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Funding for Small Sustainable Farms Breaks New Ground
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By Sheila Cassani
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Posted April 18, 2016

Funding for Small Sustainable Farms Breaks New Ground

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Our 2025 Grant Cycle is NOW LIVE! Submit an applic Our 2025 Grant Cycle is NOW LIVE! Submit an application to be considered for a grant award up to $5K for projects that help small-scale farmers improve sustainability efforts. See the link in our bio for more information. #SmallFarmsBigImpacts
๐ŸŒฑย Thisย Giving Tuesday, your support can make ๐ŸŒฑย Thisย Giving Tuesday, your support can make a real impact! Help us continue funding grants for small farms & nonprofits working on regenerative agriculture projects that enhance soil health, biodiversity, and community resilience. Every dollar you donate goes directly to supporting these vital projects in 2025. Together, we can create a more sustainable food system for all. ๐Ÿ’šย 100% of your gift supports our grant program. Donate today and be part of the change! Please find the link in our bio.
Weโ€™re so glad that our Instagram account has bee Weโ€™re so glad that our Instagram account has been restored, and just in time for exciting announcements about our 2025 Community Fund grants! ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ Our 2025 grant cycle is coming soon, and this year over $45,000 in grants will be available for majority BIPOC-led agricultural nonprofits. ๐ŸŒฑ Stay updated and learn how to apply at the link in our bio.
๐Ÿ””Coming Soon: Our 2025 grant cycle will feature ๐Ÿ””Coming Soon: Our 2025 grant cycle will feature a new streamlined application process! ๐Ÿ—“๏ธMark your calendars and tell your farming friends to get ready to apply for grants up to $5,000 for small farms and agricultural nonprofit projects before January 31, 2025.ย  โญ๏ธLearn more at the link in our bio!
Our 2024 grantees are now more than halfway throug Our 2024 grantees are now more than halfway through their project timelines! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿคฉ Check out our blog at the link in our bio to read the updates theyโ€™ve shared.
Welcome 2024 grantee YouthWorks Ranch! ๐Ÿฅณ A 20- Welcome 2024 grantee YouthWorks Ranch! ๐Ÿฅณ A 20-acre agricultural non-profit in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that educates youth on how to transform their communityโ€™s health by growing food and cooking with fresh produce.ย ๐ŸŒฑโค๏ธ With a $5,000 grant, they will purchase culturally relevant seeds, hand tools, and more! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more at the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee Tuba Farm Foundation Inc! ๐ŸŒŸ @tubafarm_cc is a women and BIPOC-led agricultural non-profit farm in New Jersey created to promote food sovereignty, reduce food insecurity and waste. With a $4,657 grant, they will cover necessary materials and supplies to improve its sustainable food forest. ๐ŸŒฑ Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee TNR Hills! A 13-acre women Welcome 2024 grantee TNR Hills! A 13-acre women and family-owned and operated sustainable farm in Kansas City. It produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables in addition to keeping chickens and ducks for eggs and goats for cheese. ๐Ÿฃ๐ŸŒฑ With a $3,524 grant, they will purchase a solar powered portable fencing system as well as pasture and pollinator seed. ๐ŸŒŸ Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee @ssfriendlyranch ๐ŸŒŸ @ssfri Welcome 2024 grantee @ssfriendlyranch ๐ŸŒŸ @ssfriendlyranch is a 10-acre, Black owned-and-operated ranch and agricultural non-profit educational program located in San Diego, California. It specializes in cultivating a variety of crops through regenerative agricultural growing practices. With their grant they will build a self-service, solar-powered refrigerated farm stand in order to provide consistent access to fresh, affordable food for customers. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee @rosybuckfarm ๐Ÿ’› A 15-acre Welcome 2024 grantee @rosybuckfarm ๐Ÿ’› A 15-acre, family-owned farm run by Holly Evans and Randy Buck located in Leasburg, Missouri, that grows a wide range of unique produce using sustainable farming practices. With a $855 grant, they will purchase eight heirloom fruit trees, tree guards, and organic fruit tree fertilizer. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Refugee & Immigrant Self-Empo Welcome 2024 grantee Refugee & Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE) Community Farm! ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒŸ @syrap_rise is a 180-acre agricultural non-profit, community-based farm located in Syracuse, New York, that serves as a resource for immigrants and refugees who are interested in farming. With a $4,825 grant, RISE farm will install deer fencing to prevent crop loss. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Pie Ranch! ๐Ÿฅง๐ŸŒฑ Pie Ranc Welcome 2024 grantee Pie Ranch! ๐Ÿฅง๐ŸŒฑ Pie Ranch is a Certified Organic agricultural non-profit, regenerative farm, and food system education center located in Pescadero, CA. Their mission engages and employs young people on the land; shares resources with emerging, primarily BIPOC farmers; and helps make healthy food accessible to San Francisco Bay Area communities. ๐Ÿคฒโค๏ธ With a $2,135 grant, they will create compost bins, install a drip irrigation system, and a pollinator hedgerow. ๐ŸŒŸ Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Mountain Echoes Farm/Soil Hue Welcome 2024 grantee Mountain Echoes Farm/Soil Hued Mojo๐ŸŒŸ @soilhuedmojo is a 20-acre, women-of-color and family-owned farm in Mathias, West Virginia, that grows medicinal maternal health herbs using Afro-Indigenous farming practices and creates small-batch products that support BIPOC and other vulnerable individuals. ๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿคฒ With a $3,097 grant they will purchase a hoop house, build a solar dehydrator, and add two beehives. ๐ŸŒฑ Learn more at the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee Lone Star Olive Ranch! ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ An 80-acre, women-owned and operated sustainable farm and olive orchard located in Madisonville, Texas. In 2021, Winter Storm Uri damaged 14,000 of its olive trees. Lone Star has been hard at work since, planting new olive saplings and diversifying its farm with the addition of new crops.ย ๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸŒพ With a $4,751 grant, they will expand their sustainable farming practices by planting heirloom varieties of fruit trees and plants, and adding two beehives. ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ Learn more at the link in our bio!
Meet 2024 grantee @lafincadehamberto a 28-acre non Meet 2024 grantee @lafincadehamberto a 28-acre non-profit, BIPOC-led farm located in Vieques, an island off of Puerto Rico. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’› La Finca de Hamberto is working to rebuild a community of farmers and ranchers to establish a sustainable and resilient island community. ๐Ÿ’ช With a $5,000 grant, they will install a caterpillar-style grow tunnel to increase their capacity to cultivate high-demand crops throughout the season. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Home! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿก @grow Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Home! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿก @growinghome is a 2-acre, organic urban farm, workforce development center, and BIPOC-led non-profit located in Chicago. It grows about 150 varieties of vegetables, which they sell at affordable prices at a weekly farm stand and other local markets during the growing season. With a $5,000 grant, they will integrate a pest management-focused project to increase crop yields and address struggles with pest pressure. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Communities Inc./ Cro Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Communities Inc./ Crop Swap LA! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ‘ @lacropswap is a majority BIPOC-and-women-led agricultural non-profit organization that operates micro farms in the urban neighborhoods of Leimert Park and Crenshaw in Southern Los Angeles, CA. Crop Swap LA is transforming underutilized spaces for efficient food production using rainwater harvesting and sustainable farming practices to bring food access, environmental, and economic benefits to local residents. With a $5,000 grant they will develop a new micro farm site that will allow them to increase the amount of food distributed across the 75 families currently on the organizationโ€™s member list.ย  Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Fox Haven Organic Farm & Lear Welcome 2024 grantee Fox Haven Organic Farm & Learning Center! ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’› @foxhavenfarmretreatcenter is a majority women and BIPOC-led non-profit farm and learning center. Their primary crops are medicinal and culinary herbs that are distributed through their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. With their grant, they will assemble an ergonomic post-harvest wash table, install drip irrigation to water crops efficiently, and buy a variety of flower and cover crop seed to attract pollinators and build soil health. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Finca Luna Buho! ๐ŸŒŸ @finca Welcome 2024 grantee Finca Luna Buho! ๐ŸŒŸ @finca.luna.buho is a primarily BIPOC-led agricultural non-profit organization located on 73 acres of unceded Mohican land in the northern Berkshires of western Massachusetts. They grow a number of heirloom and culturally-relevant ancestral crops using Afro-Indigenous ecological practices. ๐ŸŒฑ With their grant they will create a water catchment, storage, efficient watering system and improve soil health. ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿชด Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee @doliifarms ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’› A five- Welcome 2024 grantee @doliifarms ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’› A five-acre organic, women-owned and operated farm located in the Navajo Nation that grows Navajo white corn and Navajo white corn pollen. ๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ They will use their grant to convert an existing outbuilding into a solar-powered drying shed. โ˜€๏ธ Learn more at the link in our bio.
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