Get Connected

Connect with Beginning Farmers

Young Farmer & Rancher Program (coordinated by the North Carolina Farm Bureau)

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (among other resources, an INTERN referral service, and a lot more)

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (be sure to sign up for their listserv, a great resource for grower education opportunities, resources, and available farmland in the Appalachian region)

Growing Small Farms (Chatham County website, also with a good information listserv for locating resources, education and available farmland in the Central Piedmont.)

Organic Growers School (including a great education and networking workshop held every March in Flat Rock, NC)

Farmers for the Future (network, young and beginning farmer forum)

Crop Mob A group of young, landless, and wannabe farmers who come together to build and empower communities by working side by side.

The Greenhorns A website for a documentary film about beginning farmers, with a blog and a guide for new farmers.

Meet Landowners

One tip in looking for land:  attend an event that's designed to get farmers and farmland owners thinking about the future, and wondering who might farm their ground after they are done with it.

Planning the Future of Your Farm events

 

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