THE RESOURCEFUL GROWER

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

• Agronomic Services Division

• Carolina Farm Stewardship Association

• Cooperative Extension

• Firsthand Foods

• Federation of Southern Cooperatives

• NC Choices (CEFS)

• NCDA & CS Solution Analysis

• NCDA Soil and Water Conservation

• NC Farm School

• NC Forest Service

• Organic Growers School

• Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI USA)

• REC Forestry

• Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network (SAAFON)

• Soil and Water Conservation Districts

• Test Your Soil

• USDA Natural Resources and Conservation Services (NRCS)

• Working Lands Trust

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BUSINESS AND LEGAL

• Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP)

• Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (BRWIA)

• Carolina Small Business

• Conservation Trust for NC

• Elements of a Good Lease

• Farm Credits of NC

• Feast Down East

• Firsthand Foods

• Happy Dirt

• Land Loss Prevention Project

• Mountain BizWorks

• NAP Insurance

• NC Choices (CEFS)

• NCDA&CS Marketing Division

• NCDA&CS Small and Minority Farms

• NC Farm School

• NC Rural Center

• NC Small Business Center

• Piedmont Grown

• Rural Advancement Foundation International USA (RAFI)

• Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG)

• Tree Assistance Program (TAP)

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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

• AgPrime, NC AgVentures, WNC AgOptions

• Carolina Small Business

• Farm Credits of NC

• Farm Service Agency Loans

• FSA Organic Certification Cost Share Program

• Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)

• Mountain BizWorks

• Mountain Valleys RCD

• Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund)

• NC Agricultural Finance Authority

• NCDA&CS Specialty Crops Grant

• NC GAP Certification Cost Share

• NCIFund Cold Storage

• Rural Energy Access Program (REAP)

• Slow Money NC

• Soil and Water Conservation Districts

• Southern SARE

• USDA NRCS EQIP

• USDA NRCS Grants

• Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG)

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NETWORKING AND LEARNING

• Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Program (ASAP)

• Black Family Land Trust

• Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA)

• Federation of Southern Cooperatives

• Food Animals Concerns Trust (FACT)

• Growing Small Farms

• Minority Landowners Magazine

• National Young Farmers' Coalition

• NCDA Agritourism

• NC Farm Link

• Organic Growers School

• Rural Advancement Foundation International USA (RAFI USA)

• Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network (SAAFON)

• Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG)

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OTHER​

• ATTRA (NCAT)

• Census of Agriculture

• Cooperative Extension

• Helpful Apps

  • Duke Superfund Research Center Map

  • NC Local Food Infrastructure Map

  • Old Farmer's Almanac Garden Planner

  • Visit NC Farms

• Helpful Websites​

  • Farm Aid Directory

  • Farm Commons

  • Farm Hack

  • Practical Farmers of Iowa

• How to Get a Farm Number

• Hunters for the Hungry

• Minority Farm Register

• NC Agriculture Mediation Program (NCAMP)

• NC AgraBility

• Pack n Cool