,coordinating role in associating local needs with the national interest.

Goals and Objective

The primary goal of the USDA land-grant institutions' small farm

program is to help small-scale farm operators with limited resources

in the following interrelated activities:

 1. Develop the technology farm operators and their families need

 to carry out their preferred alternatives to increase income

 and improve their quality of living.

 2. Determine the best ways to transfer technology to small-scale

 farmers.

 3. Provide direct educational, technical, and organizational

 assistance to operators and their families.

 4. Help operators and their families identify and clarify goals,

 needs, resources, and opportunities.

 5. Help operators and their families clarify and assess alternative

 ways of using resources to respond to needs and opportunities.

 USDA/Land-Grant Small Farm Activities

Extension

The objective of the Extension small farm program is to bring to low-

income farmers information and new technology that will increase

production and income and improve family living. Extension

has emphasized the importance of reaching farmers with less than $10,000

in annual agricultural sales. Seven of 14 Southern States reported

their programs try to reach small-scale farmers not involved in other

Extension activities; some programs emphasize reaching minority farm

operators. In general, these programs are directed at farmers who have