"Participatory Data Collection Technique for Capturing Beginning Farmer" by Cheryl L. Eschbach, J R. Sirrine et al.

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Participatory Data Collection Technique for Capturing Beginning Farmer Program Outcomes

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Cheryl L. Eschbach, Michigan State UniversityFollow
J R. Sirrine, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Erin Lizotte, Michigan State UniversityFollow
N. L. Rothwell, Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research CenterFollow

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This article describes an innovative evaluation plan we employed to capture outcomes of a multiyear beginning farmer program and, specifically, highlights the facilitation technique we used to document short-term and intermediate goals of the program that matched U.S. Department of Agriculture grant requirements and Extension administration priorities. Developing a comprehensive, two-phase evaluation plan based on a well-conceived logic model was a key factor in the success of the New FARM program. Our midterm and end-of-program evaluations addressed often sought, but sometimes difficult to obtain, intermediate goals from the logic model and demonstrated program effectiveness to a variety of funders.

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Eschbach, C. L., Sirrine, J. R., Lizotte, E., & Rothwell, N. L. (2016). Participatory Data Collection Technique for Capturing Beginning Farmer Program Outcomes. The Journal of Extension, 54(4), Article 9. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol54/iss4/9

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