Farm and food businesses are eligible for a team of coaches tailored to their needs via Vital Communities
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Organizations from around New Hampshire are partnering to offer teams of coaches to New Hampshire farms and food businesses to help them meet their business and management goals. Thanks to a grant from the Northern Border Regional Commission, administered by the Agricultural Viability Alliance, these organizations will offer teams of specialists tailored to farm and food businesses individual needs in Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, and Sullivan counties.
Because of the partnership, farmers and food business owners will be able to get the assistance they need in areas that include:
- Business planning;
- Whole-farm planning, goal setting, strategic decision making;
- Financial planning, assessing financial health, and establishing financial benchmarks;
- Recordkeeping;
- Understanding land access, including purchasing and leasing;
- Education around and road-mapping of transfer, retirement, and estate planning;
- Assistance with farm succession and land tenure security;
- Production planning;
- Enterprise and cash flow analysis; and
- Branding and marketing assistance, including market channel analysis.
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