Included in Farm Aid’s work to build a thriving family farm-centered system of agriculture is the Farm Aid grant program, which funds organizations serving family farms. Our grantees around the country are critical partners in the movement to keep family farmers on the land, producing good food for all.
In 2024, Farm Aid granted nearly $1.5 million!
Farm Aid distributed $1,471,412 in grant funding in 2024, prioritizing proposals from organizations that are digging in and supporting racial equity, facilitating farmer-led solutions to climate change, stopping the growth of industrial and corporate power in agriculture, and providing support for farmers experiencing crisis and farm stress. Every fall, all of our staff members are invited to participate in our End of Year Grants program, gaining a deeper understanding of the issues farmers are facing and the solutions being developed. In December, Farm Aid distributed End of Year grants in the amount of $1,101,500 to 101 family farm, rural response and urban agriculture organizations.
“The work to support family farmers and empower communities through agriculture happens on the ground all across this country. We’re grateful to the people doing this work and we’re proud to stand strong with them. Thanks to our fans, supporters and advocates for purchasing Farm Aid festival tickets and donating every year. It’s because of you that we’re able to send these funds to organizations across the country.”
— Willie Nelson
Additionally, throughout 2024 Farm Aid granted $369,900 through various grantmaking programs, including:
- $57,000 in emergency grants to individual farmers who struggled to make ends meet. These grants are given with the assistance of Farm Aid’s Hotline team members, who answer farmer calls on 1-800-FARM-AID, connecting them to appropriate resources and recommending emergency grants when support is urgently needed.
- $235,000 in disaster grants in response to disasters that impact farm operations, including farmers in Texas were devastated by wildfires and farmers throughout the Southeast experienced disastrous flooding and wind damage from hurricanes Helene and Milton.
- $30,000 in strategic grants, including supporting Farm Commons to develop resources to guide farmers in understanding their options after having experienced discrimination from agencies charged with providing direct support; The Sobremesa Foundation Incubator Program to provide leased land access, farm infrastructure, business development and training resources to immigrant, limited resource, and historically underserved individuals as well as emerging farmers; and the Campaign for Contract Agriculture Reform, a national alliance of organizations, including Farm Aid, working to provide a voice for farmers and ranchers involved in contract agriculture.
- $27,900 in farmer leadership grants for the development of farmers’ leadership skills and the elevation of their voices in decision-making circles in which their expertise, experience and best interests are essential.
- $20,000 in scholarship funds to support university students majoring in agriculture and related fields.
Growing the Good Food Movement
Creating and implementing innovative programs that build local and regional food systems and connect farmers directly to consumers.
15 organizations; total funding: $147,500
The Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet), Athens, OH: $10,000 to work collaboratively with other Central Appalachia partners to build a fair food system in which beginning and established farmers—many traditionally marginalized in remote rural communities of Appalachia—can prosper through the equitable access of capital and business resources.
Appalachian Sustainable Development, Duffield, VA: $10,000 to increase climate resilience and reduce the distance between consumers and their food source with training and technical assistance on entering into the food production economy.
CitySeed, New Haven, CT: $10,000 to support efforts to provide all New Haven residents with access to fresh, local food and to build economic opportunity in the food system.
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), South Deerfield, MA: $8,000 to support their work providing assistance to farmers during and after a crisis.
Families Anchored in Total Harmony, Inc., Gary, IN: $7,500 to support the training and development of urban youth in grades 6-12, including certification of Junior Urban Master Producers.
Farm Fresh Rhode Island, Providence, RI: $10,000 to build a strong and resilient local food system that values the environment, health and quality of life of the farmers and eaters in New England.
Farmers Rising, Caledonia, IL: $10,000 to lift up the people doing local and regenerative farming, in order to foster long-term food systems change in the upper Midwest.
Flanner House (Flanner Farm), Indianapolis, IN:$10,000 to support naturally grown, affordable produce in an area that has suffered generations of environmental racism and food apartheid.
Grow Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA: $10,000 to address inequities in Allegheny County by supporting sustainable urban agriculture and fresh food distribution with an emphasis on the food-insecure communities of Braddock, Homewood and Wilkinsburg by providing the tools, resources and knowledge for people of all ages to grow their own food.
GrowNYC, New York, NY: $10,000 to provide access to healthy, fresh, locally grown food for all New Yorkers and support 276 family farms in the Northeast. GrowNYC Greenmarkets, and Farmstands, and the major expansion of their Food Hub in the South Bronx will work together to make food from the region as accessible as possible, particularly for the most vulnerable in their communities, while keeping 276 regional family farms in business. They will also provide culturally competent training and technical assistance in both English and Spanish to GrowNYC Greenmarket and Wholesale vendors and aspiring farm business owners in the region.
Northwest Indiana Food Council, NW Indiana: $10,000 to weave networks, develop programming and advocate for a more just food system that equally values farmers, food producers and honors the right to food for vulnerable community members.
People’s Cooperative Market, Bloomington, IN: $10,000 to support a cooperative curated by BIPOC and underserved farmers and vendors to produce and aggregate organic, nutrient dense culturally relevant food for distribution into oppressed communities.
Mino Bimaadiziiwin Tribal Farm (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), Bayfield, WI: $10,000 To build a more integrated food system and advance the food sovereignty goals of the Red Cliff Band through increased food access of nutritious and traditional foods, targeted youth programming, producer/harvester support and land stewardship.
Red Tomato, Providence, RI: $10,000 to bring together diverse producers in scale and variety, logistics experts, and community leaders as food distributors (i.e. food banks, CSAs, mobile markets) to co-create, implement, and refine supply chains that bring wholesale volumes of quality fresh, local, and affordable produce directly from farms to food insecure communities.
Soul Food Project, Indianapolis, IN: $10,000 to build a just and equitable food system in the community through urban farms, a youth employment program (Youth Grow Indy), and an adult apprenticeship program (Farm Fellows).
West Virginia Food And Farm Coalition, Charleston, WV: $10,000 to advocate alongside local farmers, markets, food enterprises and community members to secure a state government investment in agriculture and to advance local, regional and national fair farm policies, increasing economic viability, agricultural sustainability and food access across the Mountain State.
Helping Farmers Thrive
Providing farmers with support and resources to start farming, transition to more sustainable farming practices and/or continue farming in the face of financial crises and/or natural disasters.
51 organizations; total funding: $592,500
Agricultural Justice Project, Gainesville, FL: $10,000 for documenting the successes and challenges of their coalition of farmworkers, organic farmers, and other community stakeholders over 25 years, working to build a food system that honors all who labor in it.
The Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association, Salinas, CA: $10,000 to help farmers thrive through on-farm education, technical assistance and subsidized access to organic farmland and equipment.
Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network (ASAN), Birmingham, AL: $10,000 to coordinate knowledge sharing, build resources and strengthen networks of sustainable farmers and local food advocates to deepen relationships between the people of Alabama, the food we eat and the land.
Black Farmer Fund, New York, NY: $10,000 to invest in Black farmers and food actors to build a vibrant and resilient Black food system.
Braiding the Sacred, Indigenous Corn Growers from the Four Directions: $10,000 to support an expanding network of Indigenous corn and seed caretakers from the Four Directions who are rematriating seed varieties from the Seed Sanctuary to their mother nations.
Chester Agricultural Center, Chester, NY: $10,000 for a multi-farmer land access project working alongside 12 farm businesses to organically steward unique Black Dirt farmland, including business development of early-stage, primarily LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-led farms, including farmland and infrastructure access, farmer collaboration and resource-sharing.
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Davis, CA: $10,000 to educate and organize small, underserved and BIPOC farmers to participate in and survive the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which seeks to stabilize groundwater levels in the state.
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), South Deerfield, MA: $10,000 to build a thriving local food system and support farmers in maintaining resilient businesses.
Connecticut Farmland Trust, Hartford, CT: $10,000 to help the current and next generation of farmers in Connecticut thrive, through protection of soil and water, and matching farmland owners with new farmers.
Cultivate Kansas City, Kansas City, MO: $10,000 to grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, equitable and healthy local food system for all.
Dreaming Out Loud, Washington, DC: $10,000 to support Urban Farms and Food Hub Operations as well as the DREAM Black Food Fund Initiative, both of which serve as a conduit for the creation of an integrated pipeline of revenue generating farms and employment opportunities.
Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG), Saint Paul, MN: $30,000 address legal needs of family farmers by providing free legal services to farmers in need, especially underserved/BIPOC farmers; guiding farmers and members of their rural communities through the provisions of new federal and state legislation designed to benefit them; ensuring that family farmers and their communities have access to federal assistance programs, including new initiatives built around racial justice and climate change; and advising USDA on opportunities to use existing but underutilized legislative and regulatory authority to benefit family farmers in areas of credit, disaster assistance, climate mitigation and other areas.
Food Works, Carbondale, IL: $10,000 to support peer-to-peer farmer training and programming to improve access to markets, thereby promoting long-term farming networks that create healthy soils, healthy food, and healthy communities in the 23 counties that make up Southern Illinois.
Georgia Organics, Atlanta, GA: $10,000 to invest in and provide a suite of services for farmers toward helping them build and maintain strong farm businesses and achieve farmer prosperity.
Green Village Initiative, Bridgeport, CT: $10,000 to support grassroots and state-wide work to grow food, knowledge, leadership, and community to create a more just food system.
Holistic Management International, Albuquerque, NM: $10,000 to provide farmers with knowledge, skills, resources and ongoing support to be successful in regenerative agriculture via Regenerative Agriculture workshops, online training, Open Gate Field Days, and one-on-one support.
Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition, Indiana (state-wide): $5,000 to recruit, support and promote young and beginning farmers throughout the state of Indiana.
Human Agricultural Cooperative, Fort Wayne, IN; $10,000 to support their cooperative model with sharing of knowledge, funding and equipment.
Intertribal Agriculture Council, Billings, MT: $20,000 to support efforts to promote and highlight the benefits of investing in regenerative agriculture. Rooted in the principles and value systems of Indian Country, the Regenerative Economies program provides Tribal producers and Tribes with individual assistance on business and finance solutions that promote healthy and regenerative economic growth throughout Indian Country.
KNOX, Hartford, CT: $10,000 to provide beginning farmers with land, training, mentoring and connections to enter careers as farmers in the agricultural industry or start their own farm-based businesses.
Land For Good, Keene, NH: $10,000 to put more farmers on more farmland in New England and beyond, keeping farmland in farming, and ensuring that farmland access is secure, equitable and affordable.
Legacy Taste of the Garden, Princeton, IN: $10,000 to build programs and events that support farmer advocacy, providing information on opportunities, trainings and assistance focused on Black and Historically Underserved farmers to participate and collaborate to build, save/strengthen Black Farms and farmers.
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Unity, ME: $10,000 to support the multiple needs of small, family and (though not exclusively) organic farmers, including helping farmers build economic viability and adopt climate resilient sustainable farming practices through a plethora of workshops, trainings, demonstrations, educational events, farm tours, technical assistance services, advocacy and farmer-to-farmer networking opportunities.
Marbleseed, Spring Valley, WI: $10,000 to support the Grow Organic Program, which fosters farmer-to-farmer engagement through farmer-led events and provides relevant and timely resources for the organic farming community to both strengthen the current sustainable farming movement and empower the next generation of organic farmers.
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI), East Troy, WI: $10,000 to help beginning BIPOC farmers in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota and to offer free 1-on-1 advising about funding resources, informing Midwest farmers, especially underserved farmers, and farmer-serving organizations about federal, state, and private funding resources appropriate to clients’ needs.
The National Center for Appropriate Technology, Butte, MT: $10,000 to support national, regional and local programs and services to help aspiring, beginning and seasoned producers in managing towards their farm and family goals.
NCABL Land Loss Prevention Project, Durham, NC: $20,000 to support robust legal representation, technical assistance and policy advocacy to preserve land tenure and farm businesses, advance sustainability, and promote greater equity in and access to farm programs for BIPOC and limited resource producers.
Nebraska Rural Response Council and Hotline, Lincoln, NE: $10,000 for the Nebraska Rural Response Hotline, which provides emergency food pantry assistance, AgrAgility for families impacted by disabilities, farm finance, bookkeeping, legal counseling and services, mediation services and mental health vouchers.
The Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust, Boston, MA: $10,000 for The Climate Stewardship Cohort, which will engage Black, Indigenous and people of color farmers and land stewards from the Northeast region in a community of practice focused reclaiming narratives and practices of climate stewardship; supporting stability and longevity of reciprocal land relationship; proposing climate justice and advocacy measures; and developing and promoting more culturally relevant, holistic and ecosystem-centered metrics.
Operation Spring Plant, Inc., Oxford, NC: $10,000 to empower BIPOC and small family farmers with knowledge and support to ensure equity and inclusion in the marketplace, by providing education and funding to assist with clearing hurdles on the path to successfully producing and marketing healthy non-GMO food while protecting the environment.
Partners IN Food and Farming, Crothersville and Indianapolis, IN: $10,000 to support farmer-to-farmer mentorship for small-scale, diversified farmers, while promoting racial equity by empowering BIPOC farmers through leadership development and access to resources.
Pasa Sustainable Agriculture, Harrisburg, PA: $10,000 to equip farmers with the knowledge, experience and tools they need to operate financially viable, environmentally sustainable, climate smart and socially just farm businesses through education, training, community and advocacy.
Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA: $10,000 For implementation of Hispanic and Latino farmer-led community engagement and program development by their Latino Engagement Coordinator.
The Quivira Coalition, Santa Fe, NM: $10,000 to support building resilience on working agricultural lands by providing apprenticeships for the next generation of regenerative ranchers; providing technical assistance for historically underserved and new and beginning producers looking to improve soil health, develop drought resilience and combat climate change; and building a community of practice around agriculture that addresses ecological, economic and social challenges in the western US.
Rock Steady Farm, Millerton, NY: $10,000 to increase equity in the food system through advocacy, community building and training and support programs for queer and trans Black, Indigenous and people of color (QTBIPOC) farmers.
Rogue Farm Corps, Oregon (state-wide): $10,000 to train and equip the next generation of farmers and ranchers through educational on-farm job training; to support new farmers with small business technical assistance; to advocate for equitable farm practices and policies; and to collaborate to preserve Oregon’s rich farmland.
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI), Pittsboro, NC: $20,000 to improve racial equity, farm viability and sustainability, and create systemic change for small and mid-scale farmers.
Rural Coalition, Washington, DC: $15,000 to change the system of extraction, exploitation, dispossession and disenfranchisement by sustaining a durable network of deeply rooted community organizations collaborating to catalyze their vision for just futures for their rural communities.
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project, Claymont, DE $18,000 to assist work supporting rural residents, independent farmers and ranchers, and community groups across the United States to protect rights to clean water, air and soil and to a healthy, just and vibrant food future.
The Southwest Georgia Project, Albany, GA: $12,000 for The Table, a community resource, offered in collaboration with Albany Community Together (ACT!), to connect underserved farmers in Southwest Georgia with consumers.
Sustainable Food Center, Austin, TX: $7,500 to empower Texas farmers and ranchers to achieve their business and regenerative farming goals via personalized technical assistance helping farmers operate more effectively, find buyers, and network, enabling them to improve operations, connect with buyers and succeed in an ever-evolving food system.
Teter Retreat and Organic Farm, Noblesville, IN: $10,000 to create an equitable food system that provides the nutrition, community and ecological healing that allows everyone to thrive.
The Carrot Project, Boston, MA: $10,000 to deliver high-impact business support services uplifting the prosperity of New England farmers and to lead transformational change across the agricultural system that ensures the capacity to provide these essential services is built into our sector long-term.
Farmworker Association of Florida, Apopka, FL: $10,000 to continue to grow agroecology programs in their community, provide direct assistance to farmworkers in crisis, to grow their membership base and build leadership, civic engagement and activist skills among low-income communities of color who are disproportionately affected by pesticide exposure/health problems, environmental contamination, institutional racism, harassment and intimidation, exploitation and political under-representation.
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, East Point, GA: $35,000 aimed at racial equality for Black farmers, landowners and cooperatives across the rural South.
The Food Group, New Hope, MN: $10,000 for land-based organic and sustainable agriculture education for farmers who have historically been underrepresented in farm ownership, including BIPOC and New American farmers.
The Land Connection, Champaign, IL: $10,000 to provide wraparound services to early- and mid-career farmers including education around organic production and transition, financial risk management and business administration skills needed to grow environmentally, socially and economically viable farms.
The Livestock Institute of Southern New England, Westport, MA: $10,000 to support building relationships between producers, consumers and processors to strengthen the overall regional food system in Southern New England while increasing access to high quality, sustainable and humanely processed meat.
The Veteran’s Farm of NC, Inc., Cameron, NC: $10,000 to offer transitioning military veterans and their families the opportunity at no cost to learn about agriculture, production skills in hydroponics, livestock, poultry, horticulture, fruit and vegetable production and more, and prepare them to begin a small farm operation of their own.
Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, Chapel Hill, NC: $10,000 to support current and future immigrant and refugee farmers in NC to achieve their dreams of growing farm operations, redistributing generational wealth, and contributing their unique skills and knowledge to the local food system.
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, Beverly, MA: $10,000 to foster resilience in local, regional and national food systems by training a new generation of farmers to produce food that is nutritious, culturally connected and accessible to all individuals.
Taking Action to Change the System
Working to promote fair farm policies and/or grassroots organizing campaigns to defend and bolster family farm agriculture on a local, regional or national level.
35 organizations; total funding: $361,500
Animal Agriculture Reform Collaborative (AARC), National: $10,000 to support a uniquely facilitated, behind-the-scenes, multi-sectoral space that allows community leaders, experts, funders and other advocates across the many strands of food justice to come together to align, catalyze and accelerate animal ag reform work that needs central coordination to take collective action.
California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN), Sacramento, CA: $12,000 to accelerate the transition to a climate-resilient agriculture system by advocating for policies and funding that provide resources for California farmers and ranchers to support the widespread use of practices that deliver climate and other environmental, health, economic and social justice benefits.
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA), Pittsboro, NC: $10,000 to expand the network of advocates through the NC Food System Advocacy Coalition (NCFSAC) to advocate for programs at the state and federal level that support small and midsize farmers, community food systems, food access, racial equity and climate justice.
Center for Rural Affairs, Lyons, NE: $7,500 for efforts to advance equity and market access for beginning and underserved producers through farm bill, appropriations and administrative advocacy.
Community Farm Alliance, Berea, KY: $10,000 to ensure Kentucky farmers, especially those facing systemic disadvantages, continue to have a voice in the farm and food policies that impact them, through the facilitation of grassroots dialogue and community organizing, paired with providing leadership development and advocacy opportunities.
Dakota Resource Council, Bismarck, ND: $10,000 to support family farmers and ranchers, promote soil health and stop industrialized agriculture from proliferating in North Dakota.
Dakota Rural Action (DRA), Ancestral lands of the Oceti Sakowin (the Dakotas, SD): $10,000 to stop Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) from being sited in rural South Dakota while supporting and establishing pasture based regenerative systems.
Family Farm Defenders, Wisconsin: $8,000 for organizing around the principles of food sovereignty and agroecology to transform the U.S. food/farm system.
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, Cameron, TX: $10,000 to promote systemic reform in agricultural policy to benefit independent family farms and increase agricultural resilience.
Friends of Family Farmers, Junction City, OR: $10,000 for staff organizing support and a small farmer rally and day of action at the Oregon State Capitol to support the policies that farmers helped to create.
Idaho Organization of Resource Councils, Boise, ID: $10,000 for their efforts to support farmworkers dealing with the effects of climate change specifically around extreme heat, smoke inhalation and pesticide poisoning that can affect the food system.
Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Springfield, IL: $10,000 to train and empower local and regenerative farmers in organizing and change-making, and mobilize a broad base of eaters, to advance state and federal policies for just and regenerative food systems that build the health and wealth of Illinois communities.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Minneapolis, MN: $10,000 for efforts to support a just transition for farmers and our food system in the face of climate change and excess corporate power in an unfair marketplace.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Des Moines, IA: $10,000 to support grassroots organizing to protect family farms, rural communities, water and the planet from economic and environmental destruction caused by corporate factory farms.
Kansas Farmers Union, McPherson, KS: $10,000 to empower and engage family farmers, ranchers and communities through organization, education, cooperation and legislation.
Land Stewardship Project (LSP), Minnesota: $12,000 for creating transformational change in our food and farming system by fostering an ethic of stewardship for farmland, promoting sustainable agriculture, and developing healthy communities.
Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Columbia, MO: $12,000 to continue to build on their nearly 40 year foundation of organizing a diverse farm and rural base to remain actively engaged in advocacy efforts at the local, state and national levels addressing the intersection of social, racial, economic, environmental and food justice that impacts all of our lives.
National Family Farm Coalition, Washington, DC and Gloucester, MA: $20,000 to organize family farmers, ranchers and fishermen across the country, unite their diverse voices in policy solutions, and build a movement that drives transformative change in our food system.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), Washington, DC: $12,000 for efforts to organize and advocate around the reauthorization of the farm bill, by elevating the voices of family farmers and grassroots leaders, to call for climate change action, more equitable farm policy, and support for resilient local and regional food systems.
National Young Farmers Coalition, Hudson, NY: $10,000 to equip young and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) farmer leaders in their nationwide network with the resources, organizing and policy advocacy infrastructure they need to drive structural change and win a more equitable future for US agriculture in the upcoming Farm Bill and beyond.
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG), Northeast Region: 12 states + Washington DC: $8,000 for a racial equity transformation of the Northeast Farm and Food system that will include grassroots consultas, Tribal consulting circles, sharing circles, regional gatherings, dialogue, reflection, landscape assessments and regional mapping, partnership development, translocal organizing, policy advocacy as well as internal organizational restructuring.
Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA), Deerfield, MA: $10,000 to advocate for a fair and equitable sustainable pay price; protect the integrity of the organic regulations; promote ethical, ecological and economically sustainable organically certified farming practices, and provide education and industry information to organic dairy producers.
The Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), with chapters in CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT: $10,000 for continued collaboration on regional efforts to elevate the voices of northeast organic farmers in both state and federal policy advocacy, including during and following the Farm Bill process, in order to build a more just food system that harnesses the power of agriculture to confront our climate crisis.
Northern Plains Resource Council, Billings, MT: $10,000 to organize Montanans to advance soil health and protect family farms and ranches.
The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA), Columbus, OH: $10,000 to advance their narrative for change, to build a base of farmer and community leaders, and to advance campaigns, prioritizing farmer-led solutions to climate change at the state and federal levels and supporting farmer transition to organic and regenerative agriculture.
Organic Farmers Association, Spirit Lake, IA: $10,000 to organize opportunities for domestic organic farmers to advocate for a more just and ecological food system that prioritizes organic production for its social and ecological benefits and expand access to organic food and farming to all communities.
Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA: $10,000 to increase organic acreage as a climate change solution through stronger investments in organic research, education and federal policy.
Organic Seed Alliance, Port Townsend, WA: $10,000 to conduct legal and cultural advocacy toward policies that support organic agriculture and farmers’ rights to save seed and form the Seeds and Breeds Coalition.
Powder River Basin Resource Council, Sheridan, WY: $10,000 to increase soil health, market opportunities and financial sustainability for independent food producers, thereby increasing the number of full and part-time food producers; to increase the number of Northeast Wyoming family farms and ranches who utilize soil health and regenerative agriculture processes for increased local food production and climate resilience; and to help empower members to participate in legislative and agency advocacy to stop the corporate ag industry’s monopolization of America’s food production systems.
Real Food Challenge, National: $10,000 to support the needs of regional producers wanting to move towards institutional markets, in particular colleges & universities, by supplying farmers with technical support and other resources required to scale to meet procurement needs and building student power to hold their institutions accountable.
Rural Vermont, Montpelier VT: $10,000 for organizing, education and advocacy that centers and supports agrarians, their communities and the ecosystems they inhabit.
Waterkeepers Chesapeake – Fair Farms Initiative, Takoma Park, MD: $10,000 to elevate the voices of small and midsize farmers in policy work aimed at funding clean farming practices and reducing the impact of industrial agriculture on our lands and waters.
Western Colorado Alliance, Grand Junction, CO: $10,000 to continue work to expand local market access for Western Slope producers, leverage state and federal fund to support local regenerative agricultural practices, and protect and preserve agricultural land for the future of agriculture in the area, persevering land access for the next generation of farmers.
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, Billings, MT: $10,000 for their agriculture and food justice campaign, advancing policies that benefit independent family farmers and ranchers, farmworkers and rural communities.
Wisconsin Farmers Union, Chippewa Falls, WI: $10,000 to support farmer-labor solidarity, coalition building and public messaging about shared experiences in the face of corporate consolidation in the food and farming system.
