New England Small Farm Institute

Assistance Available:

• Technical
• Financial
• Business Planning
• Legal/Regulatory
• Other: excellent library of books and periodicals  for new & established growers

Description:
The New England Small Farm Institute provides education and advocacy for the region’s small-scale, beginning, and part-time farmers.  Activities and services include:

• workshops
• publications
• technical assistance (farmland tenure, transfer and protection, farm start-ups)
• financial assistance via referrals
• business planning assistance (courses, consultations and resources)
• legal/regulatory guidance (wetlands, value added processing, land tenure)
• a resource center
• land linking
• apprentice placement
• small farm association
• peer lending.