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The Small Farms Resource and Innovation Center (SFRIC): A One-Stop Shop to Support Farmers and Rural Communities in North Carolina

Authors
Gregory D. Goins1, *, Mark W. Blevins1
1College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), Greensboro, NC, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: gdgoins@ncat.edu
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Gregory D. Goins
Available Online 22 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-282-8_15How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Environmental Quality; Technologies; Stakeholders; Small Farmers; Agriculture
Abstract

The work of SFRIC will include disseminating information on farming best practices, farm management and the use of technology in farming, offering help and advice to small farmers in securing loans and developing new microloan funding models, establishing a small farms database to implement data-driven decision-making and the wide use of agriculture technologies, assisting small farmers in deciphering the “alphabet soup” of USDA agencies so they have better access to the assets that USDA provides, building bridges to community resources and stakeholders to ensure that small farmers have a role in their local business ecosystems, fostering new interdisciplinary collaborations between the CAES, Extension at A&T, and other A&T colleges and departments to create programs that emphasize sustainability, profitability, stewardship of land resources, and cutting-edge production and marketing techniques.

We envision the SFRIC as a “home” for small farmers and a catalyst for agriculture innovation, where experts from the CAES and Extension, agricultural service providers, conservation organizations, lenders, students, and farmers and their families work together to create fair and equitable agriculture policies, productive small farms that utilize new technologies, and vibrant, sustainable local food systems and rural communities.

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Proceedings of the National Conference on Next-Generation Sustainable Technologies for Small-Scale Producers (NGST 2022)
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Advances in Biological Sciences Research
Publication Date
22 November 2023
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10.2991/978-94-6463-282-8_15
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2468-5747
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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