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Indiana’s Outreach ProgramAssistant State Conservationist - Special Projects
The Mission of NRCS Outreach is to conduct business to ensure that NRCS programs and services are made accessible to all customers, with emphasis on the underserved. Historically, underserved audiences have included tribes, minorities, women, the disabled, limited resource farmers and small-scale farmers. Underserved audiences can also include other groups of customers, such as the Amish or organic producers. Outreach is a way of conducting business to ensure that underserved individuals and groups throughout the United States and its territories are made aware of, understand and have a working knowledge of USDA programs and services. Outreach will ensure that these programs and services are equitable and made accessible to all.
Outreach Definitions The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) continues to address the unique circumstances and concerns of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, as well as beginning and limited resource farmers and ranchers. It provides for voluntary participation, offers incentives, and focuses on equity in accessing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services. Enhancements include streamlined delivery of technical and financial assistance; improved programs and services; and flexibility in decision making (with most decisions made at the Tribal, State, or local level)
For definitions of socially disadvantaged, beginning farmer and limited resource, please visit: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/people/outreach/slbfr
Outreach Resources
National Resources
* The
People, Partnerships and Communities series provide guidance
to the conservation partnership about how to effectively work with people
and communities. Each information sheet covers one topic * Technical reports provide more technical, scientific coverage of natural resource topics than the PPC series. They cover social science topics in more depth, with more analysis.
* The
Marketing Guidebooks were produced by the National
Association of Conservation Districts, in cooperation with the Institute.
They help conservation districts and conservation offices market natural * Product and Program Brochures include flyers, brochures, and handouts that we make available at public meetings. * Miscellaneous publications don't fit any of the three niches explained above. They include position descriptions and "non-official" writings.
Local Resources * Indiana NRCS Organic Certification Publication: * ISDA's Organic Resource Guide for Indiana: http://www.in.gov/isda.2740.htm * EPA: A guide for conducting watershed outreach campaigns is found at: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/outreach/documents/ * NACD: http://www.nacdnet.org/resources/guides/ Includes information on reaching out to underserved audiences. * Indiana Agricultural Statistics: http://www.nass.usda.gov/in * USDA limited resource self-determination tool: http://www.lrftool.sc.egov.usda.gov/
Census Maps The following documents require Acrobat Reader
2007 Indiana Census of Agriculture Maps
The following maps depict information from the 2007 Indiana Census of
Agriculture, prepared by the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service.
The Indiana Agricultural Statistics is located at
2002 Indiana Census of Agriculture Maps The following maps depict information from the 2002 Indiana Census of Agriculture, prepared by the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service.
National NRCS Outreach Program To learn more about NRCS' Outreach Program, please visit the National NRCS Outreach site at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/people/outreach |
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