Create Your Mission Statement

Getting clear on the purpose and underlying values of your farm operation is one of the first steps in your farm start-up plan. Answer the questions below as best you can, and a copy of the form will be emailed to you. You can then copy and paste your responses into the Farm Start-up Template available on this site, or save and print them for future reference.

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What three words best describe your farm?

What two things do you want customers and community members to think of when they see your farm name?

As a farmer, what service or promise of quality do you commit to providing your customers?

Note: this doesn't mean identifying specific crops, as those will likely change over time based on sales, customer feedback, seasonal fluctuations, etc.

Now, based on your responses to the above worksheets, and your answers to the previous worksheets in this section, try drafting a mission statement for your farm.

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posted: 05/14/12 11:49 AM by ejf5@cornell.edu
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4 thoughts on “Create Your Mission Statement”

Alexa Abner says:

November 11, 2014 at 11:02 am

Just wrote my mission statement while listening to Wendell Berry speak at the 2014 Slow Money National Conference. I think it’s a keeper.
Elizabeth Hargrove says:

January 31, 2015 at 3:29 pm

Thanks!
Elizabeth Hargrove says:

January 31, 2015 at 3:37 pm

good exercise
Deborah Freeman says:

September 19, 2015 at 3:43 pm

Hoping for the best as we grow better in all we do.

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