Western Region Agricultural Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)

Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)

Viva Farms

Viva Farms is a farm incubator program dedicated to recruiting, training and capitalizing the next generation of sustainable farmers. We work in conjunction with WSU Extension to address and overcome the challenges facing small farmers.


Service areas: Washington

Go to Website | Phone: 360.969.7191

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Western Rural Development Center

The Western Rural Development Center is one of four regional centers funded by the USDA-CSREES to strengthen the capacity of local citizens and rural communities.


Service areas: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Go to Website | Phone: 435.797.9731

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Utah Department of Agriculture

The Department offers many services, including loan programs and ag mediation. In addition to the main office in Salt Lake City, UDAF has several field offices throughout the state. The main office at 801.538.7100 can connect callers to their regional office.


Service areas: Utah

Go to Website | Phone: 801.538.7100

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Oregon Rural Action

Oregon Rural Action is an ethnically diverse organization whose mission is to support and encourage community organizing around locally identified issues by promoting social justice, agricultural and economic sustainability and stewardship of the region’s land, air and water.


Service areas: Oregon

Go to Website | Phone: 541.975.2411

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Rural Roots

Rural Roots supports and enhances sustainable and organic agriculture and community based food systems in the Inland Northwest. The program areas include: direct marketing, organics, education and community economic development. Also sponsor Cultivating Success program – small farm education courses.


Service areas: Idaho, Oregon, Washington

Go to Website | Phone: 208.883.3462

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New Mexico Department of Agriculture Organic Program

The New Mexico Department of Agriculture Organic Program provides organic certification services and production, certification and marketing assistance for organic and transitioning producers.


Service areas: New Mexico

Go to Website | Phone: 575-339-5050

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Friends of Family Farmers (FoFF)

Friends of Family Farmers promotes sensible policies, programs, and regulations that protect and expand the ability of Oregon’s family farmers to run a successful land-based enterprise while providing safe and nutritious food for all Oregonians. Through education, advocacy, and community organizing, FoFF supports socially and environmentally responsible family-scale agriculture and citizens working to shape healthy rural communities. Our Oregon FarmLink program is a resource connection service with an online database: http://oregonfarmlink.org. Also, FoFF offers assistance to communities who are working to keep factory farms out of their neighborhoods, or to those that are experiencing difficulties with CAFOs.


Service areas: Oregon

Go to Website | Phone: 503.581.7124

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Willamette Farm and Food Coalition

Willamette Farm and Food Coalition is a community nonprofit that has been connecting farmers and consumers in Lane County, Oregon for the past decade. Our projects and services facilitate greater understanding of the social, economic, and environmental impacts of our food choices. We assist consumers and institutional food buyers in finding local foods, educate children about where their food comes from through our Farm to School Program, and publish the annual “Locally Grown Guide to Sourcing Local Foods”, which is available online in a searchable format: http://www.lanefood.org/locally-grown.php. Our Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project is a consortium of farms, businesses, community organizers and non-profit organizations working to stimulate the cultivation and local marketing of organically grown grains, dry beans, and edible seeds.


Service areas: Oregon

Go to Website | Phone: 541-579-1254

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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.