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In Hawai‘i, Restoring Kava Helps Sustain Native Food Culture

Civil Eats

Last fall, Ava Taesali opened Kava Queen , Oahus only brick-and-mortar kava bar, after three years of building a loyal following for this traditional beverage at farmers markets in Honolulu. Hawaii is a state of small farms, he said, with more than 90 percent measuring less than 50 acres. And in the U.S., Still, U.H,s

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RFA Roundup: Spring 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Funding Opportunities 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Proposed projects must demonstrate creating or expanding into a market and an increase in farm revenue. These grants may be used to fund business and marketing plans and feasibility studies, or to acquire working capital to operate a value-added business venture or alliance.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year.

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More Than a Farm: Setting Your Agribusiness Up for Success

ATTRA

A farm’s strategy should include answers on what activities you plan to enact in your organization to maintain internal processes, serve customers, adapt to market forces, and create products and services. Department of Agriculture, 98% of all farms in the U.S. According to the U.S ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Family Farmers Are the Future. Let’s Celebrate Them!

Food Tank

Family farms are the backbone of our food system. More than 90 percent of farms—about 500 million—are run either by individual or family labor! billion people worldwide are involved in family farming, and these operations produce more than 80 percent of the world’s food value, according to U.N. More than 1.5

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA empowers small-scale farmers, fishers, Indigenous peoples, and rural communities across Asia through advocacy, capacity building, and knowledge sharing. With 8,000 students and local partners, FRN operates on 187 campuses.

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Elementor #747575

National Young Farmers Coalition

The Coalition worked with partners and Senators to introduce bi-partisan legislation to direct FSA to establish a pre-approval and pre-qualification pilot program for Direct Farmland Ownership loans this Fall, the Farm Ownership Improvement Act (S. TITLE VI: Rural Development Green Flags: Invests in quality of life in rural communities.