Organizations & Projects

• Beginning Farmer Network of Mass - Helping beginning farmers find and connect to resources and service providers. Check out their calendar of events, resource finder, and referral network

• New CT Farmer Alliance - Bringing young, new and emerging farmers together to identify and help develop support systems to nurture a successful and diverse agricultural landscape for CT

• The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts

• Southeastern Mass Agricultural Partnership - Check out their Twilight workshop series

• The Greenhorns - To Promote, Recruit and Support New Farmers in America

• NOFA/Mass - Check out their farmer mentorship program

• NOFA/RI - CRAFT workshops, Advanced Growers workshops, and organic farmer mentoring program

• New Entry Sustainable Farming Project - Offers classes for beginning farmers, does farmland matching

• Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association

• The Rhode Island State Conservation Committee - Helping you grow sustainably through resource protection. We offer a variety of services such as project management, trail map designs, outreach and education on green infrastructure, water quality, soil erosion, etc as well as design and implementation to combat these issues

Immigrant Legal Rights & Resources

For operators and farmworkers who may be impacted by executive actions.

• Community Sourced Resource List for Migrant, Immigrant and Refugee Communities

• Immigration Helpline: Call 1-800-954-0254 - American Immigration Lawyers Association

• Immigration Policy Analysis: American Immigration Council - High level analysis of Executive Orders.

• Immigrant Legal Resource Center - Working with and educating immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to help build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.

• Family Preparedness Plan - Step by step worksheet.

• Print Your Own Red Card - Immigrant rights sheet for your wallet.

• Know Your Rights Toolkit - Extensive legal resource.

• Community Resources

• United Farm Workers: Tell Congress To Protect Farm Workers now!

• Catalyst Project 

• Immigrant Justice Now: Study and Action Guide for Non-immigrants 

• Resource Library for anti-racist advocacy & activism.  

• Farm Aid - Immigration and the Food System

Legal Services & Advocacy

• RI Food Policy Council -  Their mission is to promote a more accessible, equitable, and sustainable food system in Rhode Island

• National Young Farmers’ Coalition - By and for young and beginning farmers in the United States; very active in advocacy work

• Center for Mediation and Collaboration (RI) & Office of Public Collaboration (MA) - Agricultural Mediation provides confidential assistance to help resolve agriculture-related issues in a productive environment

• Legal Food Hub - Non-profit servicing farmers, food entrepreneurs, and related organizations with legal assistance. Fill out an intake form online! The Legal Food Hub matches eligible farmers with lawyers in private practice who have agreed to provide FREE legal help for many of your farm needs

• Land for Good - Non-profit working to help transitioning farmers, both incoming and outgoing, with land access issues

• The Mesothelioma Center- Resources on how agricultural workers may be affected by Mesothelioma and how to find help.

Funding Freeze Resources

• Farm Commons has legal resources for producers affected by the freeze & beyond:

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Contract Freezes & Terminations: Legal Action Steps for Farmers (version 2) - Legal guidance for Environmental Quality Initiatives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and other USDA contract recipients to navigate and protect liability, contractual responsibility. 

• USDA Contract Freezes: Filing an NAD Appeal or Demand Letter (version 2) - This resource is written for farmers and ranchers who have a signed contract with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the CSP or EQIP program and would like to file an appeal.

• Two Basic Considerations for Sharing Your Story with a Third-Party - Sharing your farmer story amidst the federal funding freeze is a powerful advocacy tool - but it comes with some risks. This guide supports farmers in making informed decisions.

• Land & Liberation LLC

• Federal Funding Freeze Resources 

• WTF Federal Funding zine 

• Farm Aid

• Tell Congress: Lift the Federal Funding Freeze Now

• Farm Aid's Advocacy and Organizing Resource Guide

• National Farm Family Coalition

• Share Your USDA Funding Freeze Story

• National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

• NSAC Take Action!

• Contact your Congress Members and demand they protect farmers

• Voice Your Support to Restore Funding for Local Foods for Communities 

• Subscribe for Updates &/or Action Alerts

Miscellaneous

• This list was compiled and made possible because of the work that American Farm Land Trust did to build out their database. Their list consists of more organization. If you can find what you need on this page, We hope you can check it out here!

• Hope’s Harvest RI - Mobilizes volunteers to rescue food (gleaming) from local farms that would otherwise go to waste and distributes it to local hunger relief agencies

• NE Ag Exchange - Online forum dedicated to connecting New England farmers about land, farming, labor, and buy/sell/trade