About your farm

The aim of this survey is to help us evaluate the impact of Berkshire Grown programs for farmers and food producers, learn about farmer priorities, target our outreach based upon needs you identify for your farm, and determine how we can be most effective in our work to strengthen agriculture in the Berkshires. It also provides important data we need for reporting to our grant funders.

Any information shared with our funders will be reported in aggregate. Your information is confidential. We will never disclose individual details of any respondent and respondents will remain anonymous in any information-sharing.

If you'd like to take this survey over the phone, please contact Alyssa@berkshiregrown.org with a good phone number and day/time to reach you.

Thank you for your time!

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* 1. Contact info:

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* 2. How many years has your farm been in operation?

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* 3. If you are an owner or manager, what year did you start operating a farm?

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* 4. What is the primary reason or motivation for why you farm?

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* 5. Many of our grant funders ask us to collect demographic information. Please check any of the following that apply to you:

Are you a limited resource farmer? (*Check yes if, for both 2023 and 2024, your gross farm sales were no more than $180,300 AND your total household income was less than $32,763 for Berkshire County, $33,109 for Franklin County, $29,568 for Hampden County, $41,788 for Hampshire County, or $40,279 for Worcester County.)

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* 6. What products do you produce?

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* 7. Acreage

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* 8. How many staff did you employ in 2024?
(Note that seasonal is defined as less than 6 months/year, and part time is defined as less than 30 hours/week)

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* 9. Please select the Farm Practices you utilize:

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* 10. Do you use conservation practices on your farm?

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* 11. If you answered YES to the above question, please list or describe your conservation practices:

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