USDA’S ROLE AND PARTNERS: MEETING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, BEGINNING, SMALL FARMERS, UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED COMMUNITIES.

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USDA’S ROLE AND PARTNERS: MEETING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, BEGINNING, SMALL FARMERS, UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED COMMUNITIES

Land Grant Colleges and Universities Non Governmental Organizations DHHS; EPA NIH, NSF, State Depts. of Agric.; Others Socially Disadvantaged f Farmers & Ranchers Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Small Farmers and Ranchers Underserved Unserved Groups Foundations

USDA OFFICES USDA OFFICES USDA OFFICES

USDA Service Centers

Land-Grant Colleges and Universities

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SYSTEM OFFICES

USDA COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

MEETING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES ●Access to markets, land, credit and capital ● Development of Cooperatives ● Promote training and mentoring opportunities ● Provide leadership opportunities ● Acquire appropriate skills ● Promote partnership and collaboration

OUTREACH METHODS ● Word of mouth, One-on-One ● Stakeholder meetings (formal and informal) ● H ands-on Workshops ● On-Farm Research and Demonstration ● Networking, Radio/TV ● Conferences, Community Events

Office of Advocacy and Outreach Website: Phone: ● Small and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Program ● Outreach and Assistance For Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program (2501 Program) ●Farmworker Program ●Higher Education Initiatives

Agricultural Marketing Service ● Farmers Market Promotion Program ● Specialty Crop Block Grant Program ● Federal State Marketing Improvement Program

FARM SERVICE AGENCY ● Farm Ownership and Operating Loan Program ● Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loan Program NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE ● Conservation Innovation Grants ● Environmental Quality Incentives Program

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ● Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program ● 1890 Institutions Teaching, Research and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program ●Community Food Projects ●Hispanic Serving Institutions Competitive Grants Program ●Small and Medium Sized Farms ● Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE Program)

USDA-Rural Development ● Farm Labor Housing for Farmworkers ● Rural Cooperative Development Grants ● Small Socially Disadvantaged Producer Grants ● Value-Added Producer Grant

RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY ● Education and Outreach Grant FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE ● Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ● Women, Infants and Children Program ● Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program ● School Meals FOREST SERVICE ● National Urban and Community Forestry Cost-Share Grant

What kind of people have joined? 3,765 registrants as of January 31, 2012 Registrants by RaceRegistrants by Race

What kind of people have joined? 3,765 registrants as of January 31, 2012 Registrants by Ethnicity

Contacts for the Minority Farm Register Anderson Neal, Deputy Director USDA Office of Advocacy and Outreach Call Gypsy Banks Farm Service Agency Call

THANK YOU! Contact Information Denis Ebodaghe, Ph.D. National Program Leader for Small Farms USDA-NIFA Washington, DC th National Small Farm Conference Overview of Small Farm Programs at the Land Grant Colleges and Universities