Is there a specific area of your farm or business where you could use support? We offer technical assistance to beginning farmers and direct market farmers in many diverse areas for farm or food business operations.
Eligible areas of assistance can include, but are not limited to:
Grant application assistance
Bookkeeping / record keeping
Business & financial planning
Value-added product development
Marketing & branding, social media
CSA Management
Pest & Disease Management
how it works
- Tell us about your specific project, issue, or area of need
- We match you with a TA Service Provider (an external consultant) who specializes in that area
- The Berkshire Grown Program manager, Alyssa VanDurme, will host a kick-off call to introduce you and your TA consultant, as well as create a “scope of work” for the TA partnership
- You meet with your TA consultant at your own schedule to address the areas of need as outlined in the “scope of work”
- Berkshire Grown compensates the TA consultant for their time to at $100/hour (plus mileage reimbursement at the federal rate)
- You will receive a brief feedback survey to recap your TA experience
If you are seeking TA, or if you are a service provider with a skill that you would like to offer to a farmer or food business email Alyssa using the button.
