New York Farm Viability Institute welcomes you
The New York Farm Viability Institute is a farmer-led nonprofit organization that provides grant funding to applied research and outreach education projects that help farms increase profits and provide models for other farms.   
      The Institute is dedicated to working with farms of different sizes, ... Read more
Project profiles
Bethany Reynolds and Andy and Wayne Smith, of Stony Meadows Farm in Middlebury, NY examine farm business records. Better record-keeping was a farm goal the owners identified by working with a Dairy Profit Team.

Dairy Profit Team Bolsters Stony Meadows Farm
“The dairy profit team has been great for us,” responds Andy Smith when asked if the program was helping their farm.  Andy partners with his father and mother, Wayne and Linda Smith and his fiancée, Bethany Reynolds, at Stony Meadows Farm on Blackhouse Road in the Town of Middlebury.  Their farm is going through a lot of changes.  With farm input prices changing so rapidly, it is hard to see whether your business is improving with the changes. ... Read more