Join Jen Skoog of Family Roots Farm for Part II of her ‘Farm Finance’ webinar. In this webinar, learn how to create enterprise budgets and how to use partial budgets to aid in farm decision making.

This publication outlines direct marketing channels and strategies for organic producers. It covers CSAs, farmers markets, u-pick operations, farm stands, restaurant sales, farm-to-school and institution programs, agritourism, and online marketing — providing an overview of each channel's advantages, startup considerations, and resources to help farmers develop effective single or multi-channel marketing strategies.

This webinar, produced by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) Fiber Council, provides an overview of U.S. organic fiber production and standards for organic textile certification. Learn from industry experts, including representatives from the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and Textile Exchange about market growth, certification standards, policy updates, fiber standards, and more.

This publication provides an introduction to farm direct marketing and explains how organic farmers can sell directly to customers at near-retail prices. It covers advantages including price control and immediate payment, challenges such as increased risk and added business responsibilities, and guidance on niche marketing — identifying products that meet specific consumer needs and differentiate the farm in the marketplace.

Join Robert Crystal-Ornelas from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Amber Sciligo from The Organic Center for a webinar about how organic farmers can increase carbon sequestration in their production systems. Learn about the role that agriculture plays in climate change and how organic management practices can contribute to mitigation efforts by storing atmospheric carbon in the soil.

This guide helps organic farmers evaluate, negotiate, and manage marketing contracts. It covers contract law basics, a Quick Organic Contract Checklist, how federal organic regulations interact with contracts, over 100 types of contract provisions, and dispute resolution — providing certified organic operations with independent legal guidance for crop, dairy, livestock, and other organic product contracts.

Join Amber Sciligo from The Organic Center, David Crowder from Washington State University, and Olivia Smith from the University of Georgia for a research-based webinar about the potential environmental and economic benefits of organic production, including benefits to biodiversity and farm profitability.

This guidebook introduces producer marketing cooperatives as a vehicle for small-scale farmers to collectively improve market access, pricing, and business stability. It covers cooperative functions, member responsibilities, alternatives to cooperatives, and includes a marketing planning supplement addressing ideal client profiles, messaging frameworks, and website essentials to help cooperatives achieve revenue growth.

This webinar, produced by The Organic Center, disseminates research findings on the benefits of organic farming to soil health and climate change mitigation and outlines specific organic soil-building practices to illuminate strategies that have the biggest impacts on soil health.

From USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service, this resource page compiles guides and programs supporting farmer cooperatives. It links to publications covering cooperative basics, member roles, startup processes, feasibility studies, and federal statutes. It also highlights USDA programs available to cooperative businesses and their members.

Are you looking for data-driven tools to help your sales or marketing teams articulate the environmental, health, social, and economic benefits of organic? Join Gwendolyn Wyard of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) to learn about some of the tools available to farmers to communicate the benefits and contributions of the USDA Organic standard.

This SARE publication provides guidance to farmers considering expanding their operations and branching out into wholesale markets. Topics include business planning, working with wholesale buyers, and areas of production that range from increasing yield and produce quality, to harvest and postharvest handling, food safety and more.