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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
•A
ccess
to l
an
d
•A
ccess
to c
ap
ital
& c
red
it
•A
ccess
to e
du
cati
on
&
train
ing
•A
ccess
to m
ark
ets
•S
up
port
ive c
om
mu
nit
y
Barr
iers
to E
ntr
y
5
CR
AF
T O
nta
rio
(Coll
ab
ora
tive R
egio
na
l A
llia
nce
for
Farm
er
Tra
inin
g)
ww
w.c
raft
on
tari
o.c
a
6
Wh
o a
re n
ew
farm
ers
in
CR
AF
T?
Exp
lore
rs
Non
-farm
ing
back
gro
un
d
Art
s, h
um
an
itie
s,
en
vir
on
men
tal
scie
nce
s
En
vir
on
men
tall
y,
soci
all
y m
oti
vate
d
Un
ivers
ity e
du
cate
dEarl
y-m
id 2
0s
Fem
ale
7
CR
AF
T A
lum
ni
•C
RA
FT
str
en
gth
s: p
ract
ical
imm
ers
ion
, su
pp
ort
netw
ork
,
ori
en
tati
on
•M
ore
to l
earn
in
bu
sin
ess
/gard
en
pla
nn
ing
•36%
are
farm
ing
–1-5
acr
e m
ark
et
gard
en
& s
mall
-sca
le l
ivest
ock
–1-2
years
old
–re
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
–#1 b
arr
ier
= f
inan
ces
•M
ost
wan
t to
com
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…
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