FARM BEGINNINGS COLLABORATIVE

The Farm Beginnings Collaborative (FBC) is a national alliance of independent regional groups of farmers, farmer networks, and farmer-training support organizations, which are working together to promote Farm Beginnings, a beginning farmer training model that is farmer-led, community based, and focused on sustainable agriculture... Our training is unique in that it is farmer-led, community based, and focused on sustainable agriculture. And… it works! We have been recognized as "a model that is creating strong new farm businesses across the country" by Kathleen Merrigan then U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, 2012... The Farm Beginnings Collaborative has developed a set of indicators to track outputs and outcomes across all its member organizations. Farm Beginnings programs have graduated hundreds of farmers, and of those who responded to our 2015 graduate survey, 80% are farming. The model is adaptable to diverse regions and people.

Primary location: Caledonia United States