Funding
Deadline: August 10, 2020
The Northeast BIPOC Farmer Relief Fund is now accepting applications for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) folks living in the Northeast who work in agriculture and have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Funded by Farm Aid, this fund will provide $500 relief payments for up to 200 applicants.
Deadline: August 28, 2020
The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program provides direct relief to producers who faced price declines and additional marketing costs due to COVID-19.
Rolling until August 31, 2020
Seed grants are geared to groups launching new projects and/or evolving the scale of an existing project. Grants are intended to support community groups who represent the most exciting energy in the environmental movement that are not being reached by traditional funders.
Accepted on a rolling basis
GENYOUth is providing grants of up to $3,000 per school to supply much-needed resources for meal distribution and delivery efforts.
Trainings
"The MAMP provides alternative dispute resolution through mediation to farmers, their lenders and others directly affected by the actions of certain USDA agencies, neighbor disputes, and workplace and family disagreements that affect the farm."
Self Paced: June 15th 2020 - June 14th 2021
"In this course, you will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress and suicide, ways to effectively communicate with people under stress, and how to reduce stigma related to mental health concerns. What you learn in this course can help your friends, family, neighbors and community during stressful times."
Deadline: October 1, 2020
"This program is designed for commercial farmers who grow vegetables and/or small fruit, and agricultural advisors who work with vegetable/small fruit farms. Participants will enhance their knowledge of climate change and green house gas mitigation, experiment with or evaluate adaptation management practices, and encourage other farmers to explore farm-specific climate change adaptation measures through this peer-to-peer curriculum."
