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Farm Business Development and Production Scale-Up for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

  • Award Amount: $47,903
  • Regional Center: Western Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2018 Education Projects

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Project Overview

Adelante Mujeres provided training and education to 42 socially disadvantaged Latino farmers of specialty crops to better equip them in establishing sustainable and profitable farm businesses. Our Sustainable Agriculture program proved farmers with risk management training in the areas of production, marketing, financial, legal, and human risk. In addition, farm businesses received added support on production scale up through market access opportunities and resources. Farmers had access to sell their product through the Adelante Mujeres Distributor and CSA program, the Forest Grove Farmers Market, the Hillsboro Farmers Market, to wholesale buyers and to directly to restaurants. 


In addition, this project provided leadership and empowerment opportunities through the creation of a Latino Farmer Advisory Council.  Members of the advisory council will serve as ambassadors of the Sustainable Agriculture Program and collaborate with staff to develop trainings on production, climate variability, enhanced record keeping, and other challenges faced by Latino farmers in Washington County, Oregon. There were a total of 4 Latino Farmer Advisory Council Members. 

Number of Participants: 42

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