Starting a Farm in Ontario - Business Information Bundle for New Farmers
Link to Resources for New Farmers

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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 (Order #0061, Cost $10)

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


For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
Local: (519) 826-4047
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 15 March 2010
Last Reviewed: 19 April 2011