Community Farm Alliance (CFA)
CFA organizes and encourages cooperation among rural and urban citizens, through leadership development and grassroots democratic processes, to ensure an essential, prosperous place for family-scale agriculture in our economies and communities.
CFA members believe that the prosperity of rural and urban communities are linked and that economic development must include rural and urban citizens working together; that agriculture can be founded on traditional values and sustainable farming methods; and that the independent family farmers are the most reliable, efficient, careful producers of food and fiber for our citizens and provide a foundation for strong communities.
Grants
General Operations
| Amount | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2022-2023 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
Emergency Funding
| Amount | $10,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2022 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
General Operations
| Amount | $35,200 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2021 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
Emergency Funding COVID-19
This grant provides support to farmers markets, including exploring online sales.
| Amount | $5,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2020 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
Facilitator Salary for 35th Anniversary
This grant provides support for a facilitator for CFA's 35th anniversary
| Amount | $5,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2020 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
Healthy Communities Initiative
Under the Healthy Communities Initiative, people and communities participate in CFA’s programs while also asking big questions about their community and how they can make things better. Working with national, state, regional, and community partners, the Healthy Communities Initiative helps communities organize, identify best practices, and connect with resources to build a physically, economically and socially healthy community.
| Amount | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2019-2020 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
Healthy Communities Initiative
Working with national, state, regional and community partners, the Healthy Communities Initiative helps communities organize, identify best practices, and connect with resources to to build a physically, economically and socially healthy community.
| Amount | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2017-2018 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
General Operating Support for CFA's work in Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky
CFA brings our beliefs, theory of change, and goals to efforts for economic diversification in Eastern Kentucky, where the collapse of the coal industry made public and exacerbated social and economic injustices of the region. Eastern Kentucky is at the point where it can foster a food system that is equitable and accessible to all, provide fresh nutritious food, and serve as an economic generator that builds community wealth
| Amount | $20,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2016 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
Putting a Face on Food - Building a Grassroots Campaign for a New Economy in Eastern Kentucky
Increase staff communication capacity and two community-based outreach fellowships in Eastern Kentucky will be created to provide grassroots communication training and regional messaging about the "Putting a Face on Food" strategy
| Amount | $20,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |
Putting a Face on Food - Building a Grassroots Campaign for a New Economy in Eastern Kentucky
Development of "Putting a Face on Food" campaign, designed to highlight the opportunities, successes, and impacts that sustainable agriculture can have for all people in Eastern Kentucky
| Amount | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2014 |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Primary Approach | Just Transition in Eastern Kentucky |