grow Food DBA Viva Farms
Project Director: Michael Frazier (michael@vivafarms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
...

Building Beginning Farmer Resilience through Hybrid Participatory Education, Urban-Rural Networks, Mentorship, and Incubation [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $593,462
Institution: Agroecology Commons
Project Director: Leah Atwood (leah@agroecologycommons.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
...

Building Entrepreneurial, Farm Management and Land Stewardship Capacity for South Carolina New and Beginning Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $595,133
Institution: Clemson University
Project Director: Dave Lamie (dlamie@clemson.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
As a collaboration of organizations, coordinated and led by Clemson...

Building Farm Foundations and Planning for Success: Beginning Farmer Training for Military Veterans in the Intermountain West. [Final Report]

Award Amount: $238,441
Institution: NCAT
Project Director: Tammy Howard (tammyh@ncat.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Over the course of Building Farm Foundations and Planning for...

Building Farm Foundations and Planning for Success: Beginning Farmer Training for Military Veterans in the Northeast U.S. [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $231,679
Institution: National Center for Appropriate Technology
Project Director: Margo Hale (margoh@ncat.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) partnered with Sterling College, Farmer...

Building Farmer Resilience with Direct Markets [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $748,755
Institution: Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP)
Project Director: Molly Nicholie (molly@asapconnections.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
The goal of this project is to enhance long-term resilience...

Building Labor Management Know-How Among Beginning Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $594,372
Institution: University of Vermont Extension
Project Director: Beth Holtzman (beth.holtzman@uvm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Farm labor is among the most significant challenges beginning farmers...

Building National Farmer and Rancher Apprenticeship Curricula, Best Practices, and “Train the Trainer” Resources [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,796
Institution: Trustees of Tufts College
Project Director: Jennifer Hashley (jennifer.hashley@tufts.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Existing apprenticeship and mentoring programs desire shared guidelines and best...

Building On-Farm Success: Resources and Training for Montana`s Beginning Farmers and Ranchers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $299,946
Institution: Community Food & Agriculture Coalition
Project Director: Annie Heuscher (annie@missoulacfac.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Montana's farmers are under significant climatic and market pressure to create...

Building Place-Based Mentorships for Beginning Grain Farmers with Special Support for Beginning Women Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $746,424
Institution: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
Project Director: Nicole Tautges (ntautges@michaelfields.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Midwest GRIT is a peer-to-peer and professional education dissemination-based, year-long...

Bundling Selected USDA Programs and Application of Cooperative Approach to Enhance Beginning Farmers in Developing Viable Farms in Treasure [Final Report]

Award Amount: $330,828
Institution: North-South Institute
Project Director: Samuel Scott (nsied2002@aol.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The project’s long term goal bundles USDA Programs and offer them...

Business Development with Native American Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Arizona [Final Report]

Award Amount: $297,506
Institution: First Nations Development Institute
Project Director: Jackie Francke (jfrancke@firstnations.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
In Year 2, activities included 5 workshops and trainings that were...

Capturing Momentum: Growing Urban Farmers and Farms [Final Report]

Award Amount: $299,979
Institution: ECO City Farms
Project Director: Margaret Morgan Hubbard (mmh@ecocityfarms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Capturing Momentum: Growing Urban Farmers and Farms was a multi-pronged...

Chemeketa Incubator Farm Planning Project: Developing a Land Based, Multi-grower Education Project for Beginning Farmers from Diverse Communities [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,697
Institution: Chemeketa Community College
Project Director: Gaelen McAllister (gaelen.mcallister@chemeketa.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The primary goal of this project was to lay the...

Classroom and Field-based Training to Assist Beginning Farmers’ Entry into Organic Seed Production [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $251,237
Institution: Organic Seed Alliance
Project Director: Micaela Colley (micaela@seedalliance.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Organic seed production represents a lucrative and growing specialty agricultural...

Closing the Loop: Regenerative Agriculture on Minority-owned and Operated Small Farms [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Sustainable Systems Research Foundation
Project Director: Ronnie Lipschutz (rlipsch@ucsc.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
This project seeks to provide new and beginning socially disadvantaged Latina/o...

Collaborative Training and Mentorship Pathways for Beginning Foothill Farmers and Ranchers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $500,352
Institution: Sierra Harvest
Project Director: Amanda Hixson (amanda@sierraharvest.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Sierra Harvest, a community-based organization that has trained over 100...

Conduct Farmer to Farmer Mentoring to Beginning, Immigrant, & Refugee Farmers in Crop Production & Marketing [Final Report]

Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: World Farmers Inc
Project Director: Maria Moreira (mmoreira@worldfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of this one year Development project was...

Cooperative Development Center of Northern New Mexico [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: Center of Southwest Culture, Inc.
Project Director: Arturo Sandoval (vocesinc@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Center of Southwest Culture's Cooperative Center (CODECE) project received...

Creating and Sustaining Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Beginning Farmers and Ranchers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Virginia State University
Project Director: William Crutchfield (wcrutchfield@vsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The VSU BFRDP team has been successful in accomplishing the...

Creating Profitable Farm Business Opportunity for Native Americans and Veteran Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in North Carolina [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $298,500
Institution: Native Brand Honey, LLC
Project Director: Chana White (chanawhitewsfg@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
During the 1st reporting period, the Native Brand Honey project...

Cultivating Farmers and Ranchers that Thrive: An Innovative Model for Holistic Agriculture Success in the High Desert West [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $591,773
Institution: Western Colorado Food and Agriculture Council DBA Valley Food Partnership
Project Director: Penelope Powell (penelope@valleyfoodpartnership.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
Cultivating Farmers and Ranchers that Thrive (CFRT), led by Valley...

Cultivating Resilience: Expanding Comprehensive Training, Support and Networking for Beginner and Advanced-Beginner Farmers in Maine [Final Report]

Award Amount: $749,891
Institution: Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Project Director: Ryan Dennett (rdennett@mofga.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project, which built on previously successful BFRDP funded initiatives,...

Cultivating Success Idaho [Final Report]

Award Amount: $505,144
Institution: University of Idaho
Project Director: Iris Mayes (imayes@uidaho.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The purpose of Cultivating Success: A Comprehensive Beginning Farmer Training and...

Cultivating Triple Bottom Line Resilience for Beginning Farmers in Maine and Vermont [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $725,112
Institution: Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Project Director: Ryan Dennett (rdennett@mofga.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
New England’s beginning farmers face unprecedented challenges – climate change...

Curriculum and Tool Development for Beginning BIPOC Farmers in Massachusetts [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $49,486
Institution: Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Inc
Project Director: George Spring Buffalo (chiefgeorgespring@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Indigenous Roots Forever: A Business Support Program for Tribal and...

Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship: A National Program for Training New Dairy Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship
Project Director: Joseph Tomandl, III (joe@dairygrazingapprenticeship.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
“Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship: A National Program for Training New Dairy Farmers”...

Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship: Building Capacity, Curriculum, and Partnerships for Nationwide Work-Based Training of Beginning Dairy Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $596,625
Institution: Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship
Project Director: Joseph Tomandl (joe@dga-national.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) is National Apprenticeship under the U.S. Department of...

Deep Roots: Thoughtful, Comprehensive, Community-Based Beginning Farmer Training [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: Sustainable Farming Association
Project Director: John Mesko (john@sfa-mn.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
During this project, we focused our efforts on those individuals...

Delta Farming Start [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $681,628
Institution: Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Worker Opportunities, Inc.
Project Director: DONALD GREEN (mdcfwoi@cableone.net)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
In the second project year, Delta Farming Start delivered technical assistance,...

Developing and Sustaining Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Texas [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $300,000
Institution: Texas Agriforestry Small Farmers and Ranchers
Project Director: Igalious Mills (igalikemills@swbell.net)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Texas Agriforestry Small Farmers and Ranchers implemented a program of...

Developing Beginning Veteran and Small Farmer Agricultural Groups Using a Vet. Small Farmer Village Model [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $744,736
Institution: North South Institute
Project Director: Samuel Scott (nsied2002@aol.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Underserved New and Beginning Producers face eight (8) major challenges: access...

Developing Capacity for Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Beginning Farmers in Black Belt Alabama through Experience-Based Whole Farm Planning, Mentoring, and Internship Programs [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: Alabama A&M University
Project Director: Duncan M Chembezi (duncan.chembezi@aamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Alabama A&M University (AAMU) is an 1890 and historically black...

Developing New and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Using the Model Farm Concept [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $524,632
Institution: Prairie View A&M University
Project Director: Billy Lawton (bclawton@pvamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project has recruited and enhanced the sustainability of new...

Developing Opportunities and Growing Business of Limited-Resource and Native American Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Arizona [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: The University of Arizona
Project Director: Russell Tronstad (tronstad@ag.arizona.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This proposal emphasizes the priority topic areas of: basic...

Developing Quick-Response Tools for Rapid Farm Redevelopment, and Expansion of Farming Capacities of Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in 12 Selected Florida Counties [Final Report]

Award Amount: $442,616
Institution: North-South Institute
Project Director: Samuel Scott (nsied2002@aol.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The project goal includes implementing a program to arrest ...

Developing Sustainable, Resilient Urban Growers Through Beginning Farmer Training in Newark, New Jersey [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Newark Science and Sustainability, Inc.
Project Director: Tobias Fox (tobiasfox1@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Newark Science and Sustainability (NSAS) as training lead, working in...

Developing the Center for Farm and Ranch Transition in Kansas [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $748,347
Institution: Kansas State University
Project Director: Allen Featherstone (afeather@ksu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project will provide resources to develop the Center for...

Developing the Next Generation of Sustainable Farmers in Georgia: A Comprehensive Training Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $652,852
Institution: University of Georgia
Project Director: Julia Gaskin (jgaskin@uga.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The overall goal was to increase the number of small...

Direct Markets: the Next Generation of Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $536,612
Institution: ASAP
Project Director: Molly Nicholie (molly@asapconnections.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The goal of this project was to enhance the viability...

Education, Outreach, and Training to Alaska Native Beginning Farmers and Ranchers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $427,740
Institution: Tyonek Tribal Conservation District
Project Director: Christy Cincotta (ccincotta@tyonek.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project provided training, education, outreach and technical assistance to...

Educational Tools and Methods for Beginning Refugee & Immigrant Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $743,029
Institution: ISED Solutions / Third Sector New England
Project Director: Hugh Joseph (hughjoseph@comcast.net)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
ISED Solutions started its EET award collaboration with 20 refugee farming...

Effective Support for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Grounded in a Stages of Development Framework [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Oregon State University
Project Director: Garry Stephenson (garry.stephenson@oregonstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of our project is to increase the number...

Empowering Emerging, Historically-Underserved Urban Farmers in the DC Metro Area [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $524,938
Institution: ECO City Farms
Project Director: Margaret Morgan Hubbard (mmh@ecocityfarms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
ECO City Farms’ Empowering Emerging, Historically-Underserved Urban Farmers in the...

Empowering New Forest Owners in the Northwest [Final Report]

Award Amount: $167,942
Institution: Northwest Natural Resource Group
Project Director: Kirk Hanson (kirk@nnrg.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of Empowering New Forest Owners in the Northwest...

Enhancing On-Farm Success: Building a Sustainable Platform for Beginning Farmer Support [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $523,355
Institution: Community Food & Agriculture Coalition
Project Director: Bonnie Buckingham (cfacinfo@missoulacfac.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Montana is a challenging place to start farming. A short...

Enhancing Success for Beginning, Socially Disadvantaged Farmers through Customized Resources, Hands-On Training, and Comprehensive Supports [Final Report]

Award Amount: $299,353
Institution: The Food Group
Project Director: Laura Mirafuentes (lmirafuentes@thefoodgroupmn.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project builds on the success of two previous BFRDP...

Enhancing Sustainability and Success of Beginning Farmers through Expert Training and Support in Connecticut [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $355,538
Institution: KNOX, Inc.
Project Director: Lindsay White (lindsayw@knoxhartford.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Our overall goal is to deliver high-quality training to underemployed,...

Enhancing the Local Food System in Vieques, PR through Capacity Building of Beginning Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $464,575
Institution: Community Through Colors
Project Director: Edgar Ruiz (oscar@sailrelief.team)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project has enhanced food access for low-income communities living...

Enhancing the Success and Viability of Beginner Farmer Ranchers in Central Oregon [Final Report]

Award Amount: $282,902
Institution: High Desert Food & Farm Alliance
Project Director: Katrina Van Dis (katrina@hdffa.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The High Desert Food & Farm Alliance continues to collaborate...

Enhancing the Sustainability and Viability of Beginning Farmers and Ranchers through Training Exercises, Mentoring and Outreach Programs [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $538,271
Institution: WINSTON COUNTY SELF HELP COOPERATIVE
Project Director: Frank Taylor (fltaylor@bellsouth.net)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

Ensuring Beginning Farmers` Long-Term Commercial Success [Final Report]

Award Amount: $597,599
Institution: Future Harvest - Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture
Project Director: Sarah Sohn (sarah@futureharvestcasa.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
According to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, of Maryland's 12,400...

Equipping New Farmers with Practical Skills & Knowledge [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $582,400
Institution: University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Project Director: David Handley (david.handley@maine.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
In year one and two, beginning farmers participated in a...

Establishing a Statewide Beginning Farmer Training Program in Kansas to Assist Beginning Farmer Development and Increase Business Success [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Kansas Rural Center
Project Director: Ryan Goertzen-Regier (ryangr@kansasruralcenter.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-range goal of this project was to develop a...

Evaluating Beginning Farmer Programs: Identifying Outcomes, Impacts and Factors Relating to Success [Final Report]

Award Amount: $150,000
Institution: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Project Director: Juli Obudzinski (jobudzinski@sustainableagriculture.net)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
As interest in new farmer training continues to grow across...

Evaluation Support and Technical Assistance EET for Beginning Farmer and Rancher Programs [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,820
Institution: University of Callifornia - Santa Cruz
Project Director: Daniel Press (dpress@ucsc.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of this project is to support the...

Expanding Farming Systems and Marketing Opportunities for Refugee and Native American Farmers in the Mountain West [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Utah State University
Project Director: Kynda Curtis (kynda.curtis@usu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

Expanding Integrated Solutions to Achieve Farmland Access for New Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $749,689
Institution: Renewing the Countryside
Project Director: Jan Joannides (jan@rtcinfo.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
In the "Expanding Integrated Solutions to Achieve Farmland Access for...

Expanding trainer skills and visual-based resources for refugee and other beginning farmer incubators [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $799,742
Institution: ISED Solutions / TSNE MIssionworks
Project Director: Hugh Joseph (hughjoseph@comcast.net)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Educational Team
Summary
Project core objectives have been to implement a nationwide community...

Exploring, Establishing and Enhancing Farm Entrepreneurs through Decision-Making, Farmer [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $552,142
Institution: Practical Farmers of Iowa
Project Director: Sarah Carlson (sarah.carlson@practicalfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Practical Farmers of Iowa is leading the Exploring, Establishing and Enhancing...

Facilitating success for beginning farmers and ranchers in Washington`s remote island communities. [Final Report]

Award Amount: $554,548
Institution: Organic Farm School
Project Director: Sebastian Aguilar (sebastian@organicfarmschool.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project served new and existing beginning farmers and ranchers...

Farm Beginnings from Regional to National: Beginning Farmers and Viable Farms Initiative [Final Report]

Award Amount: $384,649
Institution: Land Stewardship Project
Project Director: Amy Bacigalupo (amyb@landstewardshipproject.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Title: Farm Beginnings from Regional to National: Beginning Farmers and...

Farm Dreams Apprenticeship Program [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $491,100
Institution: Salt City Harvest Farm
Project Director: Jacob Gigler (info@saltcityharvest.farm)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
The first year of the Farm Dreams Apprenticeship Program (aka...

Farm Management Educational Program for New, Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Mississippi [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Alcorn State University
Project Director: Elizabeth Myles (emyles@alcorn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The overall goal of the Farm Management Educational Program (FMEP)...

Farm Pathways: Access to Land, Livelihood, and Learning [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Project Director: Kristy Urquhart (kristy@appalachian.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Farm Pathways: Access to Land, Livelihood, and Learning project...

Farm School NYC 2016-2019: Enhancing Educational Experiences, Resources, and Support for Beginning Urban Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $593,930
Institution: Farm School NYC / Just Food
Project Director: Onika Abraham (onika@justfood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
During Farm School NYC’s three-year USDA BFRDP grant from 2016-2019, we...

Farm Transition and Business Planning for Beginning Immigrant and Refugee Farmers through Farmer to Farmer Mentorship [Final Report]

Award Amount: $589,508
Institution: World Farmers
Project Director: Maria Moreira (mmoreira@worldfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
World Farmers' project centered on increasing farmers’ agricultural capacity as...

Farm Works: Supporting beginning, limited resource farmers, including immigrants and refugees, in the Puget Sound Region [Final Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: Seattle Tilth Association
Project Director: Andrea Dwyer (andreadwyer@seattletilth.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Tilth Alliance Farm Works (TAFW) Agricultural Training and Incubator Project...

Farmer Education and Enterprise Development (FEED) for beginning, socially-disadvantaged (BSD) farmers in the Salinas Valley [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: ALBA
Project Director: Christopher Brown (chris@albafarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
1. Project Title: Farmer Education and Enterprise Development (FEED) Project2....

Farmer-to-Farmer Mentoring for Beginning, Immigrant, & Refugee Farmers in Crop  Production & Marketing Using the Existing Thirty Year Old Fl [Final Report]

Award Amount: $711,000
Institution: World Farmers
Project Director: Maria Moreira (mmoreira@worldfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of this three-year Collaborative project is to...

Farmers-to-Farmland: A Collaborative Model to Enable New Farmers and Ranchers in the Remote San Juan Islands, Washington [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $304,637
Institution: San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild
Project Director: Stephanie Coffey (info@sjiagguild.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Building on momentum from USDA BFRDP #2016-03316, this Farmers-to-Farmland project...

Farming for Cash: A Continuing Training Program for Veteran, Socially-disadvantaged, and Limited-resource Beginning Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $519,443
Institution: Kentucky State University
Project Director: Siddhartha Dasgupta (siddhartha.dasgupta@kysu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project is a collaboration between Kentucky State University (KSU)...

Farming for Prosperity: Immigrant and Refugee Training Program in South King County [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $735,353
Institution: Highline College
Project Director: Bobby Butler (bbutler@highline.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Farming for Prosperity (FFP) for Immigrant and Refugee Farmers in...

FARMLAND FOR THE NEXT GENERATION:TRAINING THE TRAINERS TO HELP BEGINNERS SECURE LAND AND SUCCEED IN AGRICULTURE [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $669,796
Institution: American Farmland Trust
Project Director: Julia Freedgood (jfreedgood@farmland.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
According to USDA’s 2012 Census of Agriculture, the number of...

Farmstarts: Training, Developing and Mentoring Beginning Cattle, Dairy [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: NFO, Inc.
Project Director: David Reed (dreed@nfo.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
As of reporting date project had been on hold due...

FARRMS: Growing Together [Final Report]

Award Amount: $513,959
Institution: FARRMS
Project Director: Stephanie Blumhagen (info@farrms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
FARRMS: Growing Together is strategic partnership between FARRMS and many...

Fastrack Farming: A Training Program for Socially Disadvantaged and Military Veteran Beginning Farmers During the COVID-19 Pandemic [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $538,988
Institution: Central State University
Project Director: sdasgupta@centralstate.edu Dasgupta (sdasgupta@centralstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
systems, food safety, farm safety, and farm/financial/risk management. It...

Feed Rhode Island: Growing Sustainable Farms [Final Report]

Award Amount: $596,517
Institution: Southside Community Land Trust
Project Director: Margaret DeVos (margaret@southsideclt.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Feed Rhode Island: Growing Sustainable Farms seeks to increase the...

Filling in the Gaps: Developing a Farmer Training Pipeline for Metropolitan NYC and Mid and Upper Hudson Valley Farmers with Special Emphasi [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $693,918
Institution: Hawthorne Valley Association
Project Director: Rachel Schneider (rachel@hawthornevalleyfarm.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The 2015-2016 of our Beginning Farmer/Rancher Development Project has...

Fincas De Familia: Bridging Generations and Programs to Develop Successful Beginning Farmers In South Texas Colonias [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $726,231
Institution: UTRGV
Project Director: Juan Raygoza (juan.raygoza@utrgv.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of this proposed project was to develop...

First Generation Farmers: Developing a Beginning Farmer Incubator to Teach Strategies for Farming on the Urban-Edge [Final Report]

Award Amount: $200,000
Institution: First Generation Farmers
Project Director: Allison Cecchini (alli@firstgenerationfarmers.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Our goal is to support Beginning Farmers with the foundational...

Food Sovereignty: Growing Urban Farmers and Farms [Final Report]

Award Amount: $352,095
Institution: ECO City Farms
Project Director: Margaret Morgan Hubbard (mmh@ecocityfarms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Final Project Summary:Our three-year training project amplified, deepened and extended...

Fortifying Rural Economic Empowerment (FREE): Multi-State Farm BusinessDevelopment, Innovative Farming Strategies, and Apprenticeship Program [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $583,799
Institution: Winston County Self Help Cooperative
Project Director: Frank Taylor (fltaylor@bellsouth.net)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
In alignment with the BFRDP primary goal, this project helped...

Free-Range & Pastured Poultry Training & Outreach Innovation Hub for Beginning Farmers in California & Oregon [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $793,732
Institution: UC Davis School of Vet Med-Cooperative Ext
Project Director: Maurice Pitesky (mepitesky@ucdavis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Free-range and pastured poultry operations are gaining increasing popularity and...

From Seed to Table: Military Veteran Training for Sustainable Container Farming Initiatives [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $599,392
Institution: University of Missouri - Kansas City
Project Director: Angela Cottrell (cottrella@umkc.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
As a coalition, the University of Missouri – Kansas City...

From Training to Sustaining How Beginning Refugee Farmers Build Successful Farm Enterprises [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $500,000
Institution: Jannus, Inc. Attn: Global Gardens
Project Director: Ben Brock (bbrock@idahorefugees.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Global Gardens is a land-based agriculture training program in Boise,...

Frontera Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Project [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Project Director: Juan Raygoza (juan.raygoza@utrgv.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The goal of this Standard BFRDP project, the Frontera Beginning Farmers and...

G.R.O.W.E.R.Generate Real Opportunities through Earth's Resources Apprenticeship Program Planning Grant [Final Report]

Award Amount: $24,999
Institution: CSUSM
Project Director: Paola Ometto (pometto@csusm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
The G.R.O.W.E.R. Apprenticeship program -“Generate Real Opportunities through Earth’s Resources”- was...

Generation Indigenous Food:  Preparing Beginning Farmers and Ranchers for Success and Resilency [Final Report]

Award Amount: $681,459
Institution: University of Arkansas
Project Director: Janie Hipp (jhipp@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project brought together American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native...

Global Garden Farm Chicago: Preparing Displaced Refugee Farmers for Vegetable Production in the Midwest [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $71,080
Institution: Global Garden Refugee Trainig Farm
Project Director: Linda Seyler (globalgardenfarm@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Global Garden Refugee Training Farm (GGRTF) developed and delivered 2...

Global Gardens New Farmer Training Project [Final Report]

Award Amount: $597,867
Institution: Jannus, Inc.
Project Director: Katie Painter (katiepainter.ised@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Global Gardens trained beginning farmers who have cultural, linguistic, or...

Global Growers Farmer Development Initiative [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $598,095
Institution: Global Growers Network
Project Director: Robin Chanin (robin@globalgrowers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Global Growers Farmer Development Initiative has strengthened the local...

Go Farm Hawaii-Building Sustainable Farms for Hawaii [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,972
Institution: University of Hawaii, CTAHR
Project Director: Janel Yamamoto (janelnoy@hawaii.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Located 2,200 miles from the continental U.S., Hawaii imports about...

GoFarm Incubator Expansion Project [Final Report]

Award Amount: $394,150
Institution: GoFarm
Project Director: Eileen ORourke (eileen@gofarmcoop.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The proposed GoFarm Incubator Expansion Project is an extension of...

Going Whole Hog: Sustainable Livestock and Agroforestry Training for Military Veterans [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $599,684
Institution: Appalachian State University
Project Director: Anne Fanatico (fanaticoac@appstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Military veterans have made great sacrifices and need our support in...

Great Lakes Incubator Farm: Enhancing Agricultural, Environmental, and Economic Resilience in Northwest Michigan and Beyond [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $695,617
Institution: Grand Traverse Conservation District
Project Director: Koffi Kpachavi (koffi@gtcd.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
The Great Lakes Incubator Farm (GLIF) program of the Grand...

Great Plains Master Beekeeping Farmer Open Apiaries and Educational Training Kits [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $496,890
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Director: Judy Wu-Smart (jwu-smart@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Experiential learning or "learning through reflections of doing" is a...

Groundswell New Farmer Training Programs [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $707,726
Institution: Center for Transformative Action
Project Director: Joanna Green (joanna@groundswellcenter.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Our Project Goal is to increase the number, diversity, profitability, and...

Groundtruthing Farm Viability: Providing a Continuum of Advice, Support, Education and Outreach to Create Long-Term Sustainability for Beginning Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $577,965
Institution: Practical Farmers of Iowa
Project Director: Greg Van Den Berghe (greg@practicalfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of this project is to help beginning farmers...

Grow Appalachia`s Climate Resilient Farming Project [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $714,717
Institution: Grow Appalachia Berea College
Project Director: Mark Walden (waldenm@berea.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Grow Appalachia's Climate Resilient Farming Project (CRFP) will increase the...

Growing a Community of Sustainable, Grass-Based Dairy Farmers in the mid-Atlantic through Formal Apprenticeship [Final Report]

Award Amount: $391,596
Institution: PASA
Project Director: Franklin Egan (franklin@pasafarming.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
In this project, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)...

Growing a New Tradition of Urban Farmers ("New Traditions") [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $749,781
Institution: RECIPE FOR SUCCESS FOUNDATION
Project Director: Gracie Cavnar (graciecavnar@mac.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
To survive, new farms-both urban and rural, must be financially...

Growing Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Wyoming [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: University of Wyoming
Project Director: John Hewlett (hewlett@uwyo.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Keywords: Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP); Wyoming new...

Growing Farmers Initiative: Equipping beginning farmers to create economically and ecologically resilient farm enterprises in NY and beyond [Final Report]

Award Amount: $744,951
Institution: Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Project Director: Sara Elliott (sarae@stonebarnscenter.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Stone Barns Center's beginning farmer training program, the Growing Farmers...

Growing Good Farmers, Growing Good Food: A Comprehensive Training Program for Ohio`s Organic and Sustainable Beginning Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $566,141
Institution: Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
Project Director: Carol Goland (cgoland@oeffa.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The project has laid the foundation to help aspiring farmers...

Growing Roots: Deepening Support for Diverse New Farmers and Ranchers in California [Final Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: The Regents of the University of California
Project Director: Jennifer Sowerwine (jsowerwi@berkeley.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Building on the successes of two prior BFR projects, the...

Growing Self-Reliant Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $369,500
Institution: Calypso Farm and Ecology Center
Project Director: Susan Willsrud (calypsosusan@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Growing Self-Reliant Farmers project serves aspiring and beginning farmers,...

Growing Sustainable Farms: Training, Land and Resources for Beginning Socially-Disadvantaged Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $159,626
Institution: Minnesota Food Association
Project Director: Laura Mirafuentes (lmirafuentes@thefoodgroupmn.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Growing Sustainable Farms: Training, Land and Resources for Beginning Socially-Disadvantaged...

Growing the Four Corners Training Network for High Desert Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $640,143
Institution: Fort Lewis College- Old Fort at Hesperus
Project Director: Beth LaShell (lashell_b@fortlewis.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The goal of this project is to expand the Four...

Growing the Management Skills of Native Americans and Limited-Resource Beginning Farmers in the Southwest [Final Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: The University of Arizona
Project Director: Russell Tronstad (tronstad@ag.arizona.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project emphasizes the priority topic areas of basic crop...

Growing Together: Building the Capacity and Skills of Low-Resource Beginning Farmers and Agricultural Service Providers in Maine [Final Report]

Award Amount: $750,000
Institution: Cultivating Community
Project Director: Craig Lapine (craig@cultivatingcommunity.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Cultivating Community’s “Growing Together” employed a multi-sector strategy to create...

Growing Tomorrow's Farmers: Beginning Farmer Training and Farmland Access for Soc. Dis. Pop. [Final Report]

Award Amount: $99,966
Institution: Providence Farm Collective Corp.
Project Director: Beth Leipler (providencefarmcollective@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
PFC's Growing Tomorrow's Farmers project addressed intractable issues of fresh...

Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture Beginning Farmer Training Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture
Project Director: Dash Kuhr (institute@hipagriculture.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
The Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture (HIP Ag) will offered...

Healing through Hives: Growing a Community of Veteran-led Enterprises through Beekeeping Training [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $432,116
Institution: Garden Raised Bounty
Project Director: Deb Crockett (deb@goodgrub.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Healing through Hives centered the needs of Veterans establishing apiaries...

Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: A Collaborative Approach To Producer Education on Native American Reservations [Final Report]

Award Amount: $659,621
Institution: SDSU Extension West River Ag Center
Project Director: Jason Schoch (jason.schoch@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The goal of this grant was to address food sovereignty...

Hudson Valley Farm Apprenticeship [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $748,582
Institution: Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming
Project Director: David Llewellyn (dllewellyn@glynwood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
...

Hudson Valley Farm Business Incubator: A regional program for growing resilient farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $404,650
Institution: Glynwood
Project Director: Liz Corio (ecorio@glynwood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The average age of a farmer in the US is...

Improving Massachusetts Beginning Farmers Success Rates through Comprehensive , Tailorerd [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: CISA
Project Director: Kelly Coleman (kelly@buylocalfood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

Increasing independence and income for Asian refugee farmers in North Carolina [Final Report]

Award Amount: $292,645
Institution: Orange County Partnership for Young Children
Project Director: Kelly Owensby (kowensby@transplantingtraditions.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Orange County Partnership for Young Children (OCPYC) began operating...

Increasing the Sustainability of First and Next Generation Minority Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $472,434
Institution: Adelante Mujeres
Project Director: Silvia Cuesta (scuesta@adelantemujeres.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
During this reporting period, Year 3, Western Oregon's Sustainable Collaborative...

Increasing, Incubating, and Scaling-Up Businesses of New American and Veteran Farmers in Maine [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $597,252
Institution: Cultivating Community
Project Director: Craig Lapine (craig@cultivatingcommunity.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Cultivating Community’s Increasing, Incubating, and Scaling-Up Businesses of New American...

Indigenous Farm Hub: Beginning Farmers & Ranchers Curriculum Development Project [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $91,039
Institution: Tides Center
Project Director: Alan Brauer (abrauer@tidescenter.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
One Generation engaged in a planning and curriculum development BFRDP project...

Infrastructure, Access, and Community: A Plan To Support Beginning Farmers in Indiana [Final Report]

Award Amount: $681,405
Institution: Purdue University
Project Director: Kevin Gibson (kgibson@purdue.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The primary goals of this project are to increase the...

Initiating the Paso Del Norte Immigrant Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Network [Final Report]

Award Amount: $541,950
Institution: National Immigrant Farming Initiative Inc. Regional Office
Project Director: Rigoberto Delgado (rigo@immigrantfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Project accomplishments and impacts generated in this second year of...

Integrated Solutions to Achieve Farmland Access for New Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $576,017
Institution: Renewing the Countryside
Project Director: Jan Joannides (jan@rtcinfo.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
With this project, Renewing the Countryside is completing a comprehensive,...

La Cosecha (the Harvest): Increasing the sustainability of first and next generation Latino farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Michigan State University
Project Director: David Mota-Sanchez (motasanc@msu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
La Cosecha, a Spanish word for harvest, provided training for first and...

Labor Readiness: Pathways for Farm Workers to Start Up and Advanced Beginners to Scale Up New Farm Businesses [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,147
Institution: Cornell University
Project Director: Anusuya Rangarajan (ar47@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Being prepared to hire, manage and retain skilled employees is crucial...

Land Access and Saving for Long-Term Assets: Combining Two Approaches to Addressing a Common Barrier for New and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,104
Institution: Penn State Extension (The Pennsylvania State University)
Project Director: Christi Powell (cug137@psu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
As Pennsylvania's farming population is aging, it is critical to...

Land Access Solutions for Illinois` Next-Generation Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $638,303
Institution: The Land Connection
Project Director: Nathan Aaberg (nathan@thelandconnection.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
The number one challenge beginning farmers face is find and...

Land for Farmers: Training and Technical Assistance to Achieve Farmland Access for Beginning Farmers Across New England [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $749,856
Institution: Land For Good
Project Director: Shemariah Blum-Evitts (shemariah@landforgood.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Land for Farmers project is assisting aspiring and beginning...

Latino Immigrant Farmworkers Transition to Organic Farming Futures (LIFT OFF) [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
Project Director: nathan harkleroad (nathan@albafarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

Launching Beginning Farmers: Long-Term Preserved Farm Leases and Farm Success Training [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $307,732
Institution: Foodshed Alliance A NJ Nonprofit Corporation
Project Director: Eric Derby (eric@foodshedalliance.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
One of the most pervasive and persistent challenge beginning farmers...

Laying the Groundwork: A Land Affordability Calculator & National Land Access Training Series to Help the Next Generation of Farmers Succeed [Final Report]

Award Amount: $574,150
Institution: National Young Farmers Coalition
Project Director: Holly Rippon-Butler (holly@youngfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Our 2017 National Young Farmer Survey found land access to...

Legal Aid of Nebraska`s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Project [Final Report]

Award Amount: $654,902
Institution: Legal Aid of Nebraska
Project Director: Michelle Soll (msoll@legalaidofnebraska.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The purpose of the renewal Legal Aid of Nebraska (LAN) Beginning...

Leveling Up: Providing Innovative Tools and Resources for Beekeepers to Improve Business Success [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $
Institution: University of Florida
Project Director: Amy Vu (amy.vu@ufl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
...

Maintaining the Paso Del Norte Immigrant and Military Veteran Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Network [Final Report]

Award Amount: $589,494
Institution: National Immigrant Farming
Project Director: Rigoberto Delgado (rigo@immigrantfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
In its three-years of project performance “Maintaining the Paso Del...

Michigan`s Emerging Farmers Strategies and Tools to Enhance Success [Final Report]

Award Amount: $744,810
Institution: Michigan State University
Project Director: Michael Hamm (mhamm@msu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The overall project goal was to create a vibrant network...

More North Texas Farm Success [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,555
Institution: GROW North Texas
Project Director: Susie Marshall (susie@grownorthtexas.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
More North Texas Farm Success built on the existing Farm...

MOSES Farmer Advancement Program [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $539,536
Institution: MOSES
Project Director: Sarah Broadfoot (grants@mosesorganic.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The overall project goal is to strengthen the viability of...

Nevada Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Project [Final Report]

Award Amount: $692,433
Institution: University of Nevada Reno Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Staci Emm (emms@unr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of this StandardBFRDP Project Renewal is to...

New American Sustainable Agriculture Project in New Hampshire [Final Report]

Award Amount: $539,275
Institution: ORGANIZATION FOR REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUCCESS
Project Director: Muktar Idhow (midhow@refugeesuccess.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
ORIS’s long-term goal for this project is to improve beginning farmer...

New Organic Stewards: Expanding Community, Resources and Financial Knowledge [Final Report]

Award Amount: $310,419
Institution: Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service
Project Director: John Mesko (john@mosesorganic.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
In the New Organic Stewards: Expanding Community, Resources and Financial...

New Roots and Shoots:Building on Refugee Farmer Success in Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Markets [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $749,997
Institution: International Rescue Committee
Project Director: Aley Kent (aley.kent@rescue.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Immigrant and refugee beginning farmers face critical barriers to success, including...

New Roots Farm Incubator Expansion & Enhancement [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $524,979
Institution: Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas
Project Director: Kristin Selby (kselby@catholiccharitiesks.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas (CCNEK) in partnership with Cultivate...

New Roots for Refugees [Final Report]

Award Amount: $380,433
Institution: Catholic Charities of Northeast KS
Project Director: Meredith Walrafen (mwalrafen@catholiccharitiesks.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas (CCNEK) in partnership with Cultivate...

North Texas Farm Success: A Series for Beginning Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,890
Institution: GROW North Texas
Project Director: Susie Marshall (susie@grownorthtexas.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
North Texas Farm Success: A Series for Beginning Farmers provided...

On Solid Ground: Hands-on Training, Farm Viability, and Land Access Support for Ohio Beginning Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $570,327
Institution: Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
Project Director: Rachel Tayse (rachel@oeffa.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Project SummaryThe goal of the proposed work is to increase the number...

Open Books: Open Farmland¿Increasing Farm Economic Viability in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Angelic Organics Learning Center
Project Director: Jackie de Batista (grants@learngrowconnect.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Open Books: Open Farmland project is led by Angelic...

Opening New Land and Opportunity for the Somali Bantu Farmers' Agricultural Future [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $416,651
Institution: Somali Bantu Community Association Lewiston of Maine
Project Director: Muhidin Libah (muhidin@somalibantumaine.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Project SummaryUSDA NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Project RFA...

Opening Pathways to Scalable Farming in the Deep South [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $491,212
Institution: Louisiana Central
Project Director: Bahia Nightengale (bnightengale@louisiana-central.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

Organic Farming Certificate Program [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $589,990
Institution: Rodale Institute
Project Director: Jeff Moyer (jeff.moyer@rodaleinstitute.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
The Organic Farming Certificate Program is a hands-on, comprehensive internship training program...

Organic Farming Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $366,976
Institution: Rodale Institute
Project Director: Jeff Moyer (jeff.moyer@rodaleinstitute.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Organic Farming Program is a collaboration between Rodale Institute...

Organic Farming Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $498,706
Institution: Rodale Institute
Project Director: Jeff Moyer (jeff.moyer@rodaleinstitute.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Organic Farming Program is a collaboration between Rodale Institute...

Organic Grain Resources And Information Network (OGRAIN): Supporting beginning organic grain growers in the Upper Midwest [Final Report]

Award Amount: $187,379
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Project Director: Erin Silva (emsilva@wisc.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Organic Grain Resources And Information Network (OGRAIN) increased the...

Organic Seed Production for Beginning Farmers: An Internship Program, On-Line Course, and National Co-Learning Community [Final Report]

Award Amount: $589,424
Institution: Organic Seed Alliance
Project Director: Micaela Colley (micaela@seedalliance.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Organic seed production presents a lucrative opportunity for beginning farmers....

Outreach and Training for Beginning BIPOC Farmers in New England [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $524,040
Institution: Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust
Project Director: George Spring Buffalo (chiefgeorgespring@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Through a partnership between the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust...

Outreach, Training, and Technical Assistance Project for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Virginia [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Project Director: William Crutchfield (wcrutchfield@vsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Overall goal of this project was to empower socially disadvantaged and...

Pathways to Farming: Facilitating land access, technical assistance, and cooperative development for beginning farmers of color [Final Report]

Award Amount: $300,000
Institution: Oregon Food Bank
Project Director: Heather Ellis (grants@oregonfoodbank.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The overall goal of this project was to develop the ability...

Peer to Peer Organic Whole Farm Training with Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $597,886
Institution: HOPE for Small Farm Sustainability
Project Director: Diana Garcia-Padilla (hopeforsfs@yahoo.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
In the second year, our program has engaged over 1,150 BFR...

Plant It Forward Farmer Development Initiative: Advanced Training & Technical Assistance for Refugee & Immigrant Urban Farmers in Houston, TX [Final Report]

Award Amount: $
Institution: Plant It Forward
Project Director: Rachel Folkerts (rachel@plant-it-forward.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
We provided over 2100 person hours of technical farm training,...

Planting Seeds for Food Sovereignty: Developing Culturally Appropriate Farmer [Final Report]

Award Amount: $45,942
Institution: FARRMS
Project Director: Stephanie Blumhagen (sblumhagen@farrms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
At the time we developed the project plan and grant application...

Provide training (theorIcal and practical), education, outreach and technical assistance [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $676,133
Institution: Corporación Juvenil para el Desarrollo de Comunidades Sostenibles
Project Director: Ana Rodríguez (anarodz1965@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Recognizing the hardships of starting any type of business, the...

Ranchers, Diversification and Rural Communities: Ensuring Beginning Producer Success [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: South Dakota State University
Project Director: Ken Olson (kenneth.olson@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Beginning farmers and ranchers - and the rural communities that...

Recirculating Farms Coalition: Growing Local - Training New and Beginning Sustainable Urban Farmers In New Orleans, Louisiana [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $500,000
Institution: Recirculating Farms Coalition
Project Director: Marianne Cufone (mcufone@recirculatingfarms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The greater New Orleans, Louisiana area suffers from poverty, food insecurity...

Reducing Barriers for Disadvantaged and Beginning Farmers in Greene County Missouri [Final Report]

Award Amount: $597,918
Institution: Springfield Community Gardens
Project Director: Maile Auterson (maileauterson@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Over the course of the grant time frame, the project...

Regenerative Poultry and Vegetable Farming in the San Luis Valley for Socially Disadvantaged and Immigrant Farmers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition
Project Director: Elizabeth Marron (directorslvlocalfoods@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Regenerative Poultry and Vegetable Farming in the San Luis...

Regional Farmer-led Education and Training Hubs for Building Resiliency and Viable Farms in Minnesota and Wisconsin [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $516,548
Institution: Land Stewardship Project
Project Director: Karen Stettler (stettler@landstewardshipproject.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
Land Stewardship Project (LSP) project entitled Regional Farmer-led Education and...

Regional Resilience: An Integrated Approach to New Farmer Training in the Chesapeake [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $596,941
Institution: Future Harvest, Incorporated
Project Director: Dena Leibman (futureharvestcasa@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
The overarching goals of the Regional Resilience: An Integrated Approach...

Rend Lake College BFRDP Application [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $281,229
Institution: Rend Lake College
Project Director: Blake Patton (pattonb@rlc.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Rend Lake College (RLC) Advancement of Beginning Farmers and Ranchers...

Reviving Full Production in Puerto Rico Through the Beginning Farmer Rancher [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $580,212
Institution: Segar Adovcacy Insittute
Project Director: Nancy Rivera-White (nrivera@segarai.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The overall activities on the first year were limited by...

Roads to Successful Farm Succession [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $641,955
Institution: Iowa State Univeristy
Project Director: John Lawrence (jdlaw@iastate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Project Background:There are several roads or paths available leading to successful...

RU Ready to Farm: Getting Rooted in the Garden State [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $515,464
Institution: Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Project Director: William Hlubik (william.hlubik@rutgers.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
New Jersey boasts productive, high-quality farmland located near some of...

Securing a Future on the Land:Improving Land Access Education and Land Matching Services for Colorado Farmers, Ranchers and Land Owners [Final Report]

Award Amount: $46,025
Institution: Guidestone Colorado
Project Director: Amanda Laban (amanda@guidestonecolorado.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The overall goal of "Securing a Future on the Land"...

Securing Beginning Farmers Through Succession Planning Project [Final Report]

Award Amount: $496,914
Institution: Easter Seals Wisconsin
Project Director: Paul Leverenz (pleverenz@eastersealswisconsin.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
A partnership of Easter Seals Wisconsin (ESW), Wisconsin Farm Center (WFC),...

Seeded and Growing: Sustaining Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Education and Engagement [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $593,056
Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Project Director: John Munsell (jfmunsel@vt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Despite the delay and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...

Skagit County Beginning Farmer Development Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,999
Institution: Viva Farm
Project Director: Michael Frazier (michael@vivafarms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Beginning Farmer Development Program Skagit County established a formal...

Small/Mid-Scale Farming for a New Era in New York [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $749,272
Institution: Center For Agricultural Development And Entrepreneurship (CADE)
Project Director: Phoebe Schreiner (phoebe@cadefarms.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Our goal is to increase the number of beginning farmers...

Solid Ground 2: Weaving Together Expert Trainings and Peer Networks for Sustained [Final Report]

Award Amount: $525,000
Institution: University of Connecticut
Project Director: Jiff Martin (jiff.martin@uconn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
UConn Extension leads this project along with 6 organizational partners...

South-West Texas StrikeForce Initiative for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $712,500
Institution: University of Texs Rio Grande Valley
Project Director: Juan Raygoza (juan.raygoza@utrgv.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This Standard Renewal Project included 28% sub-awards to a community-based...

Southern Illinois Beginning Forest Landowner Program [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $305,358
Institution: University of Illinois
Project Director: Christopher Evans (cwevans@illinois.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

Southern New England Farmers of Color Collaborative [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $280,863
Institution: African Alliance of Rhode Island
Project Director: julius kolawole (jokolawole@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Southern New England Farmers of Color Collaborative (SNEFCC) is...

Strategic Investments to Ensure Long-Term Success of Veteran-Owned and Advanced Beginning Farms [Final Report]

Award Amount: $712,500
Institution: Cornell University
Project Director: Anusuya Rangarajan (ar47@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Cornell Small Farm’s Northeast Beginning Farmer Project (NBFP) has aimed...

Strengthening Farmer Entrepreneurship through Regional Resources, Linkages, and Networks [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,620
Institution: Angelic Organics Learning Center
Project Director: Jackie de Batista (aolc.director@learngrowconnect.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2019 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Strengthening Farmer Entrepreneurship Project was designed to help all beginning...

Strengthening Innovative Tools and Resources for Farmland Access, Transfer, and Succession [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $204,552
Institution: Athens Land Trust
Project Director: Justin Merrifield (justin@athenslandtrust.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The goal is to dismantle a significant barrier to the...

Strengthening Oregon's Beginning Farmer and Rancher Education and Resources through Collaboration [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $49,543
Institution: Rogue Farm Corps
Project Director: Abigail Singer (abigail@roguefarmcorps.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Rogue Farm Corps’ collaborative project Strengthening Oregon’s Beginning Farmer andRancher...

Strengthening Training and Sustaining Farming Opportunities for Veterans and Limited Resource Populations through Collaboration, Mentoring and Experiential Learning [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY
Project Director: Duncan M Chembezi (duncan.chembezi@aamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Alabama A&M University (AAMU) has been providing training and technical...

Successfully Navigating the First 10 Years: Education Targeting Farm Dev Stages to Achieve Profitability and Environmental Sustainability [Final Report]

Award Amount: $670,000
Institution: Oregon State University
Project Director: Garry Stephenson (garry.stephenson@oregonstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
With the nation’s need to foster a new generation of...

Supporting Beginning Farmer Programs with Technical Assistance to Apply for BFRDP [Final Report]

Award Amount: $249,657
Institution: New Entry Sustainable Farming Proje
Project Director: Sarah Lambertson (sarah.lambertson@tufts.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, in collaboration with their partners...

Supporting Beginning Farmers in Scaling-up into Wholesale Production [Final Report]

Award Amount: $563,810
Institution: West Central Missouri Community Action Agency
Project Director: Katie Nixon (katherine.m.nixon@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project provided support and training to beginning growers as...

Supporting Pennsylvania New Farmers in the Start-up, Re-strategizing and Establishing Years [Final Report]

Award Amount: $461,000
Institution: The Pennsylvania State University
Project Director: Tara Baugher (tab36@psu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Leading Pennsylvania's economy with $7.4 billion in sales each year, Pennsylvania's...

Supporting Urban Growers Through the Providence County Urban Growers Leadership Program [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $492,930
Institution: Northern Rhode Island Conservation District
Project Director: Molly Allard (mallard.nricd@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Urban Growers Leadership Program (UGLP) supports limited resource and...

Sustainable Farms for Urban Markets [Final Report]

Award Amount: $603,790
Institution: Hmong American Partnership
Project Director: Bao Vang (baov@hmong.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The mission of HAP’s SFUM program is to enhance food security...

Sustaining on Farm Success: Building Resilience through Farmer Led Training [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $564,863
Institution: Community Food & Agriculture Coalition
Project Director: Bonnie Buckingham (cfacinfo@missoulacfac.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
Montana’s beginning farmers face many of the same challenges as...

Sustaining Rural Communities through Beginning Farmer Mentorship,Training and Marketing [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: Rural Coalition
Project Director: Lorette Picciano (lpicciano@ruralco.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
Sustaining Rural Communities Through Beginning Farmer Mentorship, Training and Marketing:Project...

Sweet Hollow Farm Apprenticeship for High Altitude Market Farmers and Regional Educators [Final Report]

Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Sweet Hollow Farm
Project Director: Jonah Sloven (jonah.sloven@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
As a way to further foster collaboration between farmer training...

Technical Assistance, Extension and Training for Beginning Aquaculture Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $397,668
Institution: Marine and Environmental Research Institute of Pohnpei
Project Director: Simon Ellis (scellis@hawaii.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This will be completed in the final report....

Tennessee Beginning Farmers Outreach Project [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $567,069
Institution: University of Tennessee Extension
Project Director: Timothy Prather (tprather@tennessee.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
...

The Beginning Farmer Support Collective is an effort to enhance the services provided to beginning farmers in King County by joining resources of three farmer training organizations and the County. [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $597,846
Institution: Tilth Alliance
Project Director: Sarah Collier (sarahcollier@tilthalliance.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Beginning Farmer Support Collective has created an active network of...

The Courage to Lead: Native BFR in Indian Country will Provide Us the Future We Seek (EET) [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: University of Arkansas
Project Director: Colby Duren (cduren@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This EET project has assembled a core leadership team, subject...

The National Farmer Veteran Project: Utilizing Existing Relationships and Networks to Expand Impact and Reach Among Veteran Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: The Farmer Veteran Coalition
Project Director: Michael O'Gorman (michaelo@farmvetco.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This grant allowed Farmer Veteran Coalition to connect with thousands...

The Northern Colorado Farm Business Accelerator Program [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $300,000
Institution: Northern Colorado Foodshed Project
Project Director: KEVIN JABLONSKI (kevinjablonski@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Northern Colorado Foodshed Project Farm Business Accelerator program has...

The Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition Program: A Participatory Beginning Farmer and Rancher Education and Training Initiative [Final Report]

Award Amount: $724,828
Institution: Virginia Tech
Project Director: Kim Niewolny (niewolny@vt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Our long-term goal is to holistically improve start-up opportunities for...

To recruit and aid beginning farmers in Puerto Rico so that through technical assistance they can improve their success in farming [Final Report]

Award Amount: $431,633
Institution: Corporacion Juvenil para el Desarrollo de Comunidades Sostenibles
Project Director: Ana Rodríguez (anarodz1965@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The proposed BFRDP was to serve 120 individuals, 10% Veterans and...

Towards a More Robust Portfolio of Entrepreneurship & Production Training for South Carolina's Emerging Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $599,740
Institution: Clemson University
Project Director: Ben Boyles (boyles2@clemson.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
One in four South Carolina producers are considered new and...

Training Agroecological Farmers for a Hotter, Drier Future in the Chihuahuan Desert [Final Report]

Award Amount: $568,435
Institution: La Semilla Food Center
Project Director: Krysten Aguilar (krysten@lasemillafoodcenter.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
La Semilla Food Center has enhanced the success and sustainability of...

Training and Education to Facilitate Entry Into Emerging Specialized Wholesale and Agritourism Markets for Beginning Producers in Remote Agricultural Southern Colorado [Final Report]

Award Amount: $239,970
Institution: Economic Development, Colorado Office of
Project Director: Elizabeth ORear (elizabeth.orear@state.co.us)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
This project innovated beginning producer education through collaboration between the...

Training and Empowering Central Iowa Refugee Farmers for Success [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $300,000
Institution: Lutheran Services in Iowa
Project Director: Nicholas Wuertz (nicholas.wuertz@lsiowa.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
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Training, Developing, and Mentoring Beginning Organic and Conventional Dairy and Feed Producers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: NFO, Inc. (National Farmers Organization)
Project Director: David Reed (dreed@nfo.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
We developed presentations tailored to the location and the...

Training, Developing, and Mentoring Beginning Organic Dairy and Feed Producers [Final Report]

Award Amount: $588,948
Institution: NFO, Inc
Project Director: David Reed (dreed@nfo.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
While consumer demand for organic dairy products has continued to...

Transitioning Oregon's Farmland: Access, Planning, and Assistance for This Generation and the Next (TOF) [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $743,900
Institution: Rogue Farm Corps
Project Director: Matt Gordon (matt@roguefarmcorps.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2022 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Education Projects
Summary
Securing access to appropriate farmland, developing necessary business skills, and...

Tuskegee University Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $459,914
Institution: Tuskegee University
Project Director: Robert Zabawa (rzabawa@tuskegee.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The long-term goal of this project is to design and...

Ultra-Niche Crops for the Progressive, New Farmer [Final Report]

Award Amount: $460,170
Institution: Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County
Project Director: Jenny Carleo (carleo@aesop.rutgers.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The project goal is to teach new and beginning farmers...

University of Hawaii's GoFarm Hawaii: A Statewide Beginning Farmer Initiative [Final Report]

Award Amount: $600,000
Institution: University of Hawaii, CTAHR
Project Director: steven chiang (schiang@hawaii.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Hawaii has a unique set of needs for new farmers...

University of Hawaii`s GoFarm Hawaii: A regional new farmer development initiative [Final Report]

Award Amount: $712,000
Institution: U of Hawaii, Agribusiness Incubator Program
Project Director: steven chiang (schiang@hawaii.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2014 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
How can we capitalize upon the interest in agriculture to...

Using Comprehensive Financial Assistance to Increase Capital Infusion for Beginning Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $591,300
Institution: Food Finance Institute
Project Director: Sarah Larson (sarah.larson@business.wisconsin.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
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Whole Farm Planning, Peer Learning & Income Diversification for Appalachian Beginning Farmers [Progress Report]

Award Amount: $519,815
Institution: Rural Action
Project Director: Tom Redfern (tomr@ruralaction.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program 2021 Awards
Summary
The goal of Rural Action’s proposal Whole Farm Planning, Peer...

Wind River Farm Business Incubator: Building the Capacity of Beginning Farmers in Central Wyoming [Final Report]

Award Amount: $300,000
Institution: Central Wyoming College
Project Director: Joanne Slingerland (jslinger@cwc.edu)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
When people think of Wyoming, they conjure scenes of cowboys,...

Windy City Harvest: Building Capacity of Beginning Farmers in the Chicago Region [Final Report]

Award Amount: $599,996
Institution: Chicago Horticultural Society
Project Director: Jennifer Schwarz (jschwarz@chicagobotanic.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
The Chicago Botanic Garden's BFRDP project built the capacity of urban...

Windy City Harvest: Training Beginner Farmers for Chicago`s Urban Agriculture Community [Final Report]

Award Amount: $712,500
Institution: Chicago Horticultural Society
Project Director: Angela Mason (amason@chicagobotanic.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2015 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Since the beginning of the grant period, Windy City Harvest...

Wolfe`s Neck Farm Dairy Farmer Apprenticeship Program [Final Report]

Award Amount: $573,256
Institution: Wolfe's Neck Farm
Project Director: David Herring (dherring@wolfesneckfarm.org)
Funding Opportunity: 2016 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Summary
Wolfe's Neck Farm is an educational farm in Maine that runs...