1

New

Farm

ers

2

Wh

y N

ew

Farm

ers

?

Dis

ap

pea

rin

g

farm

s &

fa

rmers

//

Ca

lls

for

loca

l fo

od

&

sust

ain

ab

le a

gri

cult

ure

Th

e f

utu

re h

ealt

h a

nd

vit

ali

ty o

f agri

cult

ure

, th

e f

ood

syst

em

an

d

rura

l co

mm

un

itie

s d

ep

en

ds

on

measu

res

that

en

able

a n

ew

gen

era

tion

to b

eco

me e

stabli

shed

in

agri

cult

ure

an

d m

an

age l

an

d

sust

ain

ably

(Su

stain

able

Agri

cult

ure

Coali

tion

, 2006

).

3

Wh

o a

re “

New

Farm

ers

”?

“They come from farming and

non-farming backgrounds;

they are young; they are

mid-life career changers; the

are increasingly culturally

and ethically diverse; they

bring a wide range of goals,

experiences and enterprise

preferences to their farming

decision.”

4

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to l

an

d

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ccess

to c

ap

ital

& c

red

it

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ccess

to e

du

cati

on

&

train

ing

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ccess

to m

ark

ets

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up

port

ive c

om

mu

nit

y

Barr

iers

to E

ntr

y

5

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nta

rio

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ab

ora

tive R

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l A

llia

nce

for

Farm

er

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raft

on

tari

o.c

a

6

Wh

o a

re n

ew

farm

ers

in

CR

AF

T?

Exp

lore

rs

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-farm

ing

back

gro

un

d

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s, h

um

an

itie

s,

en

vir

on

men

tal

scie

nce

s

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vir

on

men

tall

y,

soci

all

y m

oti

vate

d

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ivers

ity e

du

cate

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id 2

0s

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ale

7

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AF

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lum

ni

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str

en

gth

s: p

ract

ical

imm

ers

ion

, su

pp

ort

netw

ork

,

ori

en

tati

on

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ore

to l

earn

in

bu

sin

ess

/gard

en

pla

nn

ing

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are

farm

ing

–1-5

acr

e m

ark

et

gard

en

& s

mall

-sca

le l

ivest

ock

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years

old

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nti

ng l

an

d w

ith

part

ner(

s)

–off

-farm

sou

rce o

f in

com

e

–in

ten

d t

o b

e s

up

port

ed

by f

arm

in

<3 y

ears

–#1 c

hall

en

ge=

fin

an

cial

via

bil

ity

–n

eed

str

on

g f

arm

er

netw

ork

an

d t

arg

ete

d s

erv

ices

•O

thers

very

act

ive i

n f

ood

/farm

ing i

ssu

es

–97%

wou

ld l

ike t

o b

e f

arm

ing

–C

SA

an

d f

arm

ers

mark

ets

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arr

ier

= f

inan

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ost

wan

t to

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bin

e f

arm

ing w

ith

ed

uca

tion

al

an

d f

ood

ad

voca

cy w

ork

8

Wh

at

next?

•S

en

ior

CR

AF

T i

nte

rnsh

ip

•B

usi

ness

on

an

oth

er

farm

•P

aid

posi

tion

on

farm

or

ed

uca

tion

cen

tre

•R

en

t or

bu

y l

an

d

•F

arm

Sta

rt…