Southwest Region

"A regional partnership to build community and capacity among a new generation of direct market farmers and local food systems."

"Project activities focus largely on experiential-based learning strategies in farm business incubators that provide beginning farmers with access to land, equipment and irrigation infrastructure. We work with the growing Latina/o demographic among farmers in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties of California."

"HOFA conducts workshops, conferences and participates in trade shows. HOFA offers publications and resources to assist producers and consumers with tropical organic agriculture."

"To assist beginning Navajo farmers and ranchers become successful producers and agricultural business entrepreneurs while restoring and preserving their natural resource base through sustainable agricultural practices and conservation efforts.

The Solar Living Institute promotes sustainable living through environmental education. The Center offers courses and workshops on biofuels, alternative transportation, permaculture, organic food, renewable energy, alternative livestock production, and home building. It sponsors seven-month, on-site, work-trade Internships.

The non-profit Regenerative Design Institute offers two-week and one-year permaculture design certification courses. Workshops, courses and events focus on permaculture design, nature awareness, wild-crafting, and community leadership.

"The goal of the Direct Marketing Initiative for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in South Texas is to enhance the sustainability of beginning farmers and ranchers in a 34-county region of South Texas—specifically targeting limited-resource Hispanic producers that are often immigrant and first-generation farm workers—by helping them to successful