Beginning Farmers

Growing Farms Workshop Series

What can I do with my Small Farm?

Selecting an Enterprise for Small Farms Production

• What Can I Do With My Small Farm? Selecting an Enterprise for Small Acreages
• Growing Farms: Successful Whole Farm Management Planning Book: Think It! Write It!
• Small Farms Funding Resources
• Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses
• List of Alternative Crops & Enterprises for Small Farm Diversification--Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

Sustainable Agriculture

• Alternative Agricultural Enterprises -- Texas A&M
• Organic Farming Publications -- ATTRA
• Organic Farming Research Foundation
• WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Agriculture
• Alternative Farming Systems Information Center -- National Agricultural Library
• Sustainable Farming Connection
• PNW Steep Home Page -- Washington State Univ.
• Center for Sustaining Ag & Natural Resources -- Washington State Univ.
• Sustainable Research and Education Program (SARE) -- Univ. of California, Davis
• Sustainable Agriculture Network & National SARE -- USDA
• Mulch-Based Agriculture Group's Web Site -- Cornell Univ.

Small Farms Related Sites

• Washington State Small Farms
• Acreage & Small Farm Insights --Univ. of Nebraska
• Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program (ASAP) -- University of Illinois
• Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas -- ATTRA
• Small Farms at USDA
• Small Farm Center
• Cornell Small Farms
• Maryland Small Farms Institute
• Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

Large Searchable Sites

• Agrinet -- Agriculture's Home on the Net
• Ceres Online: Ag Search
• National Agriculture Library
• Mann Library Homepage