Resources
| Title | Author | Summary | Year | topic_areas_hfilter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGAIN Office Hours: Organizing for Food & Climate Justice in Florida | Florida Food Policy Council | Erica Hall, Board Chair of the Florida Food Policy Council and longtime advocate for climate justice, social equity, and economic resilience, shares the Florida Food Policy Council’s work in community organizing for climate change resilience. | 2022 | climate-change-adaptation crop-rotation-diversification-and-intercropping economic-community-development ecosystem-services farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-conservation-practices leadership-development local-regional-food-systems-and-access minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships partnerships-and-networking policy-and-regulation racial-equity rural-community-leadership rural-urban-value-supply-chains state-level-policy strategic-planning water-quality-improvement-and-management |
| Strengthening the Economy, Health, and Climate Security through More Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems | Day One Project | Anchored in practice driving federal policy, the document describes how the agriculture sector can be reimagined to prioritize the environment, science, public health, and social … | 2021 | conservation farm-finance-policy federal-level-policy legal-and-finances organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation racial-equity soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| Analysis & Recommendations: U.S. Policy & Regenerative Agriculture | Policy Working Group at Funders for Regenerative Agriculture | Through 18+ interviews on the status of agriculture policy, the Policy Working Group examines challenges and opportunities for adopting policies that would support a transition … | 2021 | conservation federal-level-policy grants-and-funding-proposals local-regional-food-systems-and-access organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation state-level-policy strategic-planning trade-and-global-markets |
| Fearless Farm Finances Online Course | MOSES | Fearless Farm Finances Online Course offers tools for successfully managing your farms finances and covers everything from goal setting to budgets. This online course consists … | 2018 | economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-enterprise-planning legal-and-finances organizational-development-and-partnerships |
| Ear to the Ground 265: Diving into Safer Waters | Land Stewardship Project | Ear to the Ground Podcast, hosted by Brian DeVour at the Land Stewardship Project, covers family farming, regenerative agriculture, regional food, and local democracy through … | 2021 | beginning-farmer-and-rancher-support economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance leadership-development organizational-development-and-partnerships partnerships-and-networking |
| Soil Builder Videos: Grass Based Meat Marketing | Land Stewardship Project | Grass Based Meat Marketing is a series of three short Soil Builder Videos featuring three farms experiences with beef and goat direct marketing. Building Relationships … | 2021 | beef-cattle cover-cropping farm-conservation-practices goats-dairy-meat livestock_management managed-livestock-grazing-systems marketing-and-communications no-till-and-conservation-tillage organizational-development-and-partnerships soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| Organic Fact Sheets | Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) | MOSES developed 48 easy-to-follow explanations about various topics related to organic farming that are categorized into five sections: Field Crops & Market Farming, Business & … | crop-rotation-diversification-and-intercropping economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-conservation-practices health-and-disease livestock_management minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health | |
| Land Policy Report | Holly Rippon-Butler, National Young Farmers Coalition | Barriers to land access are laden with interconnected challenges of climate change, food sovereignty, structural racism and discrimination, cost of living, and public health. However, … | 2020 | economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance federal-level-policy minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships partnerships-and-networking policy-and-regulation racial-equity |
| Young Farmers Racial Equity Toolkit | National Young Farmers Coalition | The Racial Equity Toolkit (1) introduces the toolkit and the vast systems of racism in our agriculture system, (2) offers guidance on organizing around and … | 2020 | economic-community-development federal-level-policy leadership-development organizational-development-and-partnerships partnerships-and-networking policy-and-regulation racial-equity rural-community-leadership tribal-nations |
| Land Access Solutions in the Agrarian Commons Model | Farm Commons | Why work with a land trust to preserve or access farmland? And, how do we navigate the creativity AND limitations of easements on farmland? Farm … | 2021 | beginning-farmer-and-rancher-support conservation-program-funding-and-cost-share economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance legal-and-finances minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation racial-equity state-level-policy |
| Social Justice through Non-traditional Land Access Strategies | Farm Commons | The Farm Commons team discusses inequities in who has access to land, who owns the land, and strategies farmers and farm-advocates pursue to secure land … | 2021 | beginning-farmer-and-rancher-support economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-finance-policy local-regional-food-systems-and-access minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation racial-equity |
| Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs | National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition | This collection of current programs and policies breaks down who is eligible, success stories, application information, resources, and history. Originally released in 2014, the guide … | 2014 | beginning-farmer-and-rancher-support conservation-program-funding-and-cost-share crop-insurance economic-community-development energy-and-forestry farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-credit farm-enterprise-planning federal-level-policy food-safety-and-inspection grants-and-funding-proposals minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation |
| Guide to Illinois Laws Governing Direct Farm Marketing | Illinois Stewardship Alliance | Developed by the Illinois Stewardship Alliance with assistance from the Illinois Department of Agriculture and University of Illinois Extension, this guide informs farmers and producers … | economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-enterprise-planning federal-level-policy legal-and-finances marketing-and-communications organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation rural-urban-value-supply-chains state-level-policy | |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Tackling Food Insecurity and land access in Minnesota | Sharing Our Roots | Antonio Alba Merez is the Program Director for the Community Land Share, Community Connector, and Neighborhood Garden initiatives. In this call, Antonio and his colleague Lina Nyaronge share how these programs work to address food insecurity and land access in Northfield, MN. | 2022 | beginning-farmer-and-rancher-support economic-community-development farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-enterprise-planning leadership-development minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships rural-community-leadership |
| Digital Cafe Webinar Series | Soil Health Nexus | The Soil Health Nexus Digital Cafe Webinar Series is a collection of monthly webinars talking all things soil health. Each webinar consists of a main … | 2020 | agroforestry climate-change-adaptation conservation crop-rotation-diversification-and-intercropping ecosystem-services farm-conservation-practices managed-livestock-grazing-systems organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health strategic-planning |
| Leasing Land: Legal and Practical Tips for Success | Farm Commons and Quivira Coalition | Doing your due diligence is a common practice when purchasing property, but as Rachel Armstrong explains, it is just as important when signing a lease … | 2021 | beginning-farmer-and-rancher-support farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-enterprise-planning federal-level-policy legal-and-finances organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation state-level-policy |
| Right Business Structure for Reducing Legal Risk and Leveraging Opportunity | Farm Commons and Quivira Coalition | Rachel Armstrong, founder and Executive Director at Farm Commons, discusses the importance of establishing the right business structure and writing the proper organizing document for … | 2022 | beginning-farmer-and-rancher-support economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-enterprise-planning farm-finance-policy federal-level-policy legal-and-finances organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation state-level-policy strategic-planning |
| Key Perennial Crops | Savanna Institute | The Key Perennial Crops infographic acts as a guidebook for top tree crops in the Midwest. The Savanna Institute characterizes 12 tree crops, each equipped … | 2019 | agroforestry farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-conservation-practices farm-enterprise-planning labeling-and-marketing marketing-and-communications organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Landowner Leadership on Climate in the Upper Midwest | Sharing Our Roots | Teresa Opheim, Project Director of Climate Land Leaders with Sharing Our Roots, shares her work to bring landowners together to help tackle the climate crisis by establishing conservation goals for their land. | 2019 | agroforestry climate-change-adaptation cover-cropping crop-rotation-diversification-and-intercropping economic-community-development ecosystem-services edge-of-field-practices farm-conservation-practices leadership-development managed-livestock-grazing-systems no-till-and-conservation-tillage organizational-development-and-partnerships rural-community-leadership small-grains water-quality-improvement-and-management |
| Liberation on Land Skillshare Video Series | Soul Fire Farm | This sixteen part “how-to” video series facilitated by Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other people of color farmers and land stewards details soil carbon, ways to … | 2021 | farm-business-planning-and-finance leadership-development minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships racial-equity |
| Leveling the Fields: Creating Farming Opportunities for Black People, Indigenous People, and Other People of Color. | Union of Concerned Scientists and HEAL Food Alliance | The policy brief discusses how systemic racism within the agricultural sector excludes Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) and strategies for addressing longstanding … | 2020 | local-regional-food-systems-and-access organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation racial-equity |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Monroe County Climate Change Task Force | Monroe County Land Conservation Department | Bob Micheel, Monroe County Land Conservation Department Director, shares his work on the Climate Change Task Force with Monroe County in Wisconsin. | 2021 | climate-change-adaptation economic-community-development ecosystem-services leadership-development organizational-development-and-partnerships partnerships-and-networking rural-community-leadership soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health water-quality-improvement-and-management |
| REGAIN Office Hours: SFA’s Technical Assistance for Grazing Program | Sustainable Farming Association | Jared Luhman discusses SFA’s new Technical Assistance for Grazing Program. The program will provide one-on-one training for a cohort of 30 farmers in Minnesota to help them begin, improve upon, or expand their grazing enterprise | 2021 | farm-conservation-practices managed-livestock-grazing-systems organizational-development-and-partnerships partnerships-and-networking |
| REGAIN Office Hour: Green Lands Blue Waters Continuous Living Cover | REGAIN | Green Lands Blue Waters, along with co-hosts RuralAdvantage and Savanna Institute, discuss examples of leveraging NRCS funds to implement and support Continuous Living Cover (CLC) practices like perennial forage and alley cropping. | 2021 | agroforestry conservation ecosystem-services farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-conservation-practices farm-enterprise-planning grants-and-funding-proposals habitat-and-wildlife-management managed-livestock-grazing-systems organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation |
| Racial Equity Coffee Chat Facilitation Guide | Wallace Center | A guide to facilitating conversations about topics related to racial equity. | 2020 | racial-equity organizational-development-and-partnerships |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Virtual Field Days | Practical Farmers of Iowa | Meghan Filbert, Livestock Program Manager at Practical Farmers of Iowa, shares best practices for hosting virtual field days! | 2019 | covid-19-response marketing-and-communications organizational-development-and-partnerships partnerships-and-networking |