Greenbelt farmers

SOWING THE SEEDS OF SUCCESS Titles in the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation Occasional Paper Series 1- Farmers’ Markets: Opportunities for Preserving Greenbelt Agriculture 2 - The Holland Marsh: Challenges and Opportunities in the Greenbelt 3 - Planting the First Seed: Creating Opportunities for Ethnic Farmers & Young Farmers in the Greenbelt 4 - Greenbelt Walks: An Overview of the Opportunities [...] Calling on their experience and a brief literature review, the research team of Art Smith and Jim Wheeler determined the scope of the profiles and the best practices, business attributes, and management principles which would be explored in the profiles. [...] The researchers attribute the minimal participant input at that stage to the comprehensiveness of the interview guide, the sharing of the guide in advance, and the skill of the recorder who accompanied Smith in all interviews. [...] FRIENDS OF THE GREENBELT FOUNDATION 1.4 Summary of Findings Assessment Framework The management and performance of the Greenbelt farms profiled here can be better understood by considering the context of the practices of farmers across Ontario. [...] The AMI categories of Ontario farm businesses are: Sunsetters As suggested by the name, those farmers Most of the farms profiled are active in industry nearing the end of their business years and associations and extol the benefits that accrue most focused on succession issues.