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Acronyms | Terms and Definitions

• Departmental Regulation No. 9700 -1 - Establishment of the USDA Small Farms Policy. Effective September 8, 1999.
  
• Departmental Regulation No. 1043-43 dated July 9, 1997: Establishment of the USDA National Commission on Small Farms.

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• Departmental Regulation No. 1043-46 - Establishment of the USDA Advisory Committee on Small Farms. Effective November 16, 1999.

Small Farm Reports

Small Farm Resources

• Assisting Small Farmers and Ranchers in the 21st Century,a report by the USDA Small Farms Coordinators. 
  
• Building on A Time to Act, a report by the USDA Advisory Committee. 
  
• Information for SmalI Farmers and Ranchers, a booklet published by the USDA Small Farms Coordinators. 
  
• Other USDA Progress Reports and Small Farms Database Main Menu 
  
• USDA Small Farms Database - A detailed report of the action plans developed by the Department in response to 146 recommendations submitted in the National Commission on Small Farms report, A Time to Act.
  
• Index1 - Executive Summary of the USDA Small Farms Database - A summary report showing the number of the Commission's recommendations implemented by the Department by USDA Mission Area - [pdf file, 9KB].
  
• Index2 - Snapshot of the Small Farms Database - A condensed version of the USDA Small Farms Database. This report is indexed by USDA Mission Area, by Subject and by Policy Goal listed in the Time to Act Report.
  
• A Time To Act - A Report by the National Commission on Small Farms (1998 pdf version)
  For an htm-web version of the report, click here.
  
• Meeting the Challenge to A Time to Act: USDA Progress and Achievements Report
  
• Making Changes: Turning Local Visions Into National Solutions is a report that details the recommendations generated by participants in a five-year Agriculture Policy Project of the Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural & Environmental Policy at Winrock International. 
  
• USDA/CSREES Success Stories - USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service's (CSREES) Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), which is designed to assist limited resource audiences in acquiring nutritional information that helps them improve their family diet and nutritional well-being. 
  
• Effects of Federal Tax Policy on Agriculture - A report by the Economic Research Service (ERS) that analyzes the effects of the current Federal tax code on farming.
  
• Other USDA Small Farms Reports
  
  

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• Alternative Farming Systems' Information Center 
  
• Bison: A Promising Small Business Adventure  
  
• Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Website 
  
• California University Small Farm Center  
  
• Cornell University Small Farms  
  
• Directory of State Contacts for the CSREES Small Farm Program 
  
• Directory of State Contacts in Value-Added Agriculture 
  
• Economic Research Service (ERS) 
  
• ERS Farm Structure  
  
• ERS State Data Fact Sheets  
  
• Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture & Alternative Crops  
  
• Maryland University Small Farm Institute  
  
• Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture  
  
• Missouri Alternatives Center (Ag Alternatives & Small & New Farm Options) 
  
• Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship  
  
• Ohio State University's Ohioline Farm Web Page  
  
• Small Farm Resource Guide
  
• Terms and Definitions
  
• USDA CSREES' Small Farm Program Web site
  
• USDA "Farming for Profit, Stewardship & Community" Tip Sheets for Small Farmers 
  
• USDA Small Farms@USDA Web site
  
• USDA Small Farms Coordinators 
  
• USDA Small Farms Council 
  
• USDA Sustainable Agriculture Network, a part of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program.  
  
• USDA Sustainable Development Partner Links 
  
• Upcoming Events for Small Farms Activities for USDA Small Farm Programs 
  
• Wyoming University's Western Integrated Resource Education

  Advisory Committee

National Commission on Small Farms

• Biographies of the Advisory Committee Members
• Committee on Small Farms. January 19, 2000 Press Release.
• Committee on Small Farm and Announces First
• Meeting Date. December 6, 1999 Press Release.
• Departmental Regulation 1043-46 - Established the USDA Advisory Committee on Small Farms.
• Secretary Names 19 Members to Advisory
• Secretary Plans to Address the USDA's Advisory Council appointed for the period 2000 to 2002
  
  
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• CSREES' A Time to Act website
• Commission's Report - A Time to Act - Published 1998 (pdf version)
• Commission Membership
• Departmental Regulation No. 1043-43 dated July 9, 1997, established the National Commission on Small Farms. 
• National Commission on Small Farms Public Hearing Announcement for August 22,1997 in Sioux Falls, S.D. August 20, 1997 Press Release.
• USDA Announces Formation of the National Commission on Small Farms. July 16, 1997  Press Release.

Farmers Markets 

Sustainable Development

• AMS Farmers Market Web site
• AMS Farmers Direct Marketing
• AMS National Directory of Farmers Market by State
• California Federation of Certified Farmers' Markets
• USDA's Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition 
  Pilot Program
• WIC/Farmers Market and Nutrition Program

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• Office of the Chief Economist
• President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD)
• Sustainable Agriculture Network
• Sustainable Development@ USDA Web site
• United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development
• USDA Council on Sustainable Development Members
• USDA Policy Statement on Sustainable Development - Secretary's Memorandum 9500-6.

Other Related Links

• Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization (AARC) Corporation is  wholly-owned government corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• CSREES' accomplishments on behalf of small producers were noted in a special USDA report.
• Federal & State Government Agencies that work together to monitor food safety.

• "List of Alternative Crops & Enterprises for Small Farm Diversity - published by the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFIC). 
• Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural & Environmental Policy  
• World Agricultural Outlook Board.
• Foodsafety.Gov - Gateway to Government Food Safety Information.

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