Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)
Wyoming 211
Wyoming 211 makes it easy to find food, housing, job training and much more. Wyoming 211 provides the most current and comprehensive database of community resources in the State of Wyoming including mental health services. We offer a search tool for counseling services as well. Wyoming 211 operators have training to understand the unique circumstances farmers face.
Service areas: Wyoming
Go to Website | Phone: 1-888-425-7138
Core Services: Crisis Assistance, Farm Stress, Substance Use Support
General Services: Disaster Relief/Resilience, Resources for Farmers with Disabilities, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for LGBTQIA Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers, Resources for Veteran Farmers, Resources for Women Farmers
Pacific Gateway Center
The mission of Pacific Gateway Center is to empower low-income residents, immigrants, refugees and other vulnerable populations to achieve self-sufficiency through skill-building and access to opportunities while respecting cultural heritages. As the majority of our immigrant clients are farmers from their respective home countries, leading self-sufficient lives means returning to the farm. Currently we lease 206 acres of farmland to refugee and immigrant families in Kunia.
Service areas: Hawaii
Go to Website | Phone: 808-851-7010
Core Services: Financial & Business Planning, Funding Opportunities for Farmers
General Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
Kitchen Table Advisors
Kitchen Table Advisors fuels the economic viability of sustainable small farms and ranches through practical business advising and trusted relationships.
Service areas: California
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Core Services: Financial & Business Planning, Resources for Beginning Farmers
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for LGBTQIA Farmers, Resources for Women Farmers
Feed the Hunger Fund
Feed The Hunger Fund works side-by-side with our borrowers, primarily women, immigrants, and people of color, to build a more equitable food system. As a certified Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI), we provide critical loans in Hawaii and California to help farmers and food entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses.
Service areas: California, Hawaii
Go to Website | Phone: 1 (415) 432-8202
Core Services: Funding Opportunities for Farmers
General Services: Financial & Business Planning, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for Women Farmers
Farmland Access Legal Toolkit
This toolkit explains legal arrangements that provide farmers more affordable and equitable farmland access and help landowners balance earning income for retirement with making their land affordable to the next generation of farmers, and makes useful information available to farmer and landowner advocates.
Service areas: National
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Core Services: Research, Technical Assistance, & Education, Resources for BIPOC Farmers
General Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
California Department of Food and Agriculture
California state’s Department of Agriculture; information about pest, disease control; animal health and food safety, funding/grants, plant health, marketing, and environmental issues.
Service areas: California
Go to Website | Phone: 916-654-0466
Core Services: Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Institutional & Wholesale Markets, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
U.S. Hemp Growers Association
USHGA provides much-needed data, research and educational resources to help farmers be successful growing hemp, from planting to harvest to marketing.
Service areas: Kansas, National
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General Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Financial & Business Planning, Institutional & Wholesale Markets, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
Oregon State University Coast to Forest: Mental Health Promotion in Rural Oregon
The Coast to Forest collaboration between the OSU Extension Family and Community Health Program and the OSU Center for Health Innovation works on mental health promotion and substance misuse prevention. Our goals work to: Reduce opioid misuse and abuse and their underlying causes and consequences Improve mental health and well-being in four rural or frontier Oregon counties: Lincoln, Tillamook, Baker, and Union The Coast to Forest initiative builds upon existing state and community strengths and resources. This includes a growing network of community health workers, radio stations covering communities health and wellness, community-level partnerships and an expanding Mental Health First Aid network.
Service areas: Oregon
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Core Services: Farm Stress, Substance Use Support
General Services: Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmers with Disabilities, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for LGBTQIA Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers, Resources for Veteran 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
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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.