Producer Programs

  • Report

    Beginning Farmer Success

    By University of Maryland Extension

    Description

    The program is the product of a collaborative grant project funded through The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The goal is to increase the number of successful beginning farmers and acreage farmed by them in Maryland. The project has an emphasis on practical training for beginning farmers, including new, underserved, limited resource, socially disadvantaged, minority and ethnic, and explorer farming audiences.

  • Contact Information

    Website
    http://extension.umd.edu/newfarmer
    Contact
    Hannah Shear
    hshear@umd.edu
    (301)600-3580
  • Delivery Area(s)

    Maryland