Project Overview
The Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming (Glynwood) is a leading institution specializing in training and convening small-to-mid-scale regenerative, diversified agricultural producers in NY's Hudson Valley. Many of these farmers are new and beginning farmers from socially disadvantaged groups, audiences that are currently underserved by traditional risk management efforts of USDA. Through this project, Glynwood supported a total of 243 vegetable and livestock producers representing a diverse set of these underserved producer groups (apprentices, Mid-Hudson CRAFT participants, participants in Glynwood's Farm Business Incubator, and regional livestock producers). Participants took part in risk management education activities addressing key elements of agricultural risk, including production, marketing, financial and human risk. Through participation in both producer group roundtables and farm visits, as well as workshops and one-on-one technical assistance sessions, producers achieved a variety of risk management results, including improved understanding of: crop rotation and succession planning; cover cropping strategies; marketing plans; relevant farm insurance policies for diversified producers; and team communication skills for farm workers and managers. Glynwood gained valuable experience hosting events that included simultaneous Spanish to English interpretation, which will improve its ability to recruit and support more native Spanish speakers in subsequent programming.
Number of Participants: 243
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