New Entry Sustainable
Farming Project
FOUNDED: 1998
CURRENT ORGANIZATION BUDGET: $1,250,000
CONTACT: Jennifer Hashley, Director
PHONE: 617.636.3793
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEB: www.nesfp.org
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OUR IMPACT
People want local…especially farm fresh food. Demand for
locally produced food has increased by 32% over the past
five years. Communities need local food systems for
economic development and security. Without
neighborhood farms and farmers, there would be no local
food. New England produces significantly less than the
region consumes. Experts say we could farm up to 50% of
our food by 2060. Tragically, 1.4 million acres of New
England farmland are in the hands of farmers 65 and older.
92% of these senior farmers have no farm operator
younger than 45 years old working with them and few have
a succession plan. We need to replace at least 10,000 new
farmers in the next 20 years.
To cultivate a future for New England agriculture,
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (New Entry)
attracts, trains, and invests in the next generation of local
growers. New Entry is building a pipeline of local food
producers, protecting valuable farmland, and creating a
resilient New England food system. In addition, New Entry
supplies communities, low-income families and seniors
with nutritious, culturally-preferred produce. New Entry
extends its impact nationally helping others to replicate the
incubator farm model and innovative support systems.
OUR GOALS
 45 farmers-in-training complete
business plans annually
 Increase number of new farmers
by 20% in next five years
 Added $500,000 of local food to
regional economy in 2015
 Distribute fresh, healthy produce
from 1,800 to 5,000 families
yearly
 $100,000 worth of produce
distributed to 1,800 vulnerable
families yearly
 Partner with 155 organizations in
44 states to implement
community food projects
 67% of New Entry graduates are
still farming after 5 years
 Expand capacity to double the
farmers trained each year
 Secure land for a central training
farm by 2018
 Replicate New Entry’s innovative
model via regional and national
collaboration
JOIN US
 $18,000 supports three farmland
matches between land owners
and newly trained farmers
 $2,500 funds fresh produce
distributed to 100 home bound
seniors
 $500 buys fresh produce for a
low-income family for 20 weeks
 Strategic partnerships to secure a
central training farm center
 Donate a farm truck to haul
equipment to incubator farms
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New Entry develops the next generation of farmers with this business model:
Leadership & Governance
ATTRACTING HIGH POTENTIAL FARMERS New Entry’s community
A program of Tufts University’s
Friedman School of Nutrition Science
and Policy and Third Sector New
England, New Entry has become a
nationally recognized leader in
beginning farmer training under the
guidance of Director Jennifer Hashley.
Jennifer is an experienced program
manager and commercial farmer, and
she builds successful strategic
partnerships with farming and food
support organizations. Jennifer has
tripled New Entry’s budget and has
transformed New Entry into one of
the most comprehensive and holistic
farmer training programs in the US.
outreach sources a diverse group of aspiring farmers: career changers, young
people, veterans, retirees, unemployed, and immigrants or refugees who have
previous agricultural experience.
TRAINING AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT ON INCUBATOR FARMS
New Entry trains over 300 farmers each year through:
• farm business planning courses to develop viable business plans
• dozens of practical skills training workshops in crops and livestock
• individual technical assistance and mentoring
• incubator training farms - lower-risk environments to hone production skills
before making major financial investments in land and infrastructure.
FARMLAND ACQUISITION After three years of business development on
the incubator, New Entry connects producers to low-cost land and capital.
ACCESS TO READY MARKETS New Entry runs a Food Hub which
aggregates and distributes fresh, local fruits and vegetables from the program
farmers to over 2,000 families and local institutions in the greater Boston area .
REPLICATE NATIONALLY Recognized as a national leader, New Entry runs a
New Entry is the national
leader in training new
farmers. They are super
ambitious, yet effective,
and they are providing
hope to a new
generation of land
stewards and food
producers.
GREGORY HORNER,
national network of Incubator Training Farm programs (NIFTI), providing over
200 organizations nationwide with technical support, regional networking, a
national conference, and ongoing professional development.
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY Throughout its 18-year history, New Entry
has benefited from a mix of funding, including governmental sources. Now,
New Entry is seeking new investors and growth partners interested in taking the
organization to the next level. Today’s $1 million annual budget supports a
successful, comprehensive farmer training model that consistently produces
high performing, field ready farmers. A $3 million annual budget will help scale
the operation with a regional Farmer Training Center that will provide New
England with a state of the art learning hub for new farmers and a place to
connect aspiring farmers with retiring counterparts.
Cedar Tree Foundation
Key Investors

Cedar Tree Foundation

Cummings Foundation

Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resources

Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Programs

USDA Agriculture Programs
Key Partners

The Carrot Project, Farm Credit East

Land For Good

Mt. Grace Land Trust, Trustees of
Reservations, Trust for Public Land

Tufts University’s Friedman School

UMass Extension
Success Story: Seona Ban Ngufor
Seona came to Massachusetts in 2004 to seek refuge from
war, yet she pined for the farm in her native Cameroon.
Although farming in New England was much different,
thanks to the help of New Entry, Seona has become a
successful farmer. In 2005, Seona graduated from New
Entry’s Farm Business Planning Course and spent three
years on its incubator farms in Dracut, MA. She was then
matched with rented farmland in Groton, MA.
Seona credits New Entry with helping her establish a farm business, especially
crop planning, business planning, and developing new markets. Over the past
eight years, Seona has continued to fuel her passion for farming. She believes
it truly is vital for communities to buy and consume fresh, local, and organic
produce. Seona says that her favorite part of farming, besides the memories it
brings back of Cameroon, has been the process of working in the field and
harvesting her plants. “When we plant, harvest, purchase and consume all
within our local communities, we all eat well and the community thrives."
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