2002 News Archive

Washington State Department of Agriculture

Leslie Zenz (360) 902-1884

$22,117

To facilitate institutional marketing opportunities for under served farms and contribute to the economic health of limited resource farmers in Washington state

National Center for Appropriate Technology

Rex Dufour (530) 756-8518

$51,186

To develop an easily replicated methodology for risk management outreach and education to under served producers, and to produce and deliver a pilot training program to AMO Organics, using the methodology

Langston University

D. Chongo Mundende (405) 962-1631

$70,000

To train farmers to reduce, avoid and manage risk; provide training on best production, marketing, accounting, and overall farm management practices; and train farmers in record keeping and budgeting procedures

Microfarm Sustainable Research and Education

Ed Bergheger (503) 868-7679

$40,000

To provide limited resource and traditionally under served farm operators with the knowledge, skills and tools to make their agricultural operation economically viable, growing high value crops in a hydroponic environment

Washington State University Cooperative Extension

Jon Newkirk (509) 335-9661

$100,000

To improve the economic viability of agricultural families by identifying and addressing barriers encountered by farm families

Agricultural & Land Based Training Assn.

Brett Melone (831) 758-1469

$100,000

To launch a comprehensive educational outreach program for Latino and other traditionally under served farmers on California Central Coast

Kansas Nebraska Meat Cooperative

Jerry Jost (785) 873-3431

$43,337

To increase the profitability of limited resource and women farmers through education and improved markets for meat goat products

South Dakota State University

Stacy Hadrick (605) 347-2436

$10,890

To offer a variety of workshops that deal with the risk management issues that individuals and families face when farming and ranching

Farm to Table, Inc.

Pamela Roy (505) 473-1004

$57,451

To increase the number and viability of farms, ranches and food enterprises in the four corner states

Taos County Economic Development Corporation

Patti Martinson (505) 758-3201

$40,000

To target primarily Hispanic and Native American, limited resource, small farmers of Rio Arriba, Mora and Taos county of northern New Mexico and to increase the knowledge or business and risk management tools for farmers

Kentucky State University

Louie Rivers, Jr. (502) 597-5907

$65,000

To provide one-on-one education to agricultural producers in marketing, farm management and alternative production and marketing techniques for new small farm enterprises

Ft. Peck Community College

Jodie Smith (406) 768-3597

$150,000

To provide the under served agricultural producers in the three state region of Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary to make informed risk management decisions

Regents of the University of California

Carol Berman (510) 987-0050

$98,270

To provide agricultural producers with the knowledge, skills, and tools to make informed risk management decisions, enabling them to increase the profitability of their operations

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Deb Rood (402) 472-1771

$56,716

To establish a replicable pilot risk management education program for women in agriculture that would facilitate the formation of management clubs and develop curriculum that would engage women in the risk management learning process

Thimmakkas Resources for Environmental Education

Ritu Primlani (510) 655-5566

$30,000

To provide South Asian farmers and ranchers in the Yuba/Sutter counties region with alternative marketing methods for their produce and livestock, and to increase knowledge available to South Asian farmers of risk management tools

Big Pond Productions, Inc.

Jane Fleck (661) 298-2000

$10,000

To provide information to under served and limited resource farmers about the recent surge in demand for organic foods through a three-hour nonfiction television series

Virginia State University

Albert Essel (804) 524-5871

$165,977

To increase the effectiveness of outreach, training and assistance programs offered to women, limited resource and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in making informed risk management decisions

Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund

Heather Gray (404) 765-0991

$100,000

To improve the delivery of insurance products and services to small and limited resource farmers and ranchers and to expand risk management education to a broader community, such as representatives of community-based organizations, women, faith-based organizations, and other underserved communities.

Alabama A&M University

Dr. Duncan Chembezi (256) 858-4970

$115,000

To develop and maintain a risk management education program for small and limited resource producers in under served communities in North Alabama

Texas/Mexico Border Coalition

Omar J. Garza (956) 487-8032

$59,220

To provide outreach training and technical assistance to traditionally under served Hispanic farmers and ranchers in the 56-county border region area of Texas and New Mexico

National Crop Insurance Services

Laurence Crane (913) 685-2767

$40,000

To develop and make available to influencers and educators, practical educational materials on risk management and crop insurance to assist traditionally under served farmers and ranchers in making risk management decisions

Tufts University

Hugh Joseph (617) 627-5422

$99,999

To develop comprehensive strategies to identify and assist recent immigrants with agricultural backgrounds to successfully re-enter farming in Massachusetts

Coronado Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. (RC&D)

Donna Matthews (520) 384-2229, ext. 122

$18,939

To provide agricultural producers with the risk management tools necessary to plan, finance, develop and manage an agricultural business enterprise

Drake University Agricultural Law Center

Neil Hamilton (515) 271-2065

$165,000

To support outreach and risk management education initiatives by the State Food Policy Council's (SFPCs) aimed at helping small and limited resource farmers utilize a broad array of approaches to mitigating risk

Heifer International

Sue Bertrand (501) 907-2656

$123,000

To establish the Immigrant Farmer Program (IFP) as a national initiative providing outreach and assistance to immigrants and ethnic minorities to enter farming and make informed risk management decisions

Rural Coalition

Lorette Picciano (202) 628-7160

$234,284

To improve the economic stability of a diverse population of small farmers by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, information and specific tools necessary to ensure their risk management needs are met

Nebraska Legal Services

Michelle Soll (402) 348-1069

$50,000

To educate limited resource and other traditionally under served Nebraska farmers and ranchers on effective risk management and risk management tools

Alcorn State University

Anthony Reed (601) 877-2305

$80,000

To implement a risk management assistance program to improve the economic viability of under served, small to moderate scale producers of organic horticultural products in the South

Growing Power, Inc.

Will Allen (414) 527-1546

$50,000

To increase the awareness of risk management tools to limited resource and socially disadvantaged farmers utilizing direct marketing

Regents of the University of Minnesota

Nigatu Tadesse (651) 423-2413

$100,000

To assist Hmong farmers in the Twin Cities area in improving their production and management practices so they are able to increase their economic viability and reduce their exposure to risk

University of Illinois Extension

Ruth Hambleton (618) 242-9310

$40,000

To empower women to manage information systems used in critical decision making processes, and to build local networks throughout the state

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

David Lee (856) 769-0090

$60,000

To educate and assist limited resource and traditionally under served agricultural producers to improve the overall economic viability of their farm operations through alternative production options

Council on the Environment, Inc.

(212) 477-3220

$90,000

To support agriculturally experienced immigrants in the New York City vicinity in establishing environmentally and economically sustainable farm operations drawing on the breadth of skills found in many immigrant communities

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group

Archer Christian (229) 225-9556

$75,000

To implement a unique and innovative outreach and assistance program to improve the economic viability of under served small to moderate scale producers of organic horticultural products in the South

Land Stewardship Project

Amy Bacigalupo (320)269-2105

$40,000

To address the needs of beginning farmers through comprehensive training in sustainable production, business and environmental management, providing equity building opportunities and networking

University of Arkansas

Jennie Popp (479) 575-2279

$100,000

To develop a risk management education program that meets the needs of Native American agricultural producers in Arkansas

University of Minnesota

Robert Craven (612) 625-6701

$10,000

To help women better manage their financial risk through marketing and use of crop insurance products

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Dr. Henry English (870)575-8246

$75,000

To provide risk management education and training to under served and limited resource farmers in the Delta and Southwest Arkansas

African American Family Farm, Inc.

(706)485-9673

$50,000

To develop and implement a risk management education program to improve the plight, potential and profitability of African American and disadvantaged farmers in north central Georgia

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids

Shari Burgus (515) 758-2827

$30,000

To provide the knowledge and skills on how to prevent farm-related injuries and illnesses to children and older farmers who are at risk while living, working on, or visiting farms

Team Agriculture Georgia (TAG)

Rick Hatten (478) 751-3491

$38,500

To provide timely and relevant information through educational workshops and outreach that will assist landowners and users to become and remain financially stable as well as preserve natural resources

Operation Spring Plant, Inc.

Dorathy Barker (252) 492-7301

$70,000

To provide training on farm management and technical assistance to sixty Under served farmers in central and eastern North Carolina

Michigan Integrated Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS)

Thomas Guthrie, Jr (517) 432-0712

$100,000

To promote a better understanding and the use of the variety of risk management tools that may be available to traditionally Under served farmers in southwest and western Michigan

Concentric Management Applications

Renita Carter Page (336)508-1196

$75,000

To educate and assist limited resource and traditionally under served agricultural producers improve the overall economic viability of their farm operations through alternative production options

Women in Blue Jeans

Diana Goldammer (605) 996-6223

$15,000

To provide networking opportunities, support, and risk management education for women in agriculture and farmers' wives in the agricultural industry through a two day conference