Introduction to Permaculture - 40 hours of free video lectures

An entire university course on Permaculture:

http://www.permaculture-media-download.com/2011/09/introduction-to-permaculture-40-hours.html?m=1

How to revolutionize agriculture in an hour

Interview with Dan Kittredge - Great overview of nutrient density, soil basics and how to grow awesome crops!
http://www.wamc.org/post/alan-chartockin-conversation-dan-kittredge

Veggie Compass - Amazing Cost of Production Tool for Diversified Vegetable Farms

Detailed - comprehensive - but manageable - not for everyone...
 www.veggiecompass.com
Covers markets, overhead and direct costs broken down by crop. Can handle multiple market channels.

Webinar: The Price Point Conundrum - How the Sustainable Farmer Can Afford Her Own Tomato

One of many amazing local food webinars from the National Good Food Network in the US:
http://ngfn.org/resources/ngfn-cluster-calls/the-price-point-conundrum-how-the-sustainable-farmer-can-afford-her-own-tomato/webinar  More: http://ngfn.org/resources/ngfn-cluster-calls

Nova Scotia is Cutting Edge

www.gov.ns.ca/agri/thinkfarm - Actively recruiting new farmers from all walks - article:
http://www.thecasket.ca/top-news/thinkfarm-encourages-people-to-try-farming/ 

Muiltifunctional Agriculture, women and Italy

Multifunctional agriculture? I like it - globalization leaves few small farms untouched and provides much for a common understanding.   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/world/europe/growing-beyond-the-fields.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

AMI Research on Ontario Farm Planning Practices

Amazingly relevant survey of the business planning happening on farms across Ontario:
http://www.takeanewapproach.ca/farmers/our-research.aspx   Lots of relevance for all types of farming.

PPG - HR on the Farm Blog Expert

http://ppghr.com/blog/ - Lots of practical tips for big and small farm businesses

Painchaud Performance Group

PPG - the art and science of human performance. PPG is an international consulting firm that specializes in employee engagement and performance for small- to medium-sized businesses.

PPG's HR Concierge Service delivers customized talent-management solutions using practical experience, analysis tools, and training and coaching programs. Our clients can mix and match the HR Concierge Service to their specific needs, which helps them achieve measurable and sustainable results, and allows them to focus on their other priorities, while experiencing the positive benefits that our services achieve.

Report: Building a Future With Farmers: Challenges Faced by Young, American Farmers and a National Strategy to Help Them Succeed

Surveyed 1,000 farmers from across the United States and found that access to capital, access to land and health insurance present the largest obstacles for beginners. Farmers rated farm apprenticeships, local partnerships and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as the most valuable programs to help beginners.
http://www.youngfarmers.org/newsroom/building-a-future-with-farmers-october-2011/

Incubator Farm - Prairie Crossing

Farm business development center incubator farm: http://www.prairiecrossingfarms.com/about.html

MOFGA Farmer to Farmer Conference

How conferences should be!  More networking and in-depth small group discussion time:
http://www.mofga.org/Default.aspx?tabid=293

Tuffs University: New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

Offers a full slate of farm training courses and services:
http://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/training/index.html

MOFGA Presentation List

Variety of topics from land access to technical production, root cellaring basics.  Lots on hoop houses:
http://www.mofga.org/Default.aspx?tabid=224

Farm Mapping Software - On-line

http://www.farm-file.com/index.html

Based in Ireland.

COABC - Canadian Organic Webinars

From the Certified Organic Associations of BC (they're doing tonnes of great work)
http://www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/education/seminars.php
And have plenty of resources.  Their Cyber-HELP listserve is amazing.

Farm land preservation - Incubating farmers - Rethinking suburban land use

Prairie Crossing does it all. List of resources offered on their site: http://www.prairiecrossingfarms.com/resources.html

Introducing the Wallace Center

http://wallacecenter.org/

The Wallace Center supports entrepreneurs and communities as they build a new, 21st century food system that is healthier for people, the environment, and the economy.

Our role is four-fold:

• We build links in the growing and diverse network of food and farm innovators with events and communications that bring participants together.

• We strengthen this network by gathering information from it and sharing participants’ learning through the network and with policy makers.

• We prime the pump of change by monitoring the emergence of useful models and helping others adopt or adapt them.

• We work to bring financial resources and other capacity-building support to good-food innovators.

Webinar:Clearing the Roadblocks: Market Based Strategies for Getting Good Food to All Communities

Another from the Wallace Center...
http://ngfn.org/resources/ngfn-cluster-calls/clearing-the-roadblocks-market-based-strategies-for-getting-good-food-to-all-communities/webinar

AgSquared - Planning monitoring it all on-line!

http://www.agsquared.com/en/product/features

AgSquared is developing a set of online software tools that combine farm planning and management with automated record keeping to track all the details of your farm's operation so you don't have to.

Webinar: Internet technology for small farms

http://ngfn.org/resources/ngfn-cluster-calls/farmer-and-the-dell

How can technology help get more healthy, fair, affordable, green food to consumers?

See five promising new technologies that help to get more Good Food into the food system. Each of these technologies represents a different method of bolstering regional food systems. The tools focus on the needs of many different actors in the food system: producers, aggregators, and even consumers.

Database of all Ontario products and services

Searchable by crop, activity, attraction and urban center:
http://www.harvestontario.com

The Source for Local

SPONSORS:

We are the largest and most comprehensive source for local including on-farm markets, pick-your-own, farmers' markets, farmgate honey producers, local meats, wineries, craft breweres, fairs and much more. And we are proud to be working directly with Ontario Farm Fresh and Farmers' Markets Ontario.

CFBMC Agri-webinar - Information Launch Meeting: Study of Farm Business Management Planning Behaviours in Ontario

www.agriwebinar.com

CFBMC Agri-webinar - Better Planning - Better Decisions

Better Planning - Better Decisions

November 7, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
2011/2012 CFBMC Agriwebinar Series

John Molenhuis

Considera.org - Homeopathy in Agriculture

http://considera.org/consintro.html


Introduction
For 25 years I've been fascinated by one approach to tending the land.
Biodynamic agriculture and horticulture, also known as biodynamics or BD, has a strong foundation of organic husbandry and the results are increasingly valued both ecologically and gastronomically. But the defining biodynamic techniques are currently off the scientific map: 'preparations' are potentised and spread on the land or put in compost, planting is done after considering the position of the Moon Sun and planets, and weed or pest peppers are created to mitigate their damage! Hmmmm....
For these 25 years I have been caught in this tension between feeling in my gut that something was 'right', but not finding it easy to use my rational filters to evaluate the means to these wonderful ends. I assume I am not alone in having this dilemma.  

Grass Run Farm - Local aggregation business for niche beef

www.grassrunfarm.com

We're farmers. We're a meat company. We are local foods.

At Grass Run Farm, we offer our region's best 100% grass-fed beef. We also market all-natural confinement-free "Fresh Air" pork. 
It's our responsibility to find sustainable markets for these products so that our local food system grows and flourishes, from the farmer to the consumer. We manage an inventory of both wholesale and retails cuts for food co-ops, restaurants, families, and institutions, alike.

The Carrot Project - Small Farm Financing

Welcome to The Carrot Project. We are a non-profit organization committed to creating financing solutions, capitalized by private investment, for small and midsized farms that:

• use ecologically sensitive methods
• are located in New England and contiguous counties in New York
• sell their farm or value-added products to local and regional markets

The Carrot Project partners with farmers, lenders, investors, donors, and farm service providers to:

• create and administer regional financing programs for farmers
• provide investment opportunities in sustainable agriculture
• provide or connect farmers with business planning technical assistance
• collaborate on research and innovative thinking that contribute to a diverse and strong farm sector

For more detailed information, please explore this website and sign up for our e-newsletter.



http://www.thecarrotproject.org/home

Practical Farmers of Iowa - Webinars

Current list of available webinars - from technical production issues to business planning.
http://www.practicalfarmers.org/farminar/


Founded in 1985, Practical Farmers of Iowa includes a diverse group of 1,500 farmers and friends of farmers.  Corn, soybeans, beef cattle and hay are the top enterprises for PFI farmers, although many have other operations, including fruits and vegetables. Our nonfarmer members believe that farmers can provide multiple benefits to society, including food and fiber, but also clean air and water and biodiversity on the land.
Our mission is to advance profitable, ecologically sound, and community-enhancing approaches to agriculture through farmer-led investigation and information sharing. Click here for our vision.
PFI specializes in farmer-to-farmer networking through our Cooperators’ Program, Field Days, Annual Conference, Grazing Clusters, Farminars, and more. Farmer members are the catalyst for the directions taken in our Program Areas (Field Crops, Horticulture, Grazing, Niche Pork, Next Generation, Poultry, and Policy).