Organic Path microsite

This project was funded through the New Opportunities and Business Development Investment Initiative (NOBDI) under the Renewal Chapter of the Canada-Nova Scotia Agricultural Policy Framework Agreement.

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Nova Scotia

Recordkeeping

How can you run a business without keeping records? You need to know what you sold and what your yields were. This is a business as well as a farm.

Rowena Hopkins
Amarosia Organic Garden, NB

Recordkeeping shouldn’t be a ‘cost without benefit’ or just time away from core activities. Effective recordkeeping means not only good records, but useful information that can help in decision making. The business management side of farming should be an activity that saves time, increases profitability and margins, informs hiring choices and helps the farmer work more effectively.

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