Chuck Baldwin & Ed Sheldon, National AgrAbility Project; Tameka Peoples, Peoples Foundation; & John Jamerson, Legacy Farming and Health Group. During fall 2019, National AgrAbility joined forces with southern Indiana-based Legacy Farming and Health Group and with Peoples Foundation of Lompoc, California to form the Legacy Innovation Farming Economics Project (LIFE). Supported by the USDA Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program (also known as the 2501 Program), the LIFE project promotes awareness and use of USDA programs among socially disadvantaged farmers and veterans, and enhances entrepreneurship, marketing, and technical skills through workshops and educational programming. The LIFE Project – and other AgrAbility-affiliated 2501 grant projects described during this webinar – can serve as models for cooperation between nonprofit grassroots organizations that work with socially disadvantaged audiences and state and regional AgrAbility projects seeking to enhance services to those communities.
0 Comments