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Em
ail:
com
munic
ations@
sfa
-mn.o
rg
Sta
te O
ffic
e:
7356 C
able
Rd.
Little F
alls
, M
N 5
6345
Je
rem
y L
ancto
t,
SF
A-M
DI
Co
ord
inato
r P
ho
ne
: 3
20
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Em
ail:
md
i@sfa
-mn
.org
Minnesota Dairy
Initiative
When y
ou w
ant
he
lp t
akin
g y
our
dair
y fa
rm b
usin
ess to a
ne
w le
vel
of
susta
inab
ility
, ca
ll us.
There
are
no c
ookie
-cutter
ap-
pro
aches to
da
iry
farm
changes.
We a
ssess e
ach f
arm
and f
arm
ing
fam
ily ind
ivid
ually
. O
ur
mento
r fa
rmers
and d
air
y pro
fessio
nals
pro
vid
e h
elp
based u
po
n y
our
goa
ls a
nd
vis
ion. T
his
assis
tance
help
s y
ou m
ake b
etter
decis
ions
for
your
op
era
tion.
You a
re t
he e
xp
ert
for
your
opera
-tio
n. W
e c
an h
elp
you
cre
ate
the
fa
rm b
usin
ess y
ou w
ant
an
d h
elp
yo
u m
ake the d
ecis
ions y
ou n
eed
to a
ccom
plis
h y
our
goa
ls.
Looking Forward to
Brighter Horizons...
SUSTAINABLE FARMING
ASSOCIATION
OF MINNESOTA
Helping Build a
Sustainable Future in Dairy
SUSTAINABLE FARMING ASSOCIATION
OF MINNESOTA
Page 2
Th
e M
inn
esota
Da
iry
Initia
tive
(M
DI)
is a
M
inn
eso
ta D
ep
art
me
nt o
f A
gricu
lture
(M
DA
) fu
nd
ed
pro
ject d
esi
gned
to
he
lp
da
iry
farm
ers
in
M
inn
eso
ta suc-
ce
ssfu
lly p
rodu
ce
da
iry
pro
du
cts
in
to th
e 2
1st c
en
-tu
ry.
As a
pa
rtic
i-p
an
t in
MD
I, t
he
S
usta
ina
ble
F
arm
ing
Associa
-tio
n o
f M
inn
eso
ta
(SF
A)
sp
ecia
lize
s in
assis
ting
da
iry
farm
ers
in
tere
ste
d in
su
sta
ina
ble
pro
du
ctio
n p
ractic
es s
uch
a
s m
an
ag
em
en
t in
ten
siv
e g
razi
ng
, o
r-g
an
ics a
nd
on
-fa
rm d
air
y p
roce
ssi
ng
.
Pe
rso
nn
el a
nd
fu
ndin
g a
re a
vaila
ble
fo
r yo
u t
o e
xplo
re a
nd
ma
ke c
ha
ng
es to
yo
ur
bu
sin
ess. T
he
re a
re m
any
op
tio
ns
for
cha
nge
and
yo
ur
op
tion
s w
ill b
e a
s-
se
sse
d o
n a
n in
div
idu
al b
asi
s. Y
ou
ca
n
use
th
e r
eso
urc
es o
f M
DI
to h
elp
brin
g
you
r g
oa
ls a
nd
vis
ions t
o r
ealit
y. Y
ou
m
ay
no
t h
ave
the
tim
e a
nd
ene
rgy
to
un
de
rta
ke t
hese
ch
an
ges a
lone
. S
FA
, u
sin
g M
DI
reso
urc
es, can
help
yo
u
ca
rry
you
r am
biti
ons f
orw
ard
.
Sustainable
Dairy Farming
for Minnesota
Potential Projects...
•
Go
at,
sh
ee
p o
r c
ow
da
iry
impro
vem
en
t
•
New
dair
y s
tart
up
•
Ad
d d
air
y t
o a
n e
xistin
g n
on
-da
iry
farm
•
Ex
pa
nd
an
exi
sting
dair
y fa
rm
•
Ad
d o
r im
pro
ve i
nte
ns
ive
ro
tati
on
al
gra
z-
ing
•
Co
nve
rt a
da
iry
farm
to
ce
rtif
ied
org
an
ic
•
Fa
mily
fa
rm o
wn
ers
hip
tra
ns
fer
•
Cre
ate
a b
us
ine
ss
pla
n to
exp
lore
a n
ew
id
ea
•
Co
rre
ct a
n o
n-g
oin
g p
rod
uc
tio
n p
rob
lem
su
ch a
s h
erd
hea
lth,
som
atic
ce
ll co
unt,
cro
ppin
g, m
ilk v
olu
me
, e
tc.
•
Ma
ny
oth
er
pro
jects
can
be
con
sid
ere
d
What You’ll Get...
•
Re
so
urc
es
for
you
r p
roje
ct va
lue
d a
t g
rea
ter
than
$50
0.
•
On
e,
or
mo
re, m
en
tor
farm
ers
wh
o’v
e
su
ccessfu
lly a
ccom
plis
he
d a
sim
ilar
pro
ject
o
n t
heir
fa
rm.
•
Pro
fes
sio
na
ls, a
s n
eed
ed
, to
gu
ide y
ou
th
rou
gh
co
mplic
ate
d p
lan
nin
g p
rocesse
s.
•
Imp
rove
d p
rofi
tab
ilit
y a
nd
he
rd h
ealth
/p
erf
orm
ance
.
•
Imp
rove
d q
ua
lity
of
life
.
•
Access to
new
ma
rke
ts.
Project Steps
1.
Th
ink a
bo
ut
an
d w
rite
do
wn
go
als
fo
r yo
ur
cow
, sh
ee
p o
r go
at d
air
y fa
rm.
2.
Co
nta
ct S
FA
an
d f
ill o
ut
an
MD
I a
pp
lica
tion.
3.
Su
bm
it $
20
0 f
or
the a
nnu
al p
roje
ct
fee
.
4.
Work
with
the
SF
A-M
DI
Co
ord
ina
-to
r to
bu
ild a
te
am
of p
eop
le w
ho
ca
n y
ou
cre
ate
th
e f
arm
bu
sine
ss
you
wa
nt.
Contact:
Je
rem
y L
an
cto
t (l
an
k-t
oe
)
SF
A-M
DI
Co
ord
ina
tor
32
0-9
80
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i@sf
a-m
n.o
rg
Sta
te O
ffic
e:
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able
Rd.
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alls
, M
N 5
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Em
ail:
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munic
ations@
sfa
-mn.o
rg
SUSTAINABLE FARMING ASSOCIATION
OF MINNESOTA
Co
ws o
n g
rass..
.th
e
na
tura
l w
ay.
