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Agritourism Business Planning

Award Amount: $49,965
Institution: University of Vermont Extension
Project Director: Lisa Chase (lisa.chase@uvm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Standard Education Projects ($50,000 maximum)
Summary
1. Original Project OverviewThe Agritourism Business Planner project aimed to... More

Athletes in Overalls: Movement Health + Wellness for Injury Prevention, Increased Efficiency and Career Longevity

Award Amount: $49,982
Institution: Labor-Movement, LLC
Project Director: Cynthia Flores (cynthia@labor-movement.com)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Standard Education Projects ($50,000 maximum)
Summary
This project addressed injury risk management training focused on proper... More

Battle for the 'Belt': Development of Research-Based Curriculum and Tools to Help Farmers Decide Corn and Soybean Planting Priority

Award Amount: $49,632
Institution: The Ohio State University
Project Director: Laura Lindsey (lindsey.233@osu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
This project addressed Production and Financial Risk associated with delayed corn... More

Beginner Farmer Education for Minnesotans

Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of Minnesota Extension
Project Director: Nathan Hulinsky (huli0013@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
With all the uncertainty in the farm economy and fluctuating commodity... More

Building Producer Autonomy in Land Use Decisions through Peer Learning Groups

Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of Maryland
Project Director: Elizabeth Thilmany (thilmany@umd.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Standard Education Projects ($50,000 maximum)
Summary
The "Building Producer Autonomy in Land Use Decisions through Peer... More

Business Planning, Succession Planning and Legal Support to Build Economic Viability for Farms in Essex County New York

Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County
Project Director: Elizabeth Lee (elizabeth.lee@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Standard Education Projects ($50,000 maximum)
Summary
The original project overview sought to address previously identified, ongoing... More

Education for Socially Disadvantaged Hispanic Spanish-Speaking Green Industry Professionals

Award Amount: $49,996
Institution: Texas Nursery & Landscape Association
Project Director: Sarah Riggins (sarah@tnlaonline.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
The grant aimed to support educational initiatives targeting Spanish-speaking professionals... More

Feed and Forage Finder

Award Amount: $49,644
Institution: The Curators of the University of Missouri
Project Director: Ryan Milhollin (milhollinr@missouri.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
Unpredictable weather conditions and transportation issues can disrupt the availability... More

Finances and the Farm: An online asynchronous class to develop financial statements for farm-level performance analysis and decision-making

Award Amount: $49,946
Institution: Kansas State University
Project Director: Roberta (Robin) Reid (robinreid@ksu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
Farm financial risk may be greater than ever before because... More

High Tunnel Success and Support to Manage the Risk of Adopting a New Technology and Production System

Award Amount: $49,701
Institution: Renewing the Countryside
Project Director: Jan Joannides (jan@rtcinfo.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
The High Tunnel Success and Support to Manage the Risk... More

How Much is that Bunch of Flowers? - Developing a Cost Calculator for Cut Flower Growers.

Award Amount: $30,660
Institution: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County
Project Director: Stephen Hadcock (seh11@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Standard Education Projects ($50,000 maximum)
Summary
The cut flower industry is an emerging agricultural industry in... More

Labor Considerations for Tennessee Farmers: Strategies for Securing and Managing Agricultural Labor

Award Amount: $49,883
Institution: GAP Connections
Project Director: Amy Rochkes (arochkes@gapconnections.com)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
Tennessee agricultural producers and agribusinesses were invited to attend one of... More

Management and Communication Strategies for Transitioning Agricultural Land

Award Amount: $32,192
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Director: Jim Jansen (jjansen4@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
This project addressed management and communication strategies necessary for operations... More

Managing production, financial and legal risks associated with herbicide drift on small-scale vegetable farms.

Award Amount: $47,265
Institution: LSU AgCenter
Project Director: Kathryn Fontenot (kkfontenot@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
Vegetable farmers are concerned about the consequences and liability of... More

Managing Risk through Changing Climate and Market Environments in the Southern Appalachians

Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP)
Project Director: Molly Nicholie (molly@asapconnections.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
This project supported over 270 small-scale, limited resource, sustainably producing... More

Marketing Training for Adirondack Region Farms to Reduce Economic Risk

Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County, Adirondack Harvest
Project Director: Mary Godnick (mjg339@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Standard Education Projects ($50,000 maximum)
Summary
The "Marketing Training for Adirondack Region Farms to Reduce Economic... More

Overcoming Risk During Climate Variability: The Importance of Recordkeeping in Small Scale Farming

Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: Trustees of Tufts College
Project Director: Jennifer Hashley (jennifer.hashley@tufts.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
The Overcoming Risk During Climate Variability: The Importance of Recordkeeping in... More

Reducing Risks: Reaching historically underserved women producers in the U.S. Southeast

Award Amount: $99,994
Institution: American Farmland Trust
Project Director: Caitlin Joseph (cjoseph@farmland.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects
Summary
This project specifically focused on Black, Indigenous, Women of Color, and... More

Supporting Farmland Succession with Accessible Legal Tools

Award Amount: $46,022
Institution: Farm Commons
Project Director: Rachel Armstrong (rachel@farmcommons.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Standard Education Projects ($50,000 maximum)
Summary
In this project, we created a set of videos, worksheets,... More

The Producer Pathway: Mitigating risk in sustainable agriculture communities with outreach, training, and support

Award Amount: $40,060
Institution: Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD)
Project Director: Jennifer Roop (jroop@asdevelop.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
ASD’s Producer Pathway agriculture training programs cover risk management educationalsubjects... More

Training Underserved Arkansas and Mississippi Crop Farmers to Understand and Utilize Crop Insurance as a Risk Management Tool

Award Amount: $99,977
Institution: University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Project Director: Hunter Biram (hdbiram@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects
Summary
This project aims to educate underserved producers on the fundamentals... More

Transitioning for the Future - Risk Management Strategies for Minnesota Cultivated Wild Rice Farmers

Award Amount: $11,053
Institution: Minnesota Cultivated Wild Rice Council
Project Director: Beth Nelson (wr@mnwildrice.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
The Minnesota cultivated wild rice industry is in transition. Many... More

Understanding Legal Risks in Agricultural Labor in the MidAtlantic

Award Amount: $27,821
Institution: University of Maryland
Project Director: Paul Goeringer (lgoering@umd.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2023 Standard Education Projects ($50,000 maximum)
Summary
The project team developed resources related to health insurance and... More

Where's the Beef? Video Series

Award Amount: $49,970
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Project Director: Tiffany Dowell Lashmet (tdowell@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
Upon seeing the positive comments about the producer panel we... More

Widening the Supply Chain Bottleneck for New and Transitioning Local Meat Producers: Developing Targeted Tools, Resources, and Training to Mitigate Processing Risks and Expand Market Opportunities

Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: NC State University
Project Director: Sarah Blacklin (seblackl@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2023 Education Projects
Summary
North Carolina farmers risk losing market opportunities and experience other... More
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