Spreadsheet to be used with SALES FORECAST and EXPENSES FORECAST handouts to calculate total yearly expenses and income.
How to Teach
Cash Flow Spreadsheet
Media:
- Digital Download
Sales Forecast Spreadsheet
Media:
- Digital Download
Spreadsheet to calculate total yearly sales forecast.
Flow Chart- business planning
Flow chart that illustrates a step-by-step guide to business and crop planning.
Crop Planning Sheet
Media:
- Digital Download
Crop planning sheet than provides space for farmers to record how much of each crop they planted over course of the season, including specific of frequency, successions, and materials needed.
Farm Business Training Course- Student Handbook
Media:
- Digital Download
Sample of the student handbook for New Entry's Farm Business Training Course: includes first session (of six) with course introduction and marketing lesson.
Taxes and Important Regulations
Presentation from New Farms for New Americans that outlines taxes, tax returns, taxing products, and rules at the farmers' market.
Farm Expenses
Presentation from New Farms for New Americans that outlines that basics of planning for annual expenses and capital expenses over time.
Production Basics: Seeding
Brief presentation from New Farms for New Americans that outlines best practices for starting seedings, including methods and crop and region specifics.
Brassica Care
Presentation by New Farms for New Americans that outlines basics of the Brassica family including specific crops, how and when to plant, and common pests and diseases.
NIFTI Webinar #3- Curriculum Development
This webinar covers developing appropriate curricula for beginning farmer training programs. Partners from the Minnesota Food Association (MNFA) Big River Farms Program, the New American Sustainable Agriculture Project (NASAP), and the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (New Entry) discuss different learning modules of relevance to beginning farmers, as well as provide examples of lesson plans, exercises and other teaching tools. The webinar also addresses teaching to populations with language barriers and how curricula fit into the broader incubator farm program structure.