National Farm Viability Conference
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Professional Development Resources

Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program Templates & Tools
Business Plan Guidelines
Guidelines for Transfer and Succession Plans
Financials Workbook – Vegetable & Diversified Farms
Financials Workbook – Dairy & Livestock Farms
Guidelines for Enterprise Analyses & Cash Flow Analyses
Guidelines for Year Two Services

Our Partners & Related Resources
NOFA-VT
Land For Good
The Intervale Center
Center for an Agricultural Economy
UVM Extension Farm Viability
UVM Extension Farm Viability - Blog
Vermont Small Business Development Center

Forestry Resources
Planning and Analysis in Timber Harvesting (PATH), a spreadsheet utility for logging businesses

New Farmer Resources
Vermont New Farmer Project
Women’s Agricultural Network at the University of Vermont (WAgN)
Farm Business Development Programs in Vermont
Resource Guide for Vermont’s New and Aspiring Farmers

Land Acquisition
New England Farmland Finder
UVM Land Access and Tenure Toolshed
Vermont Land Trust Affordable Farmland

Grant Opportunities
Working Lands Enterprise Initiative
Value-Added Producer Grant
Specialty Crop Block Grants

Other Resources

Business Planning:

The Addressable Market & Planning Growth, Kathy Nyquist & Malini Ram Moraghan

Massachusetts Dept. of Agriculture - Farm Viability Programs

Engaging the Public on Working Farms, Lisa Chase

Evaluating a Potential Institutional Customer, Massachusetts Farm to School Project

Selling to Institutions, VTFEED, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Mass. Farm to School

Factors Related to Farm to School Sales Success, Massachusetts Farm to School Project



Financing:

Financing Options Diagram, NH Community Loan Fund

Introduction to Farm Finance, NH Community Loan Fund

Marketing:

Online Tools for Farm Marketing, Myrna Greenfield

Brand Blueprint Worksheet, Myrna Greenfield

Helping Farms and Food Processors Overcome Common Marketing Mistakes, Myrna Greenfield and Rose Wilson

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