Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
Founded in 1916, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) is a leader and problem solver on our nation’s most important agricultural issues. Speaking on behalf of a unified voice from all 50 states and four territories, NASDA is a nonpartisan association working to influence policy that is beneficial for all regions, people and environments.
On the front lines for the industry we love, NASDA gives a voice to agriculture through policy, partnerships and public engagement. Because agriculture leads the way for a healthy and resilient world, NASDA members are committed to representing the interests of everyone in the food supply chain who work every day to provide life’s necessities at affordable prices and in a healthy, sustainable manner.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: 202-296-9680
Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
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Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc.
Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc. is a nonprofit statewide organization dedicated to providing equal access to justice for low-income people through quality advocacy and education.
Service areas: Idaho
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Core Services: Legal Help & Mediation Services, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
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Ujamaa Farmer Collective
Empowering the next generation of BIPOC farmers through land tenure and equitable access to resources
Service areas: California
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Core Services: Resources for BIPOC Farmers
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Feed’em Freedom Foundation
Ignites and centers Black Agriculturists to participate as owners and movement leaders within agriculture, land stewardship, regional food security response, and economic prosperity. We are Black-led small farm incubator that supports emerging Black farmers to grown and celebrate culturally-specific ancestral foods. Black families have faced unprecedented food insecurity due to the pandemic.
Service areas: Oregon
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Core Services: Resources for BIPOC Farmers
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National Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils
RC&D Councils are 501(c)3 non-for-profit corporations. They are not governmental entities, so the typical policies and constraints of local, state, and federal government programs do not limit the types of issues they address or the means they use. Within their respective areas (typically covering 5-8 counties), RC&D Councils have a high degree of independence to carry out activities that will achieve their most important goals. RC&D Council volunteers are leaders and community stakeholders involved in multiple roles in local government, school boards, churches, and other civic activities. At RC&D Council meetings, they draw from their professional expertise and community connections to determine the needs of their RC&D Council areas, address those needs, and make their communities better places to live, work, and play. Nationwide, over 25,000 volunteers serve on local RC&D Councils. Our programs involve: Youth Engagement Underserved and Beginning Farmers Engagement Farm Bill outreach Urban Ag Initiatives Veteran Farmers Engagement Rural Economic Development Human Resource Development
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: 888.487.6127
Core Services: Conservation Programs, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers, Resources for Veteran Farmers, Resources for Women Farmers
General Services: Activism & Organizing, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
Frontline Farming
FLF is a food justice and farmer advocacy organization that believes good food should be for all people and that farmers deserve living wages. We develop asset-based and data-driven solutions that are community derived. We funnel money, resources, and time into the communities we serve and the farmers who grow our food.
FrontLine Farming a food and farmers advocacy group focusing on food growing, education, sovereignty and justice.
Service areas: Colorado
Go to Website | Phone: (720) 258-6609
Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
General Services: Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
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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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.