A Farm for the Future- BBC documentary
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/farm-for-the-future/
Peak Everything- Richard Heinberg
Resources to help you start and stay farming
Attra publication IP349- Finding Land to Farm- Six Ways to Secure Farmland
visit www.attra.ncat.org
California Farmlink- Tenures Model Handbook Chapter 1
http://www.californiafarmlink.org
Loans
Farm Services Agency FSA loans: www.fsa.usda.gov ( beginning farmer loans)
U.S. Small Business Administration www.sba.gov (creating and writing business plans and financing options nationally)
Womens Initiative, Novato 11 week course in business planning and financing options
http://www.womensinitiative.org
Agriculture & Land Based Training Association (ALBA) 6 month incubator farm lease models and business planning
Land Trusts & Conservation Easements
American Farmland Trust (AFT) http://www.farmland.org/
Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) www.malt.org
Open Space Institute http://www.osiny.org/
Live Power Farm, Covelo http://www.livepower.org/
Equity Trust, Inc. http://www.equitytrust.org/WholeFarm.html (farms for Farmers)
Video : Farmers and Farmland for the Future: Beyond Conservation Easements
Subsidies/ Direct Payments
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition- news from what’s happening in Ag world, updates on proposed cuts to EQIP & Conservation programs in Farm Bill 2012, action steps to take to create change.
http://sustainableagriculture.net/
Environmental Working Group
Grants
National Database for Federal Grants
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) www.cfda.gov
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
Future of Food Conference , May 2011- Georgetown University video archives
http://washingtonpostlive.com/conferences/food/archive
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