Using Agricultural Data for a Targeted Approach to ID&R
What do you need? Basic recruiter forms COE Interview Questionnaire Community Checklist Agriculture Census Forms Research Conducted on Crop Scape Maps Lead Sheets Occupational Surveys Old Address List
Agriculture Census What information is out there? Share summary file Where do you get it? Full_Report/Census_by_State/ Full_Report/Census_by_State/ How to use the census Look at full report
Agriculture Census- Plenty of reports available
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Use the Data- What do you find? What kinds of reports were most helpful to you? What new information did you learn from using the reports? Were you aware of most of the information in the reports?
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What is Crop Scape? USDA based on agriculture census reports taken each year. Crops are mapped out by region You can view them from years earlier Views can show multiple crops Can be specific to areas Reports can be made directly from these maps
Crop Scape- Various reporting tools
Lots of data and lots of ways to use it
Try it- work with a partner Answer the following questions What agriculture is produced in your county? Which new ones should be investigated from the crop scape maps? What areas of the county seem to have the most possible potential places that should be recruited. Did you learn anything new? Try and produce a report that shows what you are specifically interested in? How has agriculture changed in your county over the last couple of years? Be ready to share this with the group.
Google Maps What do you use to follow up with your leads and keep track of where you have been going? Recruiter Report Google Map updates Lead Sheets
Google Maps
Make your own Map- update it
Farm Subsidies Database
Farm Subsidies Database Who is in your area that you might want to follow up with?
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TN Website Materials for Recruiting TN Community Checklist- build your own network web. Old Addresses Report Mapping- What kind of mapping do you do? How do you effectively map?
LEADS and RESOURCES If I am going to a new area or want to build my network in my current area who should I go to visit and what should I ask? Work with a partner and take 20 minutes to make a list of key community visits. Also think about what you would ask them and how you would explain the program. Remember we want leads and resources