Mr. Steve Schwartz

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  www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090830/NEWS/908309977 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/30/2009    Last Visited: 8/31/2009  

  Steve Schwartz, California Farmlink's executive director, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, addresses dozens of FarmLink supporters at Oak Hill Farm in Glen Ellen to celebrate the Sebastopol-based group's 10th anniversary.
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  celebrated its first decade of operation, also offers programs to help families create succession plans so farmers and their heirs can grapple with how to "keep this legacy going," said FarmLink Executive Director Steve Schwartz.
  
  "It's probably the hardest thing a family farmer faces," Schwartz said.
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  This year, FarmLink helped 11 new farmers in Sonoma County obtain contracts to lease land, Schwartz said. Overall, it has helped nearly 100 farmers lease land in the state.
  
  The group is one of about 10 non-profits in the U.S. that provide loans for farmers, in its case up to $100,000. It also provides services for immigrants who don't speak English to help them learn how to develop business plans and obtain financing.
  
  And FarmLink was the first group in the nation to offer new farmers a program to build up both a nest egg and a track record of creditworthiness, Schwartz said.

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  Published on: 7/13/2005    Last Visited: 10/8/2009  

  Through sales and leases of land, the organization has been able to match up about 25 young farmers to farmland that might otherwise have been lost to production, said Steve Schwartz, founding director of California FarmLink. About 20 percent of those new farmers have been Latino and Hmong immigrants.

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  Steve Schwartz and California FarmLink
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  Schwartz told us that farming runs in his family, his own father had a small farm in the former Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the U.S. in 1954. Schwartz himself worked in agriculture in Thailand with the U.S. Peace Corps from 1987 till 1989. He then got an M.A. in Public Affairs from the University of Southern California. After receiving his M.A., he dealt with many agricultural issues as a legislative assistant to the California Assembly and has over 14 years experience working on rural policy issues.
  
  By 1995, after furthering legislation such as the Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems Bill, or BIOS, which created incentives for farmers to reduce pesticide use, Steve was ready to leave government, and so when he heard about a FarmLink program operating in Nebraska, he decided this was something that California needed and made the plunge.

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  Published on: 11/16/2005    Last Visited: 8/9/2009  

  Panelists are: Steve Schwartz, WGBH Radio; Jon Garelick, jazz journalist, Boston Phoenix; Donal Fox, composer and pianist and Artistic Director of JazzBoston; Esperanza Spalding, bassist/vocalist/Berklee College of Music Instructor; Karen Zorn, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Berklee College of Music; Marianne Solivan, Boston Jazz Collaborative Co-founder and jazz vocalist.
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  Steve Schwartz has been part of WGBH Radio for nearly two decades, bringing a wealth of jazz programming knowledge to the airwaves. Jazz from Studio Four, which airs Fridays at 7pm on WGBH 89.7, provides Schwartz a venue for his many talents as a producer and host. A Boston native, Schwartz was inspired by several local and national jazz announcers, including Tony Cennamo, Ed Beach and “Symphony” Sid Torin.
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  Mr. Schwartz was the 2004 winner of the eighth annual Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting/the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award, presented by The Jazz Journalists Association.
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  Schwartz is also on the Board of Directors of the JJA.

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  Published on: 1/1/2004    Last Visited: 8/14/2008  

  Steve Schwartz(707) 829-1691

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  Published on: 9/28/2003    Last Visited: 9/28/2003  

  Steven M. Schwartz, M.D.

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  Published on: 2/18/2009    Last Visited: 2/18/2009  

  But Steve Schwartz, Executive Director of California FarmLink, says the shifting economic climate also holds some unexpected opportunities for new farmers to get established.

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  Published on: 3/2/2009    Last Visited: 3/3/2009  

  "The tightening of credit means there's more demand for the loan program we're offering," said Steve Schwartz, California FarmLink's executive director. "We have 700 people looking to lease land."
  
  The bright side for farmers is that the price of land has dropped with fewer speculators in the field and attractive financing through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, thanks to the latest farm bill.
  
  "There's better opportunity than I've seen in a number of years," Schwartz said.

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  Published on: 6/10/2008    Last Visited: 6/10/2008  

  The educational component of the savings program, called individual development accounts, or IDAs, is a crucial part of the competitive program targeting low-income and minority farmers, said Steve Schwartz, executive director of California FarmLink.
  
  Cash-flow projections, a business plan, tax preparation, cleaning up credit - these requirements of the program help farmers do "all the things to put them on solid financial footing," Schwartz said.
  
  And the stronger the footing, the better position farmers are in to invest in their farms - buying bits and pieces of equipment, like Lenderink did - or to make a down payment on land or a tractor.And this investment can have more than a purely economic effect.
  
  "Once you have a home or a tractor or trees in the ground, you change the way you look at your future," Schwartz said.
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  Schwartz said he hopes the federal funding will expand FarmLink's program to help up to 250 California farmers in the next five years.

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  Published on: 5/16/2008    Last Visited: 10/26/2009  

  By Steve Schwartz, California Farmlink

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