Beginning farmers and ranchers in California face many challenges in sustaining their agricultural operations. This program provides no-cost mentoring services from established farmers and ranchers to facilitate knowledge transfer.
Do you meet the qualifications of a program mentor or mentee? Select the "Enroll here" button to complete an online enrollment survey. Information collected through the enrollment survey will be used to match mentors and mentees.
Farmers (including specialty crop growers) and ranchers with more than a decade of experience operating a production agriculture business in California can become mentors.
Farmers (including specialty crop growers) and ranchers with one to 10 years of experience operating a production agriculture business in California can become mentees.
Funding for this Project was made possible by a grant/cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.
Have questions? Contact Tyler Rood, Senior Project Specialist, at (916) 956-4266 or trood@cfbf.com.