Resources
By Topic
Below are resources organized by different subject. Click on the arrow to the right to see all the ones we've listed.
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Finding Profit and Success on Your Farm
Free Handouts to Download
ATTRA's "Pastured Poultry Budgets" https://attra.ncat.org/product/pastured-poultry-budgets-slow-growing-broiler-and-organic-comparisons/
SARE's "Potential for Profit / Profitable Poultry. https://www.sare.org/publications/profitable-poultry/potential-for-profit/
NC State's "Selecting Enterprises for Pasture-based Livestock Farms". https://cefs.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/NCC-Enterprises-3_August2018.pdf?x77888
SARE's "Managing Cover Crops Profitably". https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-cover-crops-profitably-3rd-edition/
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association's "How to Use Enterprise Budgets to Make Your Farm More Profitable". https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/expert-tip-how-to-use-enterprise-budgets-to-make-your-farm-more-profitable/
Template Enterprise Budgets
Penn State Extension's "Enterprise Budgets for Small Farms". https://extension.psu.edu/business-and-operations/starting-a-farm/ag-alternatives#Ent
Sheep Grazing on Solar Farm budget. https://cefs.ncsu.edu/resources/sheep-grazing-solar-farm-budget-template/
Youtube Series / Webinars
Fearless Farm Finances: Youtube series by Marbleseed (based on the book by Paul Dietmann, Craig Chase, Chris Blanchard). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX-hmcO26Yw
Young Agrarian's "How to Enterprise Budgets for Small Farms" webinar. https://youngagrarians.org/farm-business-management-enterprise-budgets/
Indiana's SARE video "Farm Viability" interviews with beginning farmers in Indiana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSW4JdIdUzw
Farmer Wellness
Free Guides for Yoga and Stretching
Yoga Stretches for Farmers https://extension.umaine.edu/agrability/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2020/07/YogaForFarmersPoster_Web.pdf
Farmer Daily Stretching https://www.uvm.edu/aglabor/dashboard/sites/default/files/uploads/Stretching-Brochure.pdf
Ready to Farm: Common Tasks and Yoga Poses to Help Build Strength and Flexibility
Pilates to Prepare for the Farming Season
https://www.uvm.edu/aglabor/dashboard/sites/default/files/uploads/Pilates%20from%20agrisafe.pdf
YouTube Series
Yoga with Adriene: https://www.youtube.com/@yogawithadriene
Yoga for Manual Labor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juyN0Y7F5Ug
Yoga for Gardeners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6dH2-afqQ
10-minute Yoga for Self-Care: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpW33Celubg
Yoga for Farmers from Cornell University Extension
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYXo_Jd8gawTJ8U3_1Kz2znxIr3AJmAB6
Mindfullness Exercises
Harvard Health - includes exercises https://www.helpguide.org/harvard/benefits-of-mindfulness.htm?_ga=2.79269204.1989347856.1676574470-48606173.1676306720
Tools for Improving Your Farm Viability
What is Farm Viability?
"Farm Viability" interviews with beginning farmers in Indiana - from Indiana SARE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSW4JdIdUzw
Writing a Business Plan
KCARD’s Business Plan Development Guide (Short and long versions):
https://www.kcard.info/start-business
Business Planning Quick Overview - from University of Georgia:
https://sustainagga.caes.uga.edu/business/business-planning.html
Deep Dive Guide to Developing a Business Plan - from SARE: https://www.sare.org/wp-content/uploads/Building-a-Sustainable-Business.pdf
Finding Profit, Improving Your Record Keeping, and Creating Enterprise Budgets
KCARD’s Financial Statement Template (Excel spreadsheet helps you project income and expenses, and translates your plans into an income statement, cash flow, and balance sheet https://www.kcard.info/start-business
Example enterprise budgets - from University of Kentucky Center for Crop Diversification https://www.uky.edu/ccd/tools/budgets
Example budgets - from University of Kentucky https://agecon.ca.uky.edu/budgets
How to Use Enterprise Budgets to Make Your Farm More Profitable - from Carolina Farm Stewardship Association https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/expert-tip-how-to-use-enterprise-budgets-to-make-your-farm-more-profitable/
How to Enterprise Budgets for Small Farms - from Young Agrarians https://youngagrarians.org/farm-business-management-enterprise-budgets/
Caring for the People on Your Farm
Becoming an Employer of Choice - from Fair Share CSA Coalition: https://www.csacoalition.org/btec
Hosting interns on your farm - from State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/oda/agriculture/Pages/FarmInternships.aspx
Mindfulness exercises - from Harvard Health
Yoga for Farmers - from Cornell University Extension
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYXo_Jd8gawTJ8U3_1Kz2znxIr3AJmAB6
Selling via Food Hubs, Distributors, & Wholesale
Selling Via Value Chains in Indiana
What are value chains? https://youtu.be/Uz1hYgNy-KI
Reach Out to Your Value Chain Professional (more being added in 2023)
https://sfss.indiana.edu/projects/indiana/partnersinfood/valuechain.html
Learning from Other Farmers Selling Wholesale
Case Studies: https://www.farmtoschool.org/our-work/bringingf2s-casestudies
Producer Workbook has worksheets throughout to help you assess your readiness and capacity
https://www.farmtoschool.org/our-work/bringing-the-farm-to-school-producer-resources
Producing and Selling Wholesale
Indiana Grown 4 Schools Procurement Guide: https://www.ingrown4schools.com/procurement
A Guide to Selling Your Farm Produce Wholesale https://www.food4all.com/a-guide-to-selling-your-farm-produce-wholesale/
Starting a Wholesale Food Business in Indiana https://www.in.gov/health/food-protection/wholesale-information/starting-a-wholesale-food-business-in-indiana/
How to Sell Produce to Distributors https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/how-to-sell-produce-to-distributors
Wholesale Success Manual https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a6b36f28fd4d259ba4fae16/t/5a7e00cc71c10b2ebf7df534/1518207192816/Wholesale-Success-Manual.pdf
ATTRA: Scaling up Your Veggie Farm for Regional Markets https://attra.ncat.org/publication/scaling-up-for-regional-markets/
Farmer and Buyer Toolkit for Wholesale Readiness https://www.extension.iastate.edu/ffed/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Farmer-Buyer-Toolkits-for-Wholesale-Readiness.pdf
Learning About Licenses and Rules in Indiana
Safe Produce Indiana
https://ag.purdue.edu/department/extension/safeproduce/
Indiana Board of Animal Health Dairy Licenses and Information
https://www.in.gov/boah/licenses-and-permits/dairy-licenses/
Indiana Board of Animal Health on Meat Sales
https://www.in.gov/boah/files/Farmer-Mkt-Sale-of-Meat-Poultry-Rabbit-2021.pdf
Bed Flips & Low/No-Till for Advanced Growers
Podcast Series / YouTube Videos
The No-Till Market Garden Podcast with Jesse Frost
How To Flip a Bed / Ten Mothers Farm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdH3rhiGIl8&t=36s
Books
‘The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower's Guide to Ecological Market Gardening’ by Jesse Frost
‘The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm: How to Start and Run a Profitable Market Garden That Builds Health in Soil, Crops, and Communities’ by Daniel Mays
Free on SARE website: ‘Crop Rotation on Organic Farms’
Free on SARE website: ‘Managing Cover Crops Profitably’
Crop Planning Examples / Templates
Daniel Mays’ Frith Farms - Sample Crop Plan docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cS3ue4W0PhrjvpNK-CbWAIvtSVI45FxIhbAFXTPqVww/edit?usp=sharing
Dan Brisbois’ Crop Plan Example: http://bit.ly/3w9g2gu
Kevin Allison’s Marion County SWCD Demo Garden - Garden Planning Spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hgyEnhoVsn8lNZa6_uEhRLkfsDP2Tbcm_6WcROaIb54/edit?usp=sharing
Free Online Resources
Singing Frog Farm’s presentations and articles: https://www.singingfrogsfarm.com/resources
Johnny’s Seeds Planning Tools and Calculators, including their succession planting calculator.
https://www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/online-tools-calculators.html
Folder of Resources from 12.7.22 Workshop on Crop Planning - Marion County SWCD, Marion Purdue Extension, Urban Soil Health https://ccsin.box.com/s/o7wj7v1l5h2zeg7pjmlkugjua4iizc50
IN Cover Crop Table for Small Farms & Gardens https://marionswcd.org/soil-health-guide/
Purdue University’s “Indiana Vegetable Planting Calendar”
https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/extpub/indiana-vegetable-planting-calendar/
Purdue University’s “The Fall Vegetable Garden”
https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/extpub/the-fall-vegetable-garden/