The VAFAIRS website has a wide variety of resources including information on business plans, grant assistance, and farm transition. 

The goal of this workbook is to provide families with a resource to use as they complete the work necessary to transfer their farm land and/or farm businesses. This workbook was originally created in 2012 and has been updated and revised for 2017.   

Online copies can be found here: Planning the Future of Your Farm: A Workbook Supporting Farm Transfer Decisions, Virginia Edition (vt.edu) 

Printed, spiral-bound copies of this workbook are available for no-cost courtesy of funding from the Virginia Agricultural license plate. To get hard copies, please indicate the number desired (each workbook is 100+ pages double-sided). For service providers, such as extension agents, workbooks are available in boxes of 50 for workshops and events. Please provide at least three weeks prior notice when requesting boxes and make sure a mailing address is provided that can accept deliveries (not a P.O. box). 

Workbooks can be requested by email, phone or U.S. mail from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), Office of Farmland Preservation: 

VDACS, Office of Farmland Preservation 
102 Governor Street 
Richmond, Virginia 23219 
Phone: 804-786-1906 
E-mail: jennifer.perkins@vdacs.virginia.gov