Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)
UpRoot Colorado
We are currently piloting a pilot project in coordination with Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU) — the farm and food mobile workforce — that provides on-demand and supplemental labor to Colorado producers along the northern Front Range, in Delta County and in southwestern Colorado (i.e., in La Plata and Montezuma counties via the Good Food Collective).
Service areas: Colorado
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Core Services: Activism & Organizing
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Farm Stress, Legal Help & Mediation Services, Resources for Beginning Farmers
WSDA Office of Compliance and Outreach
The WA legislature eliminated funding for the Small Farm & Direct Marketing Program at the Washington State Dept. of Agriculture as of June 30, 2011. The knowledgeable staff from that program have been retained within the agency, now serving as Education & Outreach Specialists for the Office of Compliance and Outreach in the Food Safety and Consumer Services Division. We continue to strive to assist farmers and food processors with regulatory issues as well as education around food safety and compliance. Thanks to federal grant funding we are also active in Farm to School and Value-added Processing workshops. www.agr.wa.gov;
Service areas: Washington
Go to Website | Phone: 360.656.5063
Core Services: Institutional & Wholesale Markets
General Services: Conservation Programs, Direct Marketing Assistance, Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Legal Help & Mediation Services, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Resources for Beginning Farmers
Oahu Agriculture and Conservation
- Economic development support for Hawaii farmers
- Farmer and rancher education and training for Hawaii farmers
Service areas: Hawaii
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Core Services: Conservation Programs, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Disaster Relief/Resilience, Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Financial & Business Planning, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Resources for Beginning Farmers
Alaska Seeds of Change
Our hydroponic warehouse, growing primarily herbs and lettuce, serves as the main setting for our vocational training, mental health services, and basic needs support youth programs. We accept calls and questions about our program model, offer up to 1-hour of basic hydroponics consultation (we use Zip Grow vertical grow towers) over zoom, and can help connect Alaskans to mental health services provided by our parent organization Alaska Behavioral Health.
Service areas: Alaska
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Core Services: Farm Stress, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Substance Use Support
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Financial & Business Planning, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
ALBA works with farmers and agricultural workers from the Central Coast of California to advance the economic viability, social equity and ecological land management among limited resource and aspiring farmers. Program services include technical internships for one and two years with the ultimate goal of creating full time, independent farmers.
Service areas: California
Go to Website | Phone: (831) 758-1469
Core Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
General Services: Conservation Programs, Direct Marketing Assistance, Institutional & Wholesale Markets, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
Cultivate Oregon
Education about growing living soils, seed saving, regenerative agriculture implementation, and sustainable food systems in Oregon.
Service areas: Oregon
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Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Conservation Programs, Industrial Ag Issues, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
UC Small Farm Program
The University of California Small Farm Program focuses on the challenges and opportunities of California’s small-scale farm operators. We develop field and marketing research aimed at the needs of small- and moderate-scale farmers, and provide that information to farmers who are often not reached by traditional extension programs. We are a statewide program and were created in 1979 by an act of the California legislature. Online resources for farmers: http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/. Please see http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/overview/coopextcontacts/ for contact info for UC Extension small farm contacts in each California county office.
Service areas: California
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Core Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & 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.