Small Farms
As markets vary and farm land continues to be sold to development, the urgency to help farmers stay on the land increases. The USDA National Commission on Small Farms defines small farms as “farms with less than $250,000 gross receipts annually on which day-to-day labor and management are provided by the farmer and/or farm family that owns the production or owns, or leases, the productive assets [average] net cash income of only $23,159…over 80% of a farmers gross sales are absorbed by farming expenses.”
Subscribe to the Small Farms listserv at CSU
Go to the CSU listserv and select “Small_Farms” from the list and fill out the form.
This listserv is intended to connect, support, and promote small farms in Colorado with news, educational outreach, and production and marketing related info. It also is not moderated, meaning that anyone subscribed to it can send emails to everyone on the list, providing a forum for discussion of small farms issues.
THIS IS A CSU LISTSERV, NO COMMERCIAL EMAILS PLEASE.
Resources
Business Planning Resources
- SARE – Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education offers many valuable business planning resource books
- Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses. Entire publication: Building a Sustainable Business | SARE
- Ag Plan – online business plan tool – register for Ag Plan and select an “Ag -Value Added” template