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FreshRoots Young & Beginning Farmers

FreshRoots equips today's newest farmers for a healthy start in their farming careers, helping rural communities and agriculture thrive today and tomorrow.

FreshRoots provides lending assistance and learning incentives to farmers 40 years of age or younger or in their first 10 years of farming.

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2023 Directors Cup Application

MEET THE 2022 DIRECTORS CUP HONOREES

  • Lending Assistance
    FreshRoots Lending Assistance offers loan pricing discounts. Learn if you're eligible.
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  • Learning Incentives
    A FreshRoots participant can earn up to $2,000 in vouchers by attending four FCI workshops within four years.
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  • Directors Cup

    Each year top young and beginning farmers or farmer couple applicants are selected as FreshRoots Directors Cup honorees and receive $5,000 cash award and a commemorative keepsake.

    Learn More
  • Business Templates

    Access downloadable templates for balance sheets, business plans, cash flow projections, and more.

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