Farm Crisis Help and Other Resources

 

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Farm Crisis Support Resource Guide for farm crisis help from Farm Aid. Farm life isn’t easy. This guide here will give you resources to help you during the toughest times of farming crisis. OR Online Request for Assistance from Farm Aid – If you are a family farmer who needs help, we are here to support you. Fill out this form to get in touch with a Farm Advocate who can will assist you with farm crisis help.

 

The Bricmont Hardship Assistance Fund—named to honor founding CCOF member Barney Bricmont—is the only fund that provides direct financial assistance exclusively to organic producers who suffer losses due to extreme hardship. Applications for farm crisis help must be received by the CCOF Foundation no later than December 3, 2018.

 

FLAG is a nonprofit law center dedicated to providing legal services and support to family farmers and their communities in order to help keep family farmers on the land. Learn more about how FLAG can help here

 

USDA Disaster Resource Center 

When disaster strikes, USDA Disaster Resource Center can help you find information about specific disasters and emergencies and connect with state and local help. You can even view, print, and download a quick reference guide to USDA Disaster Resources for Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities.

 

If you are a farmer or rural entrepreneur in the Midwest, you are invited to use a free Grants Advising service of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute. Our Grants Advisers help you decide whether a grant would be the best way to achieve your goals. If so, he or she will help you identify a grant program that best fits your goals and help you outline a plan of work for you to follow to meet the application deadline and all application requirements. If not, the Adviser will suggest other resources you may choose to approach. Examples might be federal, state or local loan programs, loan guarantees, as well as resource information and resource persons. For more information and to be on the e-list for program announcements, please feel free to contact one of our Grants Advisers: Martin Bailkey, at (608) 698-9478, martinbailkey@gmail.com or Kitt Healy, at (630) 346-4749, gracekhealy@gmail.com https://www.michaelfields.org/grant-advising-resources/ 

A number food system organizations across the country have been supported with small grants, many over several years. Note that there are strict eligibility requirements (for example, individuals are not eligible) and non-fundable program activities. Applications are reviewed three times yearly. The next due date is Monday, October 1st, 11:59 PM EST. The website has an extensive list, by state, of previously funded organizations. Learn more here

Risk Management Education Partnership Program 

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces its intent to award up to $4.16 million to fund the Risk Management Education Partnership Program. The purpose of this competitive program is to deliver crop insurance education and risk management training to U.S. agricultural producers to assist them in identifying and managing production, marketing, legal, financial, and human risk. More info here.

The National Young Farmers Coalition recently launched their Finding Farmland Calculator. Use this calculator to build scenarios for purchasing farmland. You can compare detailed estimates of total costs, monthly payments and affordability metrics, then download the results to have on hand when meeting with a loan officer. NYFC also has a Farm Service Agency Loans Guidebook that helps aspiring, beginning, and established farmers navigate the often challenging process of applying for federal FSA loans.