Is there a specific area of your farm or business where you could use support?
Berkshire Grown’s Technical Assistance (TA) program aims to offer guidance, provide resources, and help you develop the skills and expertise necessary to achieve your goals or solve a particular problem in your business.
Who is this program for?
Our Technical Assistance program is available to Berkshire Grown members who are farmers and food producers within our service area.
What we offer
Eligible areas of assistance can include, but are not limited to:
- Grant Writing Skills and Assistance
- Bookkeeping & Accounting
- Business & Financial Planning
- Value-Added Product Development
- Marketing and Social Media
- CSA Management
- On-Farm Operations (such as Irrigation, Pest & Disease Management, Crop Planning)
how it works
- Tell us about your specific project, issue, or area of need by filling out the TA Request Form (button below)
- 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 a service provider with a skill that you would like to offer to a farmer or food business, please email Alyssa.
If you are seeking a TA, please click the button below and fill out our request form.