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Good General Links
Sustainable Farmer.com everything sustainable farming
Rodale Insitute New Farm site a long standing advocate for sustainable farming and research
Funding
Webinar on the Specialty Crop Block Grant
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Land
Land for Sale- Montgomery County (and elsewhere)
Marketing/Selling
Accepting WIC and Senior Benefits at Farmers Markets
2011 MD FMNP (Senior and WIC) Farmer Application-Agreement
Selling Eggs, Meat, cheese, jams, jellies (non-commercial kitchen) at a farmers market
Processing
MD on-farm meat processing guidelines-2011
Egg and Poultry on-farm guidelines
Commercial Kitchen
Processing Value Added Food Products in MD
Commercial Kitchen for Rent- An Affair to Remember
On the Ground Practices
Irrigation
Drip Irrigation (Colorado State)
Organic Resources
Further Learning