... beginning farmers’ enterprises. Yet, there is no empirical evidence for the assumption that specialty crop beginning farmers may be more innovative and likely to adopt more technologies than more experienced growers. Beginning farmers Agricultural technologies Value-added Land access High...

... out of family are potential sources of land access for BFRs and are the most frequent participants in incentive programs to facilitate land transfer to BFRs. To assist in identifying landowners who might transfer out of family, the paper aims to explore similarities and differences between landowners...