All Farmers Inc

Training and technical assistance: training refugee and immigrant farmers to adapt their traditional farming techniques to a new england climate and navigate u.s. Business and marketing systems. In 2021, all farmers launched the peer teacher training program to train farmers from local refugee and immigrant farming communities in comprehensive farm, business, and teaching skills and support their training of other community members directly on their farms and in their native languages.

Farmers markets and food access all farmers runs two farmers' markets in low-income/low-access neighborhoods in springfield and west springfield, where many farmers live. Over 95% of sales at these markets are through snap, hip, and wic & senior farmers' market coupons. Our vendors are diverse farmers living and/or farming in the greater springfield area, who speak a combined four languages and bring a diversity of cultural produce to the neighborhoods we serve.

Leadership development & consensus-building work with the facilitation & advisory committee (elected by farmers) to plan farmer meetings and build facilitation skills. Build consensus among farmer groups for major decisions facing the organization, including setting strategic priorities and real estate decisions.