Farm Aid
Small Farm Funding
The
mission
of Farm
Aid is
to keep
family
farmers
on their
land.
Farm Aid
supports
organizations
that
work to
maintain
a family
farm
system
of
agriculture
and that
promote
solutions
to the
challenges
facing
rural
communities.
Grants
are
awarded
in the
following
general
categories:
farm
resources,
including
hotlines,
training,
and
assistance
programs
for
family
farms;
farm
action,
such as
educational
campaigns
and
outreach
regarding
the
benefits
of
family
farm
produced
foods;
food
systems,
including
creating
new
markets
for
family
farm
produced
food;
and farm
policy
at the
state,
regional
and
national
level to
create a
family
farm
focused
food
system.
Nonprofit
organizations
throughout
the U.S.
are
eligible
to
apply.
Proposals
must be
submitted
no later
than
August
31st to
be
considered
in this
yearıs
grant
round.
Visit the Farm Aid website for more information.
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Seeds of Change Seed Give-away and
Dixon
Seed
Exchange
form an
Alliance
by Emily
Skelton
Every
April
Seeds of
Change
hosts a
Seed
Give-away.
We
invite
local
home
gardeners
who are
interested
to come
to our
seed
cleaning
facility
and pick
seed
from our
seed
seconds.
These
"seconds"
are a
result
of the
rigorous
seed
cleaning
process
performed
on every
seed lot
we sell.
All
Seeds of
Change
seed
goes
through
this
seed
cleaning
process
to
remove
any
excess
chaff,
rocks,
dirt or
other
seed
species
(such as
noxious
weeds)
from the
lot
before
we send
it out
to a
certified
seed lab
to be
tested
for
germination
and
purity
before
sale.
The seed
seconds
are
usually
comprised
of
lightweight,
immature
seed or
seed
that is
broken
or
cracked
and also
inert
material
such as
mentioned
above.
Since we
give the
seconds
away
free,
home
gardeners
are
happy to
receive
them and
don't
mind if
the
germination
rate is
lower
than
that of
our
number
one seed
for
sale. We
have
many
gardeners
tell us
that
they
planted
heavily
in their
gardens
thinking
that not
many
seeds
would
germinate
and they
have had
an
abundance
of very
healthy
seedlings
to
thin.
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