Looking for ideas to reduce costs and increase profits!

The farmers who have participated in the Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund are very creative in finding solutions that enable them to reduce costs and increase profits. These projects serve as models of how modest-scale farming enterprises can survive the transition from commodity dependency to profitability in other types of agriculture. There are close to 500 project summaries listed below. For your convenience the projects have been divded by topic. To learn more about these projects click on a link below.

PRODUCE

LIVESTOCK & DAIRY

 

AGRITOURISM

 

AQUA-CULTURE

 

FOREST PRODUCTS

nuts, mushrooms, wood crafts

& maple syrup

 

FLOWERS, HERBS

& NUSERY STOCK

GRAINS, HOPS

& SORGHUM

 

COMPOSTING, VERMI-CULTURE

& BIO-MASS

 

 

BEEKEEPING

 

VINEYARDS

 

COMMUNITY PROJECTS