Resources – Working Farms

CLC’s Farmer Landowner Match Program

• Farmer Landowner Match Brochure
• Farmer Landowner Match Application or online
• Farmers Database – CLC listings of Farmers in Farmer Landowner Match Program
• Landowner Database – CLC listings of Landowners in Farmer Landowner Match Program

General

• 2010 Down to Earth Lease Workshop (more on Down to Earth)
• Farm Rental Agreement Checklist – provided by Ohio State University Extension
• Farmland Tenure and Leasing - by Annette Higby
• Managing Landlord Tenant Relationships – provided by Ohio State University Extension
• CLC Farming Resources List
• Business Plan Resource List
• Economic Impact of Young Farmers Webinar
• Rhode Island Land Trust Council
• Greenhorns’ Guide for Beginning Farmers

Lower Taxes & Agricultural Property Tax Assessment

• Tax Benefits to Farming (excerpt from Down to Earth Lease Workshop)
• Ag Assessment Presentation (by Mark Twentman)
• Incentive programs available for owners of farmland (from AFT)
• Agricultural Districts vs. Agricultural Assessments (from Dutchess County Planning Federation)
• 2011 Down to Earth Workshop Presentation

Legal Issues and Farm Leases

• Legal (Excerpt from Down to Earth Lease Workshop)
• Multi-Year Cash Lease – example provided by Land for Good
• Short Term Crop Lease – example provided by CA FarmLink
• Short Term Flex Cash – example provided by New England Small Farms Institute

Insurance and Farm Leases

• Insurance (Excerpt from Down to Earth Lease Workshop)

Other Organizations

• American Farmland Trust
• Catskills FarmLink
• Cornell Cooperative Extension – Columbia County
• Hudson Valley Agribusiness
• Land For Good’s resource page – includes Sample Leases
• Map and Brochure of Columbia County Farms
• National Young Farmers Coalition
• NE Beginning Farmers Project
• New England Small Farm Institute
• NY Farm Link

Funding

• New York Agricultural Landowner Guide
• New grants and other funding sources
• FSA Handbook
• The Carrot Project - Loan Programs
• The Carrot Project - Farm Financing Options
• FarmStart Loan Program – Farm Credit East
• Land Contract Guarantee Program – factsheet and details
• EQUP, AMA, and WHIP program sign up and factsheet.

Miscellaneous

• FarmersWeb -  connects local food producers with wholesale buyers.
• Greene County Agriculture Incubator Study
• NYSAMP Annual Report 2010