Farm Incubator Program
The NOFA-NJ Farm Agricultural Incubator program is designed to prepare new, nontraditional or immigrant farmer populations to farm organically in New Jersey. The incubator program will offer an alternative point of entry for beginning farmers and provide them with access to land and to support services to enable them to develop the skills necessary to succeed. Appropriately, structured, it will improve the quantity and viability of new farm enterprises in the Garden State. Concurrently, the program will provide technical training, business development and market support to farmers enrolled in the program. NOFA-NJ is pleased to have the opportunity to initiate the Agriculture Incubator training program at Duke Farms.
More details on this program will be posted soon.
Information for Beginning Farmers
Beginningfarms.org is a website dedicated to creating a knowledge and networking resource for farmer and potential famers, educators, activist, and policy makers interested in promoting small, diverse, locally-based, sustainable farm enterprises.
GAP's On Your Farm by Phil Tocco Check out this article to learn more about writing Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) manuals. These manuals contain detailed accountings for how procedures are carried out to maintain safe food from the field until the produce is shipped from the farm.