Additional resources and literature cited

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• Agricultural business planning
  
  
• The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staff—and Making a Profit. By Richard Wiswall. Published in 2013 by Chelsea Green Publishing.
  
  
• Business Planning section of UMD Extension’s Beginning Farmer Success website: https://extension.umd.edu/newfarmer/new-farmer-topics/business-planning

• Financial management specific to not-for-profit organizations
  
  
• Managing restricted funds: https://www.propelnonprofits.org/resources/managing-restricted-funds/
  
  
• Finance Unlocked for Nonprofits: https://www.wanonprofitinstitute.org/finance/
  
  
• Non-profit financial management resources from the National Council of Non-profits: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/financial-management
  
  
• Nonprofit accounting: https://www.accountingcoach.com/nonprofit-accounting/explanation
  
  
• Taxes for farms
• A short intro: Understanding your federal farm income taxes, by Harper and Kime, Penn State Extension. https://extension.psu.edu/understanding-your-federal-farm-income-taxes
  
  
• A more detailed resource: Small Farm Tax Guide, by Utah State University Extension. https://ruraltax.org/small-farm-tax-guide
  
  
• From the horse’s mouth: Publication 225: Farmer’s Tax Guide. 2018. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p225.pdf

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