Resources available to farmers, ranchers, shepherds and homesteaders in the Northeast and Midwest Regions as mentioned in the Summer 2025 issue of The Livestock Conservancy Newsletter.

Online resources in the Northeast:

Cornell University  https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/

Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming https://www.glynwood.org

National Young Farmers Coalition https://youngfarmers.org/

New England Farm Link Collaborative https://www.newenglandfarmlandfinder.org/new-england-farm-link-collaborative

New England Small Farm Institute:  https://smallfarm.org/

Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust https://nefoclandtrust.org/

Soul Fire Farms https://www.soulfirefarm.org/

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture https://www.stonebarnscenter.org

The Livestock Institute:  www.thelivestockinstitute.org

Midwestern Resources include:

Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture https://www.buylocalfood.org/resources-for-farmers/tipsheets/meat-and-poultry-processing/

Farmers Rising https://www.farmersrising.org/upper-midwest-craft.html

Iowa State University Beginning Farmer Center https://beginningfarmer.iastate.edu/

Marbleseed https://marbleseed.org/

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College https://www.nwtc.edu/academics-and-training/areas-of-study/agriculture

Practical Farmers of Iowa https://practicalfarmers.org/

University of Missouri Extension https://extension.missouri.edu/

Upper Midwest Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training https://www.facebook.com/UpperMidwestCRAFT

Youth for the Quality Care of Animals https://yqcaprogram.org/