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  • NY Small Dairy Innovators

    Features 7 small dairies across NYS that have found methods of increasing profit and leisure time in a challenging dairy industry. Free Download [PDF] (5.12 MB) Editor: Violet Stone | 2010 | 13 pp

  • NY Small Farm Energy Innovators

    Profiles of farmers who save energy and use renewable systems, detailing installation costs, grants, energy saved or produced, and further resources. Free Download [WORD] (3.52 MB) Authors: Adrienne Masler, Annie Bass | 2010 | 11 pp

  • Green Grass, Green Jobs

    A report on recommended actions in research, education, extension, and policy to realize the potential of grasslands as a farming resource for rural economic development, regional food supply, and environmental outcomes. Free Download [PDF] (722 kB) Editor: Daniel Welch | 2011 | 37 pp

  • Guide to Marketing Channel Assessment

    This guide offers tools to evaluate the success of your markets to ensure they are the most profitable for your business. Free Download [PDF] (4 MB) Authors: Matthew LeRoux, Monika Roth, Molly Shaw, and Todd Schmidt | 2010 | 38 pp

  • Campus to Farm Guide

    A directory of research and extension projects supporting small farms, highlighting small farms-focused research and extension projects led by Cornell faculty and educators. Free Download [PDF] (1.36 MB) Editors: Anu Rangarajan, Rachel Whiteheart, Violet Stone | 2013 | 37 pp

  • Guide to Direct Marketing Livestock and Poultry

    A guide to the regulations every livestock producer should know, providing details on everything from meat certifications to butchering cuts. It has undergone an extensive review to align with current food safety regulations. A guide to the regulations every livestock producer should know, providing details on everything from meat certifications to butchering cuts. It has…

  • Guide to Farming

    This Guide is updated periodically to provide answers to questions about taxes, business planning, labor law, zoning, regulations, marketing and many other topics that farmers need to know. 1. Making Farming Possible (Getting Started) 2. Farming in Rural Areas 3. Making Farming Profitable and Other Business Considerations 4. Marketing and Selling Farm Products 5. Appendix

  • Guide to Urban Farming

    The guide is designed to inform urban farmers about advocating for urban agriculture, accessing and reclaiming land, producing food and farm products in city centers, marketing, financing, and other information they need to know to launch, continue, or expand their farm businesses. 1. Making Urban Farming Possible- Getting Started 2. Farming in Urban Centers 3.…

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