Starting a Farm in Ontario - Business
Information Bundle for New Farmers
Link to Resources for New Farmers
Table of Contents
Business Information for Starting a Farm
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Factsheets, enterprise budgets, organic
agriculture, programs and services and more
Starting
a farm in Ontario - A guide to Living and Farming in Ontario
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Business management
information
Industry
associations and organizations
Ontario agriculture and food
statistics
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Economic forecasts, statistics,
policies and acts, incentive programs and services and more
Canadian Farm Business Management Council
Farm
business management resources and training
FarmStart
Support, direct farm services,
training, resources and farm linking
Ecological/Organic Farming
Canadian Organic Growers
Collaborative Regional Alliance
for Farmer Training in Ontario
Ecological Farmers Association of
Ontario
Everdale Organic Farm & Environmental
Learning Centre
Organic Council of Ontario
New Farmer Financing and Business Options
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Programs and Services
for Ontario Farmers
Growing Forward
Best Practices Suite - Business Development for Farm Businesses;
Self assessments and action plan development with a range of cost-share
advisory services and skills development opportunitities
Canada - Ontario Environmental Farm Plan
Environmental self assessments
and action plan development with cost-share option for implementing
changes
Business Development Bank of Canada
Guide for entrepreneurs
seeking a loan from a bank
Farm Credit Canada
Canada's larges provider of loans
and other financial services to farms and agribusinesses
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Information
resource for small and medium enterprises launching or growing a
business
Royal Bank of Canada
Business Resources
FarmCentre
Farm Business Planning
Union des Cultivateurs Franco-Ontariens
Fonds
de la relève agricole franco-ontarienne
New Farmer Information on Land and Location
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Soil fertility and
crop nutrition
Soils Ontario - access
to Canada Land Inventory maps
Geomatics Service Centre
Network - information on maps available through the ministry
County Profiles - Agricultural
statistics for individual counties and regions of Ontario
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Soil
Surveys of Ontario;Soil surveys by county
FarmLINK Ontario
Ontario Farmland
Trust
New Farmer Marketing Information
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
General & Direct Marketing
Regulated and
Commodity Marketing for Ontario Farm Products
Farmers' Markets Ontario
Farm Direct Marketing
for Rural Producers
Government of Alberta
Direct
marketing
North American Farm Direct Marketing Association
Direct marketing support
Ontario Community Shared Agriculture Farm Directory
Sale of shares to customers for
a return of the harvest
Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association
Promotes On-farm direct
to Consumer Sales
Statistics Canada
Census information through community
profiles
General Information Related to Starting
a Farm
New England Small
Farm Institute (US)
Beginning Farmer
Centre (US)
Centre
for Rural Affairs (US)
Nebraska Beginning
Farmer Org (US)
Ontario Small Farm Producers Association
Cornell University:
Northeast Beginning Farmers Project
