Organic Farmers Association thanks Farm Aid for their support!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 13th 2019
ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION RECEIVES $6,500 GRANT FROM FARM AID
Kutztown, PA — Organic Farmers Association was awarded a $6,500 grant from Farm Aid to support grassroots farmer-led work to build power and consensus among the organic farmer community to preserve organic integrity, support more U.S. organic acres and increase environmental services.
Organic Farmers Association thanks Farm Aid for their continued support of our work to provide organic farmers with a strong voice in Washington, D.C.
Farm Aid’s grantmaking is focused on work that enhances the viability of family farm agriculture in the United States. They issue grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations that serve family farmers in one of three funding areas: growing the good food movement, helping farmers thrive and taking action to change the food and farm system. This grant will allow Organic Farmers Association to provide organic farmers with a strong voice in Washington, D.C. .
“In addition to Farm Aid’s work throughout the year to build a thriving family farm-centered system of agriculture, Farm Aid funds family farm, rural service and urban agriculture organizations through our annual grant program,” said Alicia Harvie, Farm Aid’s Advocacy & Farmer Services Director. “Our grantees around the country are critical on-the-ground partners in the movement to keep family farmers on the land, producing good food for all.”
“Our goal is to create real change in our farm and food system, from the ground up,” said Farm Aid President Willie Nelson. “Farm Aid grantees strengthen family farmers, they build communities that can support each other in hard times, and they organize people to stand up and challenge corporate power in our food system. These are essential activities that benefit everyone — eaters and farmers.”
To learn more about Organic Farmers Association, visit: www.organicfarmersassociation.org.
For a complete listing of Farm Aid’s 2019 grant recipients, visit www.farmaid.org/2019grants.
Organic Farmers Association provides a strong and unified national voice for domestic certified organic producers.
Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. For more than 30 years, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised $57 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.
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