Past FRED Handouts

Below is a list, with available links, of past FRED meeting and mailing handouts and other helpful resources. These handouts are provided as an information resource and may not be reproduced or sold without the express permission of the originating entity.

JULY - 2008
• 14 Survival Tips for Managing during Economic Downturns http://www.topsitepromote.com/infodatabase/survival.html
• Preventing Employee Theft at the Points of Sale http://crimeprevention.rutgers.edu/crime/emp_theft/pos.htm
• Flyer – Upcoming REN Events (available in PDF format)

JUNE - 2008

• Ways in Which an Accountant Can Help http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/operating/finmgmt/accountant/services.html
• News Release - 2008 Rural Entrepreneur Excellence Award; Recipient in Johnson County – Mallow Run Winery (available in PDF format)
• An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting a Business in Indiana (from the Secretary of State) http://www.in.gov/sos/business/corps/guide_print.html
• Flyer – Announcing Small Business Consulting Sessions (available in PDF format)

MAY – 2008
• REN Newsletter – Spring 2008 (available in PDF format).
• Indiana Small Business Development Center http://www.isbdc.org/web_resources.aspx

APRIL – 2008
• Planning Your Business – A business plan provides a guide.
• Organic farm in Indiana is on farm sustainability tour – Farm World – Wed, March 26, 2008
• 10 Rules for Small Business Success http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol19/rules.htm

MARCH – 2008
• Center for Rural Entrepreneurship www.ruraleship.org
• Top 10 Small Business Tax Deductions http://sbinformation.about.com/od/taxes/a/Topeducation_ga.htm

FEBRUARY – 2008
• Indiana MarketMaker http://in.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/index.asp
• Ten Rules to Help with Pricing Confidence www.businessknowhow.com/money/pricingrules.htm
• Indiana conference explores business of shrimp farming – Farm World – Wednesday, January 23, 2008

JANUARY – 2008
• What Entrepreneurs Are Like http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/entrepreneur_main.html
• The Best Ways to Delight Customers http://business-success22.blogspot.com/2007/12/best-ways-to-delight-customers.html

DECEMBER - 2007
• Switchgrass studied as source of electricity – AgriNews Publication – November 16, 2007
• Hoosier ag producers welcome wind farms – Farm World – Wednesday, November 14, 2007
• Wind energy fastest growing energy source – AgriNews Publication – Friday, November 16, 2007

NOVEMBER – 2007
• 2008 Beginning Beekeeping Series http://www.ces.purdue.edu/Hancock/Beginning%20Beekeepingseries08FINAL.pdf
• Potential Ways to Fund a Rural Micro Business (available in PDF format).

OCTOBER - 2007
• Entrepreneur Grows Her Sales and Finds Success with SCORE http://www.score.org/success_w_laimon.html
• Roberts Rules of Entrepreneurship http://www.score.org/article_roberts_rules_of_entrepreneurship.html
• From Yemen to Indiana, then to see the goat man – The Indianapolis Star – Sunday, October 7, 2007

• Limited Liability Company: The Growing Entity of Choice http://www.score.org/article_limited_liability.html
• SARE’s 20th Anniversary Conference: The New American Farm: Advancing the frontier of sustainable agriculture www.sare.org/2008conference/New_voices_Rules.doc

AUGUST – 2007
•The Latest (Local Food) http://www.100milediet.org/category/the-latest/
• Why Eat Local? 13 Lucky Reasons http://100milediet.org/why-eat-local/
• About the 100-Mile Diet http://100milediet.org/category/about/
• There Are Many Good Reasons To Buy Locally Grown Food http://www.foodroutes.org/whycare1.jsp
• A Guide To Serving Local Food On Your Menu http://www.glynwood.org/resource/guidelocalmenu.pdf
• Food from Our Changing World: The Globalization of Food and How Americans Feel About It http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/global-food/foodglobal.pdf
• In Search of The Ripe Stuff http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0514/p14s03-lifo.html
• Sustainable Table – Buy Local http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/buylocal/

JUNE - 2007
• Bio Town USA - Expectations: Possibilities: Focus: Phase I: Phase II: Phase III www.in.gov/biotownusa/faqs.htm
• Bio Town Uses Farm Waste for Energy http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13770834/
• E-85 Pumps In Indiana http://www.in.gov/energy/pumpmap/
• E-85 Flexible Fuel Vehicles
http://www.e85fuel.com/e85101/flexfuelvehicles.php
• REN One-Page Business Plan (available in PDF Format)
• Schedule REN “Start Your Own Business” Workshop Series Flyer (available in PDF Format)
• Creating an Effective Roadside Sign http://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1754_app.pdf
• Handling Customer Complaints http://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1754_app.pdf
• Personal Evaluation II “A Snapshot of Your Progress” http://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1754_ch10.pdf
• Sample Safety Inspection Checklist http://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1754_app.pdf
• 60-Second Guide to Building Word-of-Mouth Referrals http://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1754_app.pdf

MAY – 2007
• “Farm Sustainability Tour to Focus on Opportunities in Horticulture” http://www.btny.purdue.edu/weedscience/2007/INFarmTour07Final.pdf
• Science and Safety of Electricity & Natural Gas - “Alternative Energy Sources” http://www.pge.com/microsite/PGE_dgz/more/alternative.html
• Popular Science – “Cloned Beef: It’s What’s For Dinner” http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/64b99082cc73d010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
• Cloned Beef Safety http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218392882&cat=1_6

APRIL – 2007
• Transferring Your Farm Business to the Next Generation (Bulletin 862) http://ohioline.osu.edu/b862/index.html
• Estate And Farm Transition Planning for Agricultural Producers http://alfalfa.ucdavis.edu/symposium/proceedings/2006/06-285.pdf
• Part II: Estate Taxes & Asset Transfer Mechanisms In Agriculture http://alfalfa.ucdavis.edu/symposium/proceedings/2006/06-285.pdf
• Preparing To Pass On The Farm To The Kids http://www.kansasruralcenter.org/publications/PPOFK.pdf
• Estate & Family Farm Business Transfer Planning – 2007 (Packet)

MARCH - 2007
• Private Property: Rights, Responsibilities & Limitations http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/ID/ID-229/ID-229.html
• The ABC’s of P&Z “A Planning & Zoning Glossary” http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/ID/ID-228/ID-228.html
• Genetically Altered – “How Much Better Is Bigger And Better?” http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312650/food.htm
• Did You Know Your Food Is Genetically Altered? http://www.cqs.com/gmohazard.htm

FEBRUARY – 2007
• Indiana Cooperative Development Center http://icdc.coop
• Rural Sociology “Sociology of Environment & Agriculture http://www.dass.missouri.edu/ruralsoc/grad/soc-environ.php
• Rural Sociology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_sociology
• The Rural Sociologist Subscriptions http://www.ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralSociology/subscriptions.html
• Planning Your Inventory http://www.hfloral.com/Pot/pInventoryMain.html
• Orchid Business in Bloom http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1676983.cms
• Growing, Harvesting and Using Culinary Herbs in the Home Garden http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1612.html
• Growing Herbs in the Home Garden http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/NRES/extension/factsheets/vc-44/VC-44.html
• Growing, Preserving and Using Herbs http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/foodnut/09335.html
• Marketing Herbs http://altnature.com/library/herb_market.htm
• Herb Farming http://www.gov.ns.ca/econ/nsx/site/businfo/PrintProfile.asp?type=bus&infoid=9&id=116

DECEMBER - 2006
• Morgan County Zoning (available in PDF Format)
• Lawn Care Directory - “The Best Way To Start A Lawn Care Business” http://www.lawncaredirectory.com
• How To Start Your Lawn Care Business http://www.mow4money.com/
• Growing Cut Flowers for Market http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/landscap/h1200w.htm
• Growing and Marketing Cut Flowers http://www284.pair.com/florists/all-about-flowers/Growing-Marketing-Cut-Flowers.htm

NOVEMBER – 2006
• Financing Small-Scale and Part-time Farms (Click Here)
• Core Business Plan Inputs (available in PDF Format)
• Small Farms http://www.whatcomcd.org/FarmAssist/SmallFarm/SmallFarm.html
• Don’t Break A Leg . . . Managing Risks on Your Small Farm www.smallfarms.cornell.edu/pages/news/pressroom/pressreleases/01-20-03-risk.doc
• Alpaca Fiber http://www.gateway-alpacas.com/alpaca-fiber.php
• Alpaca Media Center FAQ’s & General Information http://www.alpacainfo.com/mediacenter/faq.html

OCTOBER – 2006
• Indiana State Department of Agriculture http://www.in.gov/isda
• FAN Information on Small Farms (available in PDF Format)

SEPTEMBER – 2006
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program – Fact Sheet http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pdf/WHIPFct.pdf
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program - Questions And Answers http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/PROGRAMS/farmbill/2002/pdf/WHIPQnA.pdf
• Wildlife Resource Information http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr.htm
• National Animal Identification System http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/index.shtml
• Assessing Your Lands Potential for Wildlife http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-175-W.pdf
• Putting a Little Wildlife in Your Backyard This Spring http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-247-W.pdf
• Attracting Butterflies to Your Yard http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-248-W.pdf
• Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Yard http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-249-W.pdf

AUGUST – 2006
• Lugar Farm is First in Indiana to Provide Carbon Sequestration Offsets on The Chicago Climate Exchange http://www.geology.iupui.edu/Research/lugar.html
• Environmentally Correct Concepts, Inc. http://www.agricarbon.com/carbon_credits.htm
• Plowshares CSA Share Agreement http://www.plowsharescsa.org/agreement.html
• Community Support Agriculture (CSA) – Cooperative Extension Service University of Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/Ag/NewCrops/marketing/csa.pdf
• Coyote Facts http://www.shgresources.com/sd/symbols/animal/
• Thomas Neuberger On Coyotes: How To Call And When To Shoot http://www.hunterspec.com/Updateable/update_display.cfm?pageID=924&categoryID=12
• The Coyote http://www.desertusa.com/june96/du_cycot.html
• Natural Product Labels (available in PDF Format)
• Producing and Selling Sheep and Goats to The Ethnic/Religious Meat Markets http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/ethnicmarkets.html
• Ethnic goat marketing made simple: the right goat, at the right weight, on the right day, slaughtered the right way http://www.newfarm.org/features/2006/0606/ethnicgoatmrk/miller.shtml

JULY - 2006
• How to Start a Bed-and-Breakfast http://www.ehow.com/how_108003_start-bed-breakfast.html
• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml
• So You Want To Get Into The Cattle Business Click Here
• Grassfed Ground Beef http://www.whiteoakpastures.com/
• Agricultural Alternatives – Beef Cow-calf Production http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/livestock/Livestock.html
• Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in an Agroforestry Practice http://extension.missouri.edu/explorepdf/agguides/agroforestry/af1010.pdf

JUNE - 2006
• Weighing Risk and Reward in a Rural Business (available in PDF Format)
• Questions and Answers About Organic Farming (available in PDF Format)

MAY - 2006
• Benefits of Forming and LLC http://www.acorporation4less.com/index.php?mod=edu&lr=2
• Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/SERV_BUSPLANBASICS.html
• Demand for Organic Foods Soaring http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0509-10.htm

MARCH 2006
• Improving Profit Ideas for FRED Members