Climate Smart Black Farmer Seed-to Profit Program
A professional development and training program to prepare producers (from small farms to urban gardeners) of color to become viable and sustainable players in the local food supply chain. Serving not only as an training platform to introduce and improve “climate smart” agriculture practices, but also to serve as a business blueprint for black growers, for generations to come. This incubator program will help build capacity for historically underserved producers to obtain direct market access by reducing the existing barriers of entry to food business ecosystems. Giving Black farmers across America what they need to know to in order to navigate the ever changing agriculture landscape.
“Create High Tunnel Gardens to Provide Hands-on Learning Experiences Related to Soil Health, Water Conservation, Botany, Nutrition, Soil Science and Agri-Business.” The Texas Small Farmers & Ranchers CBO and the Texas USDA/National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) have a common purpose of providing opportunities for changes to promote a healthy environment for humans and natural resources in rural and underserved communities. The purpose of this grant agreement is outreach to historically underserved producers, enhancing their unique farming and ranching operations as it pertains to NRCS specifications for high tunnels, while increasing awareness and participation in USDA Programs.
” Permanent Cross-Fencing with NRCS Specification/Construction” The Texas Small Farmers & Ranchers CBO and the Texas USDA/National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) have a common purpose of providing opportunities for changes to promote a healthy environment for humans and natural resources in rural and underserved communities. The purpose of this grant agreement is outreach to five (5) historically underserved producers in East Texas Counties to address and enhance their unique farming and ranching operations as it pertains to NRCS specifications for cross-fencing for rotational grazing while increasing their awareness and participation in USDA Programs.
“Texas Local Food Marketing Network Collaborative: Statewide Peer-to-Peer Training and Technical Assistance.” Texas direct market producers and the farmers markets upon which they rely as their primary sales channel are struggling to cope with diminishing profit margins due to depressed prices, low-cost foreign competitors, and the rapidly changing landscape of high-tech food distribution. The Texas Local Food Direct Marketing Network Collaborative will be Texas’ first statewide network with the purpose to meet training and technical assistance needs of direct market producers and farmers markets.