New Entry's farmer library has hundreds of resources on sustainable farming, marketing, and operating a successful small business. Our physical library at our office in Beverly, MA contains books, CD's, DVD's periodicals, pamphlets, and videos in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Khmer. You can also search the directory below for downloadable digital resources, helpful web sites, and online farming videos.
Please visit or email us at nesfp@tufts.edu if you can't find what you're looking for here. Sometimes we are out in the field, so it's best to let us know if you're planning on stopping by.
This users guide will help the trainer to deliver one 4-hour training session, or two 2-hour training sessions with staff and farmers. This training guide will support incubator farm staff as they prepare facilities to meet food safety standards and train farmers on food safety procedures. This teaching resource was developed by Global Growers in Atlanta, Georgia in partnership with the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED Solutions). Refugee farmer training programs across the country provided feedback on this lesson, which is now integrated throughout the guide.
An example of a food safety training that can be used by farms that are exempt from the Produce Safety Rule but still recognize the importance of practicing food safety on their farms. Developed in conjunction with Global Growers.
Global Growers worked with a graphic designer to create a set of food safety signs geared toward beginning English and / or beginning literacy farmers. The signs are designed to indicate food safety protocols that are common to most vegetable production farms with a FSMA-compliant food safety program. FSMA requires certain signs around the farm, and these signs are designed to meet FSMA requirements, as well as be geared towards English language learning farmers. The signs can be printed and posted at a farm site, and they can also be used as visual teaching aids in a food safety workshop. There are two sets of signs included: one set has graphics and text, and a duplicate set has only graphics in case the text is confusing to preliterate or non-English speaking participants.
If these signs end up on any of your social media or you share them, please give credit to Sarah Lawrence and either tag her or share her contact info. Or just send her a message to say how much you love them. Thanks!
Use these record templates to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act's Produce Safety Rule. If you are not covered by the new regulations, these templates can help to easily and efficiently practice food safety on your farm.
The Funding Next Level Enterprises in Rural Communities Fact Sheet, is product of the Investing in Your Farm: Accessing Grants and Loans for Growing Your Business workshop series, hosted by the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project.
In this Fact Sheet (PDF) you can find information about the following topics: Value Added Producer Grant, Rural Energy for America Program, U.S. Small Business Administration.
For additional information please reach out: nesfp@tufts.edu
Funding Next Level Enterprises in Rural Communities: Rural Development and SBA/SBIR Business Development Programs webinar, is part of the Investing in Your Farm: Accessing Grants and Loans for Growing Your Business workshop series, hosted by the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project.
In this webinar, instructors share knowledge/understanding of SBA/SBIR grants and funding programs for agricultural projects. Topics covered in the workshop include:
Elegible areas
Programs for beginning farmers
Type of lending entities
Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG)
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
U.S. Small Business Administration programs (SBA)
SBIR/STTR funding topic areas: rural and commuity development & small and mid-sized farms
Farmers' experiences with SBA/SBIR grants
For additional information please reach us out at: nesfp@tufts.edu
This guide is for the Beneficiary Survey for the Community Food Projects Indicators of Success FY 2017. This survey is the data collection method for the beneficiary component of the annual Indicators of Success report that documents the collective impact of all current grantees in a particular fiscal year. This report is distributed widely as well as sent to the USDA to support future CFP funding.
