Collaboration with the Small Farm Institute

AMP has had extensive collaboration with the Small Farm Institute, a non-profit organization that is the result of a partnership with the Ohio Governor’s Office of Appalachia, Ohio State University/Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center and North Appalachian Experimental Watershed Station at the Coshocton Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

The Small Farm Institute connects resources, research, and people with economic, environmental and community needs of farmers and landowners in the Appalachian Region of Ohio. The Institute has partnerships with over 20 organizations and agencies in the Region. Current projects include establishment of the North Central Grazing Council, which engages over 300 producers from Ohio and surrounding states, development of agricultural economic development activities around local marketing and value-added enterprises, and coordination of water quality and conservation projects within the Muskingum River Watershed Basin.

The Small Farm Institute works to help evaluate farming practices to improve water quality and to connect diverse volunteer and agency groups involved in water quality issues within the Basin.

Contact Leah Miller, leah@smallfarminstitute.org  for more information.