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Developing and Strengthening Farm Link Programs - A Guide for Practitioners

Summary

The purpose of this guide is to help develop and strengthen farm link programs in the U.S. It will be useful for existing programs as well as for groups planning or hoping to start farm link services. The material for this guide was largely gathered from the combined experience of three dozen farm link practitioners who gathered for a two-day national farm link clinic in 2019. It is augmented by the contributions of professionals and researchers with expertise in land access, farm transfer and farm link programs. While the main intent of this guide is to help program practitioners, another purpose is as a tool to advocate for farm link programs—to help explain and champion them to funders, researchers, policymakers, potential “customers” and the public.