Western Region Agricultural Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)

Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)

Dry Farming Institute

OUR VISION: Empowering growers to thrive with less water. OUR MISSION: Increase knowledge and awareness of practices that enable growers to produce crops with little to no irrigation Support stewardship of water, soil and seeds for resilience.


Service areas: Idaho, Oregon, Washington

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Saving Tomorrow’s Agriculture Resources (STAR)

Saving Tomorrow?s Agriculture Resources (STAR) is a free nationwide tool to assist farm operators and landowners in evaluating their management practices on individual fields. STAR encourages farmers and landowners to use management practices and make decisions that will reduce the nutrient and soil losses on their fields, improve soil health, maintain smart water utilization, and more. 


Service areas: National

Go to Website | Phone: (217) 352-3536 ext. 3

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North Central Center for FSMA Training, Extension, and Technical Assistance

Training on Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules and regulations for the North Central region.


Service areas: Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin

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GrowingNV

We are a networking platform and have a local food network that consists of various leaders amongst our food system.


Service areas: Nevada

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Extension Foundation

All universities engage in research and teaching, but the nation’s 112 Land-grant Universities and Colleges, including Historically Black Land-grant Universities and Tribal Colleges, have a third critical mission. Extension. Extension means reaching out and extending university research and resources to meet public needs through non-formal educational programs at the community level. The Cooperative Extension System (CES) engages people in these educational opportunities to help them solve problems, develop skills, and build a better future where they live and work.


Service areas: National

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Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)

The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) is a collaborative multi-state effort by Cooperative Extension Services across the country to improve the delivery of services to citizens affected by disasters. EDEN’s mission is to reduce the impact of disasters through research-based education.


Service areas: National

Go to Website | Phone: (765) 494-4390 or (765) 430-0279

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Community Council of Idaho

The Community Council of Idaho, Inc. (CC Idaho) is a rural-centered, multi-service nonprofit organization that has impacted Idaho communities since 1971. We are now the largest nonprofit serving Latinos in the state. Our purpose is to improve the social and economic status of local communities through workforce preparation, education, cultural awareness, civil rights advocacy, and well-being services. National Farmworkers Job Program offered as well.


Service areas: Idaho

Go to Website | Phone: (208) 454-1652

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Utah Farmworker Program

The purpose of the Utah Farmworker Program is to provide services to farmworkers and their families in an attempt to: – Help achieve economic self-sufficiency. – Contribute to the stabilization of the farmworkers continued employment in farmwork. – Acquire skills that permit them to upgrade their employment in agriculture or to progress to other employment outside of farmwork. – Support the farmworker during job training.


Service areas: Utah

Go to Website | Phone: 801-394-9774

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Soil Health Academy

SHA, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, focuses its efforts on helping farmers first UNDERSTAND and then successfully apply nature’s time-proven, regenerative agriculture principles today, in order to grow healthier soil, food, farms and communities for tomorrow.


Service areas: National

Go to Website | Phone: (256) 996-8742

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Small Farmers Journal

The Small Farmer’s Journal is a highly acclaimed, award-winning international agrarian quarterly. It was established in 1976 by Lynn Miller. It currently goes out to 72 countries worldwide, as well as all of the U.S. states and Canadian provinces. The Small Farmer’s Journal has steadfastly held that the most important, useful and vital component of all agriculture is the independent family farm, that operation which is held close for comfort, care and fertility; that operation, which is held dear, near and tightly as it is truly part of the family.


Service areas: National

Go to Website | Phone: 800-876-2893 and 541-549-2064

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The Western Region Agricultural Stress Assistance Program is supported by the USDA Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, under agreement number: 2020-70028-32731 proposal number: 2020-07631

The Western Region Agricultural Stress Assistance Program is an equal access/equal opportunity program.