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Mission Area: Keeping Farmers on the Land

Liberation Farms

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Liberation Farms is a project of the Somali Bantu Community Association. Its mission is to provide community members with access to culturally appropriate and sustainable food. Through the New England Farmer Microgrants Program, they were able to hire a consultant to assist them in their search for their first permanent farm property.

California Agricultural Policy Priorities

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Learn more about AFT’s policy recommendations for California to protect vital agricultural land, promote environmentally sound growing practices, and keep farmers on the land for generations.

Fisher Farms

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Fisher Farms has been serving their community for five generations. With support of a Brighter Future Fund grant, they will install and improve their fencing infrastructure to ensure their valued produce makes it to market.

Trefiol Gardens

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Trefoil Gardens was awarded a Brighter Future Fund grant to invest in a propagation house fit to serve their growing business, which brings neighbors together around local foods grown in the yards of the neighborhood.

Agric Organics

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Hameed and Ayo Bello used a Brighter Future Fund grant to purchase four hoop houses to provide consistent, high-quality, healthy produce to their community.

Robert Baldwin Jr.

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Robert Baldwin Jr., a beginning farmer, used a Brighter Future Fund grant to grow and diversify his 10-acre vegetable operation by purchasing a string bean picker.

Verdant View Farm

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Elisa Fleming, a fourth-generation farmer, used a Brighter Future Fund grant to replace a hay rack lost when their 90-year-old barn burned down.