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Navigating Food Safety Supply Chains

Navigating Food Safety Supply Chains

Download the PowerPoint Watch the Video Presentation Identify Production Output Levels and Market Requirements Identifying your potential scope or scale of production is an important first step: Scale: Level of production for one good Scope: Level of diversification,...

Credit Access and Financing Your Agriculture Operations

Credit Access and Financing Your Agriculture Operations

Download the PowerPoint Watch the Video Presentation Credit Basics Credit is a contractual agreement in which a borrower receives something of value now and agrees to repay the lender at some date in the future, generally with interest. Car loans, student loans, home...

Integrating Food Safety in Scaling Farm Enterprises

Integrating Food Safety in Scaling Farm Enterprises

Download the PDF American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) carry an extensive legacy of trading foods between their people and amongst tribal nations. The ability to bring foods into commerce, whether for trade or purchase, has been a meaningful way for building...

Tribal Department of Agriculture Support for Scaling Value Added Operators

Tribal Department of Agriculture Support for Scaling Value Added Operators

Download the PDF What is a value added product? Products with a permanent change in their raw physical state, like turning berries into jam Are produced in a way that enhances the value of the raw product, like growing Certified Organic produce or foods carrying the...

Business Structure Decision Tree

Business Structure Decision Tree

Download the PDF Is the agricultural enterprise owned by a tribe or a tribal citizen(s)? Tribe  |  Tribal Citizen Tribe What does the tribe intend to structure this enterprise as? Part of tribal government Arm of Tribal Government Unincorporated instrumentality...

Financing Agriculture Operations: FSA Credit Access

Financing Agriculture Operations: FSA Credit Access

This document is strictly for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice nor create an attorney/client relationship. Download the PDF Agriculture is notably a very resource-intensive field drawing upon land, labor, and capital as a means of...