Please answer all questions to the best of your ability. Your answers will help us in selecting our 2020 Farmer Accelerator and Farm to Restaurant Cohort Members. Below are a list of our 'asks' if you are selected to be in the cohorts. 

Farm to Restaurant Cohort Asks
- Be a current Georgia Organics Farmer member
- Complete two sales data surveys
- Participate in a one-day spring workshop at the GO offices
- Attend at least one of two networking events during your cohort year
- Provide feedback on Farm to Restaurant programming through surveys and phone calls, as requested
- Selling to restaurants consistently whenever possible throughout the year and creating space to intentionally increase your farm's restaurant sales
- Engaging and communicating with the Farm to Restaurant team in a respectful manner at all times
- Being realistic about the program. Selling to restaurants on a consistent basis may take some time. You may also realize that selling to restaurants isn't for you or your farm's business model. The Farm to Restaurant program will help give you the tools to support you selling to restaurants and distributors. It will not sell your products and it does not control who will buy your products. You are your best marketer so it helps to show up.

Farmer Accelerator Cohort Asks
- Complete the application and answer any subsequent follow-up questions for admission.
- Farmers complete the USDA NIFA Farm and Ranch Health Assessment survey, with Georgia Organics staff support, prior to joining the program
- Sharing revenue data at the beginning and end of the program to help measure program success
- Farmers commit to spending the infrastructure funds only as outlined the Accelerator plan created with Georgia Organics staff.
- Farmers who utilize Apprentices follow a provided basic curriculum that ensures an employee’s progressive education in sustainable agriculture.
- Farmers complete three surveys on their experiences during and after the Accelerator program.
- Farmers sign a Memorandum of Understanding committing to the above requirements.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Name of Farm

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* 3. Are you applying for the Farm to Restaurant Cohort or the Accelerator Cohort or both? Note: Although you may apply to both programs, you can only participate in one program at a time. If you are a Farm to Restaurant alumni, you may apply for the Accelerator cohort. 

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* 4. Gender (optional)

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* 5. Race/Ethnicity (optional)

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* 6. Member of the LGBTQ+ community? (optional)

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* 7. Veteran of the U.S. Military?

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* 8. Georgia Organics Member?

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* 9. What is your farm's address?

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* 10. How many acres are in production?

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* 11. Do you plan to expand acreage in production?

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* 12. How long have you been farming?

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* 13. Please select the option that best describes how you own or lease your land

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* 14. Have you ever applied for a loan for your farm?

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* 15. Please choose the option that most closely aligns

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* 16. What types of products do you sell (check all that apply)

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* 17. What types of certifications/compliance do you have?

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* 18. What types of certifications/compliance would you like to work towards achieving (if any)?

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* 19. Please check which sentence you most closely align with

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* 20. What type of farm infrastructure do you have? (check all that apply)

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* 21. What type of farm infrastructure do you want to have in the future? (check all that apply)

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* 22. How do you currently package your products?

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* 23. How do you currently transport your products?

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* 24. Where do you sell your products? How long have you been selling to each?

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* 25. Where would you like to sell your products? (check all that apply)

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* 26. What kind of accounting/financial record-keeping system do you have, if any?

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* 27. How do you get the word out about your products and farm? (Check all that apply)

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* 28. In the past two years, what kinds of continuing ag education have you participated in?

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* 29. What other Georgia Organics programs have you accessed previously?

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* 30. What other farmer services (if any) have you used? (Please check all that apply)

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* 31. Ideally, which areas of your farm needs the most attention over the next 12-24 months? (Please rank from 1-9 with 1 being top priority)

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* 32. Joining the Farm to Restaurant or Accelerator cohort requires a commitment to participate meaningfully in the program and to provide data to gauge success. Each program has a different set of asks, outlined below. Are you willing to commit in the following ways?

Farm to Restaurant Cohort Asks
- Be a current Georgia Organics Farmer member
- Complete two sales data surveys
- Participate in a one-day spring workshop at the GO offices
- Attend at least one of two networking events during your cohort year 
- Provide feedback on Farm to Restaurant programming through surveys and phone calls, as requested
- Selling to restaurants consistently whenever possible throughout the year and creating space to intentionally increase your farm's restaurant sales
- Engaging and communicating with the Farm to Restaurant team in a respectful manner at all times
- Being realistic about the program. Selling to restaurants on a consistent basis may take some time. You may also realize that selling to restaurants isn't for you or your farm's business model. The Farm to Restaurant program will help give you the tools to support you selling to restaurants and distributors. It will not sell your products and it does not control who will buy your products. You are your best marketer so it helps to show up.

Farmer Accelerator Cohort Asks
- Complete the application and answer any subsequent follow-up questions for admission.
- Farmers complete the USDA NIFA Farm and Ranch Health Assessment survey, with Georgia Organics staff support, prior to joining the program
- Sharing revenue data at the beginning and end of the program to help measure program success
- Farmers commit to spending the infrastructure funds only as outlined the Accelerator plan created with Georgia Organics staff.
- Farmers who utilize Apprentices follow a provided basic curriculum that ensures an employee’s progressive education in sustainable agriculture.
- Farmers complete three surveys on their experiences during and after the Accelerator program.
- Farmers sign a Memorandum of Understanding committing to the above requirements.

 

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