
Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)
Piikani Lodge
Piikani Lodge Health Institute (PLHI) is an Indigenous-founded and led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on promoting the health and well-being of Amskapi Piikani Blackfeet people and lands via work and research that is both translational and relevant to people and biosystems across this nation.
Service areas: Montana
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Core Services: Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
General Services: Conservation Programs, Direct Marketing Assistance
North American Traditional Indigenous Food System
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS), founded by James Beard award winners The Sioux Chef, is dedicated to addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways. We imagine a new North American food system that generates wealth and improves health in Native communities through food-related enterprises.
Service areas: International, Minnesota, National
Go to Website | Phone: 612-356-2813
Core Services: Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
General Services: Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
Flower Hill Institute
USDA’s Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity – Technical Assistance (MPPTA) Program ensures that participants in USDA’s Meat and Poultry Supply Chain programs and initiatives have access to robust technical assistance (TA) to support their project development and success. These supply chain initiatives–including the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) Program and the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) – support the growth of domestic processing capacity and the ability of independent facilities to serve more customers in more markets. MPPTA Offers: Access to technical advisors located across industry, academia, and state and federal governments. Focused outreach to a diversity of meat and poultry processing stakeholders, including small, rural, minority-owned, Native American, and Tribal-owned businesses, and other underserved groups seeking to build or expand local and regional meat and poultry supply chain capacity. General assistance with navigating USDA grant application and award processes, and guidance for successful post-award grant project management. One-on-one advising, including project and proposal reviews tailored to the needs of diverse stakeholders ranging from small and very small businesses to regional concepts and established mid-sized processing companies. Educational events, webinars, resources, and publications covering topics of interest for meat and poultry processing enterprises of all types.
Service areas: National, Tribal Nation
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Core Services: Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
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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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New Mexico State University Extension
Providing the people, farmers and ranchers of New Mexico with practical, research-based knowledge and programs to improve their quality of life.
Service areas: New Mexico
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Core Services: Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
General Services: Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Women Farmers
Hawaii Organic Farming Association
To further organic and sustainable agriculture, land care, and lifestyles in Hawaii, thus giving meaning and life to our state motto: Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono “The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness.”
Service areas: Hawaii
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Core Services: Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
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Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation
HFUF’s “primary purposes are to support the sovereign right of farmers to create and sustain vibrant and prosperous agricultural communities for the benefit of all Hawaii through various scientific, educational and charitable activities.”
Service areas: Hawaii
Go to Website | Phone: 1 (808) 800-3974, EXT 2
Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
General Services: Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
Go Farm Hawaii – University of Hawaii
As a UH CTAHR program, GoFarm Hawai’i has grown to become one of the largest and most successful beginning farmer development programs in the country.
Service areas: Hawaii
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Core Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
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Dine College Land Grant Office
We are proud to promote and share our extension education programs with you. Over the past five years we have been working diligently to expand and improve our community outreach services in youth development and rangeland, farming, and livestock management.
Service areas: Arizona
Go to Website | Phone: (928) 724-6940
Core Services: Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
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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.