Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)
Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council
The Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council (HCC) is a non-profit organization working for the cattle producers of Hawaii in areas of education, promotion and research.
Service areas:
Go to Website | Phone: 808-333-6755
Core Services: Activism & Organizing
General Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers
Calypso Farm and Ecology Center
Service areas: Alaska
Go to Website | Phone: (907) 451-0691
Core Services: Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
General Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers
California Farmers Union
California Farmers Union advocates for the economic and social well-being, and quality of life of California family farmers and consumers and their communities through education, cooperation and legislation. CFU advocates sustainable production of foo
Service areas: California
Go to Website | Phone: (209) 632-0885
Core Services: Activism & Organizing
General Services: Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for Beginning Farmers
Association of Montana Turf, Ornamental, and Pest Professionals (AMTOPP)
An association with a diversified membership whose purpose is to promote high standards and ethics within the turf, ornamental, and pesticide application industry. Providing educational workshops for CEUs, networking opportunities, a voice to legislation.
Service areas: Montana
Go to Website | Phone: (406) 204-0100
Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
General Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers
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
Nourish Colorado
We channel funding to and provide training and technical assistance to local growers through a variety of programs to help support local economies and increase access to healthy foods. We manage statewide Double Up Food Bucks (SNAP incentive), WIC and Older Adult CSA, and various farm to school/local procurement initiatives.
Service areas: Colorado
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Core Services: Activism & Organizing, Direct Marketing Assistance
General Services: Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for Women Farmers
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 Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
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
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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.