Year: 2017

This Guide represents the hard work of a group of people dedicated to ensuring that small-scale farmers in NYS are able to continue producing and selling high-quality, safe food to their eager…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Urban Farming and Related Organizations/Programs in NYC Organization Services and Resources Contact Information GrowNYC http://www.grownyc.org/ Greenmarkets, Wholesale Greenmarket, Grow Truck…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Urban Farming Training Programs Just Food Farm School NYC in New York City (http://www.justfood.org/farmschoolnyc) Two-year certificate program and individual advanced…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents Organizational Resources “Start a Farm in the City” by Rex Dufour, ATTRA: The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, 2009, available…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Loans and Other Financing Options The most ideal source of money for a new farm enterprise is your own cash.…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Applying for Grants An increasing number of grant programs are available to farmers from federal or state sources each with…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Labor Laws Employers are required to have workers’ compensation insurance on their workers if cash wages are or exceed $1,200…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Record Keeping At a minimum your farm will need a record keeping system for tax and legal compliance. It is…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Value Added Processing for Urban Farmers For urban farmers whose production is limited by space or other constraints, value added…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> What are food security and food access? Food security is the extent to which a person or family has sufficient,…