Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)
Uprooted & Rising
We are a supermajority Black, Indigenous, and People of Color movement led by people who have been historically marginalized in our food system. We include students, workers, faculty, food producers, and community members that institutions of higher education are meant to serve. Support the needs of small-scale producers wanting to move towards institutional markets, facilitating connections and negotiations between colleges and universities and local producers while supplying farmers with the materials, infrastructure, certifications, and other resources required to scale to meet their procurement needs.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: (518) 945-0041
Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Industrial Ag Issues, Institutional & Wholesale Markets, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
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Farmland Access Legal Toolkit
This toolkit explains legal arrangements that provide farmers more affordable and equitable farmland access and help landowners balance earning income for retirement with making their land affordable to the next generation of farmers, and makes useful information available to farmer and landowner advocates.
Service areas: National
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Core Services: Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
General Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
CAAMHP (Colorado Farm Bureau Foundation)
We provide culturally aware behavioral health services to the broad agrarian and rural communities in Colorado. Specific services include vouchers for counseling with licensed behavioral health therapists (including some specializing in adolescent care, gender and sexuality, addiction recovery, and marriage and family therapy among others). We also have an Adolescent Addiction Support Workshop to provide education to parents and other caregivers of adolescents experiencing addiction.
Service areas: Colorado
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Core Services: Crisis Assistance, Disaster Relief/Resilience, Farm Stress, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for LGBTQIA Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers, Resources for Veteran Farmers, Resources for Women Farmers, Substance Use Support
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Black Oregon Land Trust
We support beginning BIPOC farmers in building foundational skills and accessing supportive trainings, as well as bridging existing Black farmers with resources for funding to support their land stewardship. We are in the beginning stages of developing a network of Black farmers across Oregon to bridge farmers with financial education skills, potential investors and resources, and community mentorship and infrastructure support.
Service areas: Oregon
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Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
General Services: Financial & Business Planning, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Institutional & Wholesale Markets, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
Black Farmers Collective
Our mission is to build a Black-led food system by developing a cooperative network of food system actors, acquiring and stewarding land, facilitating food system education, and creating space for Black liberation in healing and joy.
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Core Services: Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
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USDA Spanish Translation
Links to Spanish translated information for some USDA programs and assistance.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: (202) 720-2791
Core Services: Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
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United Farm Workers
Si Se Puede® Attitude: A personal and organizational spirit that promotes confidence, courage, hard work, and the belief that we can do the impossible.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: (661) 823-6105
Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
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Rural Community Development Resources
Help limited-resource Hispanic producers enter agriculture and build successful collaborative businesses. RCDR’s Center for Latino Farmers guides beginning farmers with limited English skills as they establish their own family farms.
Service areas: Washington
Go to Website | Phone: (509) 453-5133
Core Services: Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
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National Center for Frontier Communities
We empower small, remote areas for equal advantage to larger communities. We support people and programs by raising awareness, leading discourse on issues, sharing resources and information, and actively engaging with policymakers, agencies and the public.
The National Center for Frontier Communities is engaged in a number of programs on the national, state and local levels: Advocacy, Frontier Food Systems, Southwest NM Food Hub, Prevent Substance Abuse, Non-Profit Resources, and more.
Service areas: National, New Mexico
Go to Website | Phone: 575-597-0040
Core Services: Farm Stress, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
General Services: Activism & Organizing, Institutional & Wholesale Markets, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
National Black Farmers Association
The National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) is a non-profit organization representing African American farmers and their families in the United States. As an association, it serves tens of thousands of members nationwide. NBFA’s education and advocacy efforts have been focused on civil rights, land retention, access to public and private loans, education and agricultural training, and rural economic development for black and other small farmers.
Service areas: National, Virginia
Go to Website | Phone: (804) 691-8528
Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
General Services: Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Legal Help & Mediation Services
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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.