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

Please note these are sample leases from several different states.  CLC advises that any final lease agreement be reviewed by a New York State attorney.

• 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
• Farm Share Lease – example provided by CA FarmLink
• Short Term Flex Cash – example provided by New England Small Farms Institute
• Land For Good’s Online Course

Insurance and Farm Leases

• Insurance (Excerpt from Down to Earth Lease Workshop)

Other Organizations

• American Farmland Trust
• Catskills FarmLink
• Cornell Cooperative Extension – Columbia County
• Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program
• 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.
• Guide to Financing the Community Supported Farm

Miscellaneous

• FarmersWeb -  connects local food producers with wholesale buyers.
• NYSAMP Annual Report 2010
• FarmersWeb: Connecting Local Producers and Wholesale Purchasers – FarmersWeb is an online platform that aims to facilitate direct orders to local producers from wholesale purchasers. Farms create profiles on the FarmWeb site and maintain inventory listings and delivery settings.