Care Farming Network hosted a 3-session series in September 2024. Each session focused on a specific topic that aspiring care farmers must consider as they begin their journey. The recorded sessions are available to view below, and each session includes a resource page with helpful information.
Find recordings and resource lists for CFN’s 2023 series here.
Session Descriptions
Want to Start A Care Farm: Planning & Funding Your Care Farm
Links to resources shared during the webinar
Are you an aspiring care farm with the dream of starting your own farm? This webinar shows how to get started and shares various examples of care farms across the U.S. We explore how to connect with other care farmers, focus on setting a strategy, and tap into resources to craft your vision to get you started! This discussion also includes various funding opportunities available for new care farmers.
Exploring Business Models and Facility & Land Options for Your Care Farm
Links to resources shared during the webinar
A Care Farm can be structured in several ways. Understanding the various models- and their pros and cons- will help you identify which makes the most sense as you begin your care farming journey. We also cover zoning and insurance issues, walk through how you develop a list of needs for your land and facilities, and provide resources to help you navigate the process.
Care Farming Network’s Mentorship Program
CFN presented an overview of our new Mentorship Program, which we are excited to be piloting in 2024-2025. CFN’s Mentorship Program will provide an opportunity for beginning care farmers in the Northeast who are working with or seeking to work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to advance their businesses and their care farming practices, with the overall goal of employing more people with IDD on care farms.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under sub-award number LNE23-467.
