It answers the most frequently asked questions farmers have when choosing a business structure, such as: I’m not sure I want to form a business entity? Can’t I just sell my products or services? Which one is better – a corporation or an LLC? If you are more of a visual learner, and want to see all your business structure options, follow the flowchart in our free Understanding Your Options which is Chapter 2 of our Farmers’ Guide to Business Structures. Start with our Farm Business Structure Basics. Check out our resource, From the Field: An Educational Farm’s Path to Choosing Its Business Structure (11pgs.) to learn more about your options.īecause the nonprofit entity is unsuitable for most farms, many folks will want to explore other options. Keep in mind that the non-profit model is not the only way you can run an educational farm. This guide explores when a nonprofit structure is truly the right choice for a farm and explains the process for setting up a nonprofit entity. In our free resource, Farm Business Structure Basics, we include some basic information about non-profits and farms.įor a deeper dive into farms and non-profits, read our Chapter 8: Nonprofit Fundamentals (11pgs.) from the Farmers’ Guide to Business Structures. However, it can be the right fit for farms with a truly educational and charitable mission. It’s an old joke among farmers: “I should really form a nonprofit organization because I certainly don’t make any profit!” While this may resonate within the farming community, in actuality running your farm as a nonprofit organization is not the right choice for most farms.
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