Topics may include farm and business financial management, business plans, budgets, marketing plans, feasibility studies, pricing, recordkeeping, taxes, regulations, risk management, access to loans or grants, land access, leases, farm transition, value-added agriculture, and tools that help businesses start, expand, diversify, or become more profitable. The specialist may work with urban farms, small farms, market gardeners, beginning farmers, nonprofit agriculture groups, community farms, food entrepreneurs, local food businesses, value-added food producers, and other agricultural businesses that serve city and metro-area markets.