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How May We Help You?

The Small Farm Research and Innovation Center is an enterprise resourcing system designed to help people, families, farms, businesses, and communities thrive in a trusted, safe, and transparent environment.  Welcome to ncsmall.farm.

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Supporting a Community

We have convened thousands of people, projects, resources, and organizations to help you grow and thrive.

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Ask For Assistance

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AI Assistance can help you find people, resources, and answers you need. This tool focuses solely on sources shared in the Resource Library to ensure rigorous review, vetting, and validation of the information being shared. Not a fan of robots? You can browse the thousands of partner resources and files in the library below.

Browse the Library

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Resource Library contents been provided and verified by the Small Farm Research and Innovation Center at N.C. A&T State University and public and civic partners to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. If you can’t find what you need, request or recommend a resource here. We’ll try to get you what you need. If you have resources or a library you would like to contribute, we can help you with that as well.

Connect

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The People Directory can help you find and connect with cooperative extension agents, experts, and like-minded individuals to expand your community, network, and capacity. You can explore as a guest or ask for a free personal profile here. Users with profiles receive personal dashboards and tools to help manage resources, activities, and communications. Everyone’s personal information belongs to them and is only shared with their permission. 

Share & Learn

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People, projects, and organizations convene communities of practice and common purpose in Groups. They are naturally social and function much like a resource library of people, organizations, and projects, welcoming engagement and exploration. The Regeneration Engine convenes Studio Labs in groups to help people move their personal, community, and enterprise efforts forward based on their needs and stage of development.

Advance Goals

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Resource Library contents been provided and verified by the Small Farm Research and Innovation Center at N.C. A&T State University and public and civic partners to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. If you can’t find what you need, request or recommend a resource here. We’ll try to get you what you need. If you have resources or a library you would like to contribute, we can help you with that as well.

Organize

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Organizations convene communities to deliver their services and learn together.  Groups collectively resource people, groups, and projects, and record the exponential impact of their collaborations and amplify their results. You can request an organizational profile HERE to convene groups.  To engage with groups, you will need a Personal Profile.