
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 & 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, Resources for Underserved 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
The Kohala Center
The Kohala Center (TKC) is a non-profit organization based in Waimea on Hawaii Island. The Rural and Cooperative Business Development Services staff at TKC provides technical assistance in business development to farmers, ranchers, food enterprises, and rural cooperatives statewide. We specialize in cooperative development, financial capacity building, and new farmer education and training. TKC also offers microloans to eligible rural businesses located on Hawaii Island and Molokai.
Service areas: Hawaii
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Core Services: Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Underserved Farmers
General Services: Financial & Business Planning, Legal Help & Mediation Services
Rural Tax Education
Working with the USDA Risk Management Agency, the National Farm Income Tax Extension Committee recently created RuralTax.org, an online tool that provides agricultural producers with a source for agriculturally related income and self-employment tax information that is both easy to understand and continually updated to reflect changes in tax laws. Please see the website for details.
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: 435.797.2323
Core Services: Financial & Business Planning
General Services: Legal Help & Mediation Services, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Hispanic/Latinx Farmers/Farmworkers
Big Island Farm Bureau
We collectively represent the 4 farm bureau chapters on the Big Island of Hawaii, and we have an island-wide membership of 650+ members. Our mission is to represent, support and promote the social, economic and educational interests of ranchers, farmers and agriculture on the island of Hawaii. Our state organization provides many of these services and we facilitate them. We operate an Ag-Tourism business that markets and host farm tours statewide.
Service areas: Hawaii
Go to Website | Phone: 808.885.8015
Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Crisis Assistance
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Industrial Ag Issues, Institutional & Wholesale Markets, Legal Help & Mediation Services, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Underserved 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.