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California FarmLink
Linking Program
Technical Assistance and Training
Individual Development AccountsRevolving Loan Fund
Mission: To build family farming and conserve farmland in California by linking aspiring and retiring farmers;
and promoting techniques and disseminating information that facilitate
intergenerational farm transitions
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Priorities
• Starts Fast
• Starts Challenging
• Start Later
• Training• Clearinghouse• Linking• T.A.• Equity Building • Advocacy
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Who Cares About What?
• Links• Training• T.A.• Clearinghouse• Equity Building• Advocacy
• Foundations• Banks, Gov’t., Fdn.• Banks, Gov’t.• Gov’t.• Banks• Foundations
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Workshops
• Business Planning/Farm Financing
• Lunch for Networking• Succession Planning• Identifies Clients • Builds Relationships• Publicizes Programs and
Services
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Results: Objective 1 Training
Goal: 60 Attendees at 3 trainings on succession planning, leasing, retirement
Achieved: 4 major trainings,
99 participants
two module on diversity in farm succession plus 2 minor
trainings
152 Attendees
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Objective 3: Individual Technical Assistance
Goal: Provide individual t.a. to minimize financial risks related to business, retirement and succession planning techniques designed to help farmers and ranchers maintain specialty crop farms in production. Facilitate the adoption of farm transition techniques.
Serve 40 individuals
Achieved: 127 first-time recipients,
313 sessions
110 women (35%)
59 minority farmers (19%)
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Partnerships
Ag Community
Grassroots
Professionals
(accountants, attorneys)
Microenterprise Community
Conservation Community
Non-profit Community
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Roles for Partners
• Credibility• Funds• Piggy Back Trainings/Conferences• Publicity
– Farm Credit Mailing List– Farm Bureau Newsletters
• Telling You What to Do– Policy– Micromanaging
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Partners KISS
• Draft letters of support
• Minimal Commitments
• Board
• Don’t make them drive
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Banks
• Market/PR/Community Relations$250-$5,000 per event
• Community Reinvestment for 501 (c) (3) or direct to client
$10,000 - $50,000 per year
You can’t name a bank that won’t give $1,000 to sponsor an Ag Link seminar!
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Undercapitalized
• Don’t do more 10 workshops – then 3
• $1,500 from land grant, questionable investment of time
• Bigger grants
Free Resources
VISTA, PSA’s, Interns, Web-site
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Contact Information:
California FarmLink
Phone: (707) 829-1691
Email: [email protected]
www.californiafarmlink.org