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
Washington State Farm Service Agency
The primary mission of the Washington State FSA is to assist farmers and ranchers secure the greatest possible benefit from programs administered by FSA such as farm loans, commodity price support, disaster relief, conservation, and other available resources.
We specialize in:
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
- Resources for Beginning Farmers
We can also help you with:
- Conservation Programs
- Crisis Assistance
- Financial & Business Planning
We work in these areas:
- Washington
WSU Extension
Washington farmers and Washington State University Extension have joined forces to bring the power of research-based information to bear to improve the productivity, efficiency, and safety of products coming from the state’s fields and pastures, orchards, processing plants, and vineyards and wineries. WSU Extension educators are the critical link between science and research generated at Washington State University and the hands-on work of growing food, fuel, and fiber.
We specialize in:
- Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
- Resources for Beginning Farmers
We can also help you with:
- Conservation Programs
- Farm Stress
- Financial & Business Planning
- Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
- Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
We work in these areas:
- Washington
Viva Farms
Viva Farms is a farm incubator program dedicated to recruiting, training and capitalizing the next generation of sustainable farmers. We work in conjunction with WSU Extension to address and overcome the challenges facing small farmers.
We specialize in:
- Resources for Beginning Farmers
- Resources for BIPOC Farmers
- Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
- Resources for Women Farmers
We can also help you with:
- Direct Marketing Assistance
- Farm Land Access & Succession Planning
- Financial & Business Planning
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
We work in these areas:
- Washington
Northwest Agriculture Business Center
NABC provides Northwest Washington farmers with the skills and the resources required to profitably and efficiently supply their products to consumers, retailers, wholesalers, foodservice operators and food manufacturers.
We specialize in:
- Direct Marketing Assistance
- Financial & Business Planning
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
- Institutional & Wholesale Markets
We can also help you with:
- Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
- Resources for Beginning Farmers
We work in these areas:
- Washington
Community Food Co-op
The Food Co-op purchases locally produced products from over 40 farms. Our farm fund supports sustainable agriculture in our county with grants and a small revolving loan fund.
We specialize in:
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
We can also help you with:
- Resources for Beginning Farmers
We work in these areas:
- Washington
Washington State NRCS Office
Natural Resource Conservation Service – Washington State Office
We specialize in:
- Conservation Programs
- Funding Opportunities for Farmers
We can also help you with:
We work in these areas:
- Washington
Organic Seed Alliance
Organic Seed Alliance advances the ethical development and stewardship of the genetic resources of agricultural seed. We accomplish goals through collaborative education, research, and advocacy programs with farmers and other seed professionals. Our programs foster regional, decentralized seed systems that provide biologically diverse seed options for family farmers. Our advocacy work aims to influence policy decisions that impact the integrity of the seed systems we help create.
We specialize in:
- Activism & Organizing
- Industrial Ag Issues
We can also help you with:
- Institutional & Wholesale Markets
- Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
- Resources for Beginning Farmers
We work in these areas:
- National
- Washington