1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2023 . 2. Delivery of technical assistance Section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3842 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Farmer-to-farmer network The term farmer-to-farmer network means any affiliation or association of farmers that share information, technical assistance, or any other type of mutually beneficial support. ; (2) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting and for the purpose of carrying out subsection (j) before the period at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (j) Provision of assistance to farmer-to-Farmer networks (1) Purposes The purposes of this subsection are— (A) to build capacity for farmer-to-farmer networks, connect farmers with mentors or group learning opportunities, and support goal setting to increase long-term adoption of consistent, science-based, site-specific practices designed to achieve conservation objectives on land active in agricultural, forestry, or related uses; (B) to increase the provision of technical assistance that meets the specific needs of, and is accessible to, farmers, ranchers, and forest owners using different farming models, practices, and scales; and (C) to establish and steward farmer-to-farmer networks. (2) Cooperative agreements (A) In general The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities to carry out the purposes described in paragraph (1). (B) Eligible entities An entity eligible to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary under subparagraph (A) is— (i) a nonprofit entity described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code; (ii) a farmer-to-farmer network