Washington
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;
We specialize in:
- Institutional & Wholesale Markets
We can also help you with:
- Conservation Programs
- Direct Marketing Assistance
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
- Land Access
- Legal Help & Mediation Services
- Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
- Resources for Beginning Farmers
We work in these areas:
- Washington
Pacific Northwest CSA Coalition
Workshops on how to run a CSA program, marketing to CSA customers, assistance to farmers who want to offer their CSA shares to SNAP recipients, providing nutrition incentive programs to make CSA shares accessible, business planning workshops
We specialize in:
- Direct Marketing Assistance
- Resources for Beginning Farmers
We can also help you with:
- Activism & Organizing
- Disaster Relief/Resilience
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
We work in these areas:
- Oregon
- Washington
Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)
The Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides works to protect people and the environment by advancing ecologically sound alternatives to pesticides. NCAP is dedicated to sustainable agriculture, public education around pesticides and related health concerns, and helping to develop better public policy relating to pesticides.
We specialize in:
- Activism & Organizing
We can also help you with:
- Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
- Resources for Hispanic/Latinx Farmers/Farmworkers
We work in these areas:
- California
- Idaho
- Montana
- Oregon
- Washington
Washington State Dairy Federation
Mission Statement:
“The Washington State Dairy Federation develops and promotes initiatives directed toward the financial strength, political support, and public awareness of our industry to achieve a successful business climate for dairy farmers in Washington State.””
We specialize in:
- Activism & Organizing
We can also help you with:
We work in these areas:
- Washington
Washington State Department of Health
The goal of our Injury and Violence Prevention Program is to eliminate preventable death and disability due to injury and violence. We work to reduce injury risk in Washington State. We use our data to identify prevention priorities and develop interventions based on best practices.
We work with local partners on prevention programs such as:
Motor vehicle safety
Older adult falls
Unintentional poisoning
Drowning
Suicide
Sexual violence
We specialize in:
We can also help you with:
- Behavioral/Mental Health Services
- Disaster Relief/Resilience
- Substance Abuse Services
We work in these areas:
- Washington
Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic
The Fulcrum Institute DRC serves as the provider of state wide agricultural mediation services for the states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana through the USDA certified mediation program. Each year, producers are provided the opportunity to select mediation as one approach to resolving conflicts with the Farm Service Agency, NRCS, Rural Resources, the U.S. Agriculture Department, and the Forest Service. Additionally, Fulcrum employees provide valuable training services to those entities through the annual contractual arrangements.
We specialize in:
- Legal Help & Mediation Services
We can also help you with:
- Conservation Programs
- Financial Counseling & Business Planning
We work in these areas:
- Idaho
- Montana
- Washington
Northwest Farm Credit Services
Farm Credit ServicesTM, also known as Northwest Farm Credit Services or Northwest FCS, is a cooperatively owned lending association specializing in financing farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, commercial fishermen, timber producers, and country home owners in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. It also provides leasing and appraisal services, and life, mortgage, disability, and crop insurance programs.
We specialize in:
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
We can also help you with:
We work in these areas:
- Alabama
- Idaho
- Montana
- Oregon
- Washington
Western SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education)
Western SARE is one of four regional offices that run the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education program, a nationwide grants and education program to advance sustainable innovation to American agriculture.
We specialize in:
- Conservation Programs
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
- Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
We can also help you with:
We work in these areas:
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Oregon
- Utah
- Washington
- Wyoming