However, the recent withdrawal of public funding for Sietinet is seen as a problem: "The government wants to encourage networking, but now that there is a successful network, funding stops" (farmer interview).
The principles of joint ownership help to encourage networking and co-operative behaviour.
The report also mentions alumni efforts to create a Princeton Band of Angels, an independent organization that would invest in startup companies and encourage networking.
To encourage networking and resource sharing, the Project also developed a directory of farm service provider organizations in New York State who work with refugee populations.
With students and alumni of a range of schools using its platform, it aims to foster a community, and it has organized galas and other events to encourage networking.
The thematically organized workshops bring together emerging and established scholars to take stock of research trends, identify promising new questions and sources, and encourage networking across academic and research institutions.
To remedy this, several bloggers, including Ms. Crawford, have organized a series of blogger socials, the first of which took place last month in Flatbush, to encourage networking and, as she put it, to "take the show on the road" to underblogged neighborhoods.
