• Community Development
  • Entrepreneurship
  • eXtension
  • Northeast Key Contacts
  • Access eNonProfit Tutorial
• Land Use
  • TALUC
  • Land Use in the Northeast U.S.
  • GIS in Your Community
• Small Farms Industry Clusters
• Local Foods
  • May 19-20, 2009 Local Foods Conference
  • Local Foods Resources and Links
• Poverty
  • Poverty Data
  • Big Boxes
• Other
  • eCommerce
  • Energy
  • Issue Briefs: Population Change and
    Rural Society

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
nercrd@psu.edu

About the Project

This project (1) examines how "clusters" of small farms achieve agricultural economic development and environmental management objectives, (2) identifies how clusters support long-term farm viability and community sustainability, (3) engages farmers and development professionals in research and outreach and (4) uses powerful computer algorithms to analyze and understant social networks.

Introduction to The Small Farm Industry Clusters (SFC) Project

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The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is located at the Pennsylvania State University and collaborates with land grant institutions in the northeast U.S.