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50Risk Management Training for Diversified
PERIODICALS
Family Farmers. USDA Risk Management Agency,
Growing for Market
Farm Services Agency and Farm and Agriculture
A very useful national monthly newsletter for direct
Collaborative Training Systems.
market farmers. Covers production and marketing
Based on a series of workshops, the 7-workbook
of vegetables and flowers. P.O. Box 3747, Lawrence,
series is designed to assist diversified family farmers
Kansas 66046. Phone 785.748-0605, Fax 785.748-0609,
manage risk proactively through addressing many
email growing4market@earthlink.net. See also www.
elements that contribute to creating a financially
.
healthy farming operation. Covers the following
Marketing Your Produce
topics: Introduction to Risk Management; Managing
A compilation of the best marketing articles that
Family and Personal Risk; Managing Financial Risk;
appeared in Growing For Market, 1992–1995. Chapters
Managing Production Risk; Managing Marketing Risk;
include information on specialty produce, selling to
Managing Legal and Regulatory Risk. An extensive
restaurants and/or supermarkets, farmers’ markets,
resources listing is also included. Available online
CSA projects, and expanding your market. Ends with
through CAFF (see below) at
a list of recommended books. See above for ordering
rma/rma.shtml.
information.
Small Operator’s Handbook: How to Start Your Own
Small Farm News
Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay
Small Farm News is a quarterly publication of the UC
Out of Trouble, by Bernard Kamoroff, 2000. 27th
Small Farm Center.The newsletter features farmer and
edition.
farm advisor profiles, research articles, farm-related
Contains general information about starting and
print and web resources, news items, and a calendar of
running a small business, including worksheets and
state, national, and international events. See
resources. Available from
ucdavis.edu for the online editions.
Successful Small-Scale Farming, An Organic Approach,
Small Farmer’s Journal
by Karl Schwenke. Storey Publishing, 1991.
Provides information on farming with horses, and
Goes beyond growing crops to show everything you
great general information and tales about farming.
need to know—including which direction to begin
Available from Small Farmer’s Journal, Inc. , PO Box
plowing your fields, machinery you might not need,
1627 Sisters, OR 97759. Published quarterly.
how to pull up old fence posts, and other information
you missed from your farming grandparents!
WEB RESOURCES
Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-up to
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Market, by Vern Grubingers. Natural Resources
Regulations:
Agriculture and Engineering Services (NRAES), 1999.
Covers equipment thoroughly, as well as farm
California Department of Food and Agriculture
planning and business management. Contains a
Regulations (CDFAR) is a California state agricultural
section on grower profiles for 18 crops, including
agency with divisions of Animal Health and Food
their enterprise budgets. A great overview for farmers
Safety Services; Fairs and Expositions; Inspection
starting out or those looking for different angles.
Services; Marketing Services; Measurement Standards;
Available from
and Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services.The
Western Profiles of Innovative Agricultural Marketing:
web site contains links to the services and programs
Examples from Direct Farm Marketing and Agri-
of the above agencies as well as links to county
Tourism Enterprises. Western Extension Marketing
agricultural commissioners and official statements
Committee, Cooperative Extension of the University
and policies of the USDA, FDA, and CDFAR on current
of Arizona, Publication AZ1325, 2003.
events in agriculture.
Provides 16 case studies of successful, innovative direct
farm marketing enterprises.
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