www.sare.org publications building-a-sustainable-business implement-your-business-plan Present, Implement and Monitor Your Business Plan - Which Route Will You Take, and How Will You Check Your Progress Along the Way? By now you and your planning team have gone through a lot of work—hours of brainstorming, discussion, and research. Together you have completed more than a dozen Worksheets for each Planning Task. This final Planning Task is what you’ve no doubt been waiting for—writing up your business plan and implementing your new strategy. Organizing and […]
www.sare.org publications building-a-sustainable-business strategic-planning Strategic Planning and Evaluation - What Routes Can You Take to Get Where You Want to Go? Strategy is defined as a “careful plan or method for achieving an end.” That’s your challenge in this Planning Task. You’ve envisioned your future, based on your goals and values, so you know what you want the “end” to look like. Now you need to take the time to carefully think through the steps you […]
www.sare.org publications building-a-sustainable-business vision-mission-and-goals Vision Mission and Goals - Where Do You Want to Go? All of us do it—we dream. Whether from the seat of a tractor, while walking our pastures, or talking with family over coffee, we envision the future. This dreaming or visioning is critical to the business planning process. Visioning will help you identify the mission of your business—why it exists—and goals that will eventually form […]
www.sare.org publications building-a-sustainable-business farm-history-and-current-situation Farm History and Current Situation - What Have You Got? A clear understanding of your farm operation’s history and current situation is the second building block in the foundation for your business plan. Your evaluation of alternative strategies for your farm and your efforts to persuade others that the strategy you ultimately propose is workable must be based on a comprehensive, realistic assessment of your […]
www.sare.org publications building-a-sustainable-business identify-values Identify Values - What's Important to You? Your values are critical to the business planning process. They will guide you through business management choices and personal decisions as you dream a future vision, set goals, consider strategic alternatives, and develop monitoring checkpoints. Values: What Are They and How Are They Important to the Planning Process? Values are the standards, beliefs or qualities […]
www.sare.org publications 2023-2024-report-from-the-field north-central-sare-2023-2024 North Central SARE 2023-2024 Recent Highlights from the North Central Region Total Grant Awards 1988-20231 2,952 GRANTS $101.4 MILLION Grant Proposals and Awards 2022-20231 1These totals exclude additional direct funding given each year to Cooperative Extension in every state to support state-level programming on sustainable agriculture. 2The use of a preproposal process varies by region. It serves to screen […]
www.sare.org publications 2023-2024-report-from-the-field western-sare-2023-2024 Western SARE 2023-2024 Recent Highlights from the Western Region Total Grant Awards 1988-20231 1,589 GANTS $95 MILLION Grant Proposals and Awards 2022-2023 1 These totals exclude additional direct funding given each year to Cooperative Extension in every state to support state-level programming on sustainable agriculture.2 The use of a preproposal process varies by region. It serves to screen […]
www.sare.org publications 2023-2024-report-from-the-field northeast-sare-2023-2024 Northeast SARE 2023-2024 Recent Highlights from the Northeast Region Total Grant Awards 1988-20231 2,483 GRANTS $100.6 MILLION Grant Proposals and Awards 2022-20231 1These totals exclude additional direct funding given each year to Cooperative Extension in every state to support state-level programming on sustainable agriculture. 2The use of a preproposal process varies by region. It serves to screen project […]
www.sare.org publications 2023-2024-report-from-the-field southern-sare-2023-2024 Southern SARE 2023-2024 Recent Highlights from the Southern Region Total Grant Awards 1988-20231 1,518 GRANTS $92.4 MILLION Grant Proposals and Awards 2022-2023 1These totals exclude additional direct funding given each year to Cooperative Extension in every state to support state-level programming on sustainable agriculture. 2The use of a preproposal process varies by region. It serves to screen project […]