
Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America
R-CALF USA (Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America), is the largest producer-only membership based organization that exclusively represents U.S. cattle and sheep producers on domestic and international trade and marketing issues. Host the No Rancher Left Behind Support Group.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: (406) 252-2516
Core Services: Activism & Organizing
General Services: Farm Stress, Legal Help & Mediation Services
Drake University Agricultural Law Center
Founded at Drake University in 1983, the Agricultural Law Center is internationally recognized for the study of how the legal system shapes our food system and influences the ability of the agricultural sector to produce, market and utilize agricultural products. The Center facilitates the Drake University Law School?s certification program in food and agricultural law.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: 515-271-4119
Core Services:
General Services: Legal Help & Mediation Services, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
Agricultural Finance, Tax and Asset Protection Education Program (AgFTAP)
AgFTAP Seeks to enhance farmer and rancher ability to understand and navigate the farm business tax and asset protection decisions for their operations, as well as the important relationships between federal income taxes and USDA farm programs. This mission is carried out through an online portal of educational trainings and resources
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: 501-671-2175
Core Services: Financial & Business Planning
General Services: Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Legal Help & Mediation Services, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
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
Farm Link Montana
Farm Link Montana is a one-stop shop for finding help with finding land, accessing markets, tracking down financing, building a profitable business, and hiring and keeping great employees., including: Programs to link beginning farmers with internship and more.
Service areas: Montana
Go to Website | Phone: (406) 926-1625
Core Services: Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Resources for Beginning Farmers
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Legal Help & Mediation Services
Farm Answers
Clearinghouse of articles, information regarding production, marketing, farm business management, employee management, taxes and legal. Partnership between University of Minnesota Center for Farm Management and USDA NIFA.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone:
Core Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Financial & Business Planning, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for Beginning Farmers
General Services: Institutional & Wholesale Markets, Legal Help & Mediation Services
Farm Action
We provide information and resources on food and agriculture policy. We provide opportunities for engagement on policy through our Local Leaders program.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: 907-479-1213
Core Services: Activism & Organizing
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Financial & Business Planning, Legal Help & Mediation Services
California Farmworker Foundation
CFF was created by a small group of Central Valley leaders to help empower the voice of farmworkers in their communities. Our mission is to serve and support California farmworkers by providing programs and services to better their quality of life.
Service areas: California
Go to Website | Phone: (661) 778-0015
Core Services: Activism & Organizing
General Services: Farm Stress, Legal Help & Mediation Services, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
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
Go to Website | Phone:
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
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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.