RAFI Staff

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Breyon Pierce

June 5, 2023
Breyon intends to use his grant award from FOCN to expand his family’s storage capacity so that they can more effectively market their products to local farmers markets and grocery stores and enrich their community which is located in a food desert.
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Wendell Williams

Wendell Williams

June 4, 2023
Wendell Williams is purchasing a barn after his previous structure was damaged by 2018's Hurricane Michael. The barn will serve as both storage for farm equipment and a space to host a mini farmers' market for his community.
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Ernestine Young

June 3, 2023
The Young family intends to use their grant award to build a new structure that can produce and store wine more efficiently to meet the increasing demand of their customer base.
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Farm Bill Matters

May 1, 2023
The Farm Bill is the primary agriculture and food policy legislation of the federal government, passed approximately every five years. RAFI asked a few farmers and local food advocates to share why the Farm Bill matters to them.
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Applications open for Beginning Farmers Stipend

February 14, 2023
RAFI-USA is accepting applications for the 2023 Beginning Farmers Stipend. Stipends support the success of beginning farmers by helping to reduce financial barriers and may be used to cover farming start-up and/or production costs. Individual applicants may request between $3,000 - $5,000 in funding.
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RAFI Expands Service to U.S. Caribbean Territories

February 9, 2023
In the past two months, RAFI-USA staff have visited our new partner organizations in the U.S. Caribbean territories with whom we are working on an NRCS cooperative agreement. Read about how on-farm conservation efforts vary from the U.S. mainland to the Caribbean.
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Preparándose y gestionando el Huracán Ian

September 30, 2022
Este blog contiene un resumen de recursos y consejos para agricultores(as) y organizaciones de servicios agrícolas sobre cómo prepararse, responder y recuperarse de desastres naturales, como el huracán Ian. Continuaremos actualizando este artículo a medida que continúen los esfuerzos de recuperación.
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