SEMAP Service Providers Directory
The SEMAP Service Providers Directory was created to improve access to existing support services for agriculture in Southeastern Massachusetts. Directory listings include complete contact information, a quick-reference check-off of types of assistance and information supplied by the organization, and a more detailed description of services.
A print copy of the Directory is available at no charge from SEMAP or from many of the listed agencies and advertisers. To request a copy, notify us of corrections, or suggest other organizations that should be considered for future versions, please email Sarah Kelley.
The Directory is also available as a PDF: SEMAP Service Providers Directory (
750 kb)
The 2006 update of the print and online SEMAP Service Providers Directory was made possible by our advertisers, Coastline Trust, First Pioneer Farm Credit, Murtha Cullina LLP, Land For Good, and On the Farm, and by the USDA Risk Management Agency through the Massachusetts Crop Insurance Education program.
Click on an organization name to find more details about it. To browse by category click on one of the category groups below. Or click for an alphabetical list of organizations.
Categories
| Agency/Organization | Technical Assistance | Financial Assistance | Business Planning Assistance | Legal / Regulatory Guidance | Newsletter | Other |
| Governmental Organizations | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
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| Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||
| Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Department of Public Health/ Food Protection Program | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education-SARE | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |
| US Department of Agriculture – Farm Services Agency | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| US Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| US Department of Agriculture – Rural Development | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| County Organizations | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| Bristol Conservation District | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Bristol County Farm Bureau | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided |
| Cape Cod Conservation District | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||
| Cape Cod Economic Development Council of Barnstable County | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Dukes County Conservation District | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Nantucket County Conservation District | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Plymouth County Conservation District |
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| Plymouth County Farm Bureau | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Town Bodies | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| Town Agricultural Commissions | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| University | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| University of Massachusetts Extension | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| University of Massachusetts Extension – Southeastern Massachusetts Field Offices | ||||||
| Plymouth County Cooperative Extension | ||||||
| Cape Cod Cooperative Extension | ||||||
| University of Massachusetts Cranberry Station | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts 4-H | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Center For Business Research and Center for Marketing Research | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| University of Massachusetts Family Business Center | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||
| University of Massachusetts Small Business Development Center, SE Mass Office | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Educational | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| Bristol County Agricultural High School | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Norfolk County Agricultural High School | Service Is Provided | |||||
| UMass Dartmouth Professional and Continuing Education | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Business & Economic Development | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| Massachusetts Development Finance Agency - Mass Development | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Rural Development Council | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Plymouth County Development Council & Plymouth County Convention & Visitors Bureau | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Red Tomato | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Southeastern Massachusetts Convention & Visitors Bureau | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||
| Southeastern Economic Development Corp - SEED | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided |
| Local Chambers of Commerce | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |
| Commodity & Advocacy Groups | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Massachusetts Aquaculture Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||
| Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Flower Growers’ Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Forestry Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association | Service Is Provided | |||||
| North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association | ||||||
| New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Southeastern Massachusetts Aquaculture Center-SEMAC | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Support & Information | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| ATTRA-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Dartmouth Grange | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Eastern Native Seed Conservancy | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts 4-H Foundation | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture | Service Is Provided | |||||
| New England Small Farm Institute | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association, MA Chapter-NOFA-MA | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group-NESAWG | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Pilgrim Resource Conservation & Development Area Council, Inc. | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership-SEMAP | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Service Corps of Retired Executives-SCORE | Service Is Provided | |||||
| United Way of Greater New Bedford | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Land Preservation/Conservation | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| American Farmland Trust, New England Field Office | Service Is Provided | |||||
| The Coalition for Buzzards Bay-Bay Lands Center | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||
| Dartmouth Agricultural Preservation Trust Council | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, Inc. | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Land Trust Alliance | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| New England Forestry Foundation | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Westport River Watershed Alliance | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | |||
| Massachusetts Agriculture and Land Preservation Trust committee-ALPC | Service Is Provided | |||||
| Food & Restaurant | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| Massachusetts Food Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Restaurant Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||||
| Massachusetts Specialty Foods Association | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | Service Is Provided | ||
| Advertisers | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
| First Pioneer Farm Credit | ||||||
| Land For Good Consulting | ||||||
| Coastline Trust | ||||||
| On the Farm Consulting | ||||||
| Murtha Cullina LLP | ||||||
| Insurance | Technical | Financial | Business | Legal/Reg. | Newsletter | Other |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Massachusetts Crop Insurance Education Program (  99 kb)
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