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Hameed and Ayo Bello work to provide accessible healthy food and to give sound advice on the nutritional benefits of their produce. They purchased four hoop houses with a BFF grant to provide consistent, high-quality produce.

Aloha Redland Farm is preparing for climate resiliency and nurturing the land they steward. With support from a BFF grant they will install irrigation, improve infrastructure, and purchase equipment needed to maintain and expand their operation.

After the Bob Cat fire destroyed nearly 80% of Angeles Crest Creamy, this goatherder in the San Gabriel Mountains used her BFF grant to study how the ecosystem and goats adapt to the evolving landscape after a wildfire.

Meg Barton Galvin & her 5 siblings own & operate a 1400+ acre diversified farm. They used a BFF grant to purchase a rainwater harvesting & solar drip-irrigation system, investing in agricultural diversification, on-farm water development, & on-farm energy.

CRECE is a urban farming cooperative. They will use a BFF grant to contract a website developer to build an online interface in Spanish and English.

Owned and operated by The Briermost Foundation, Ellsworth Acres is committed to helping residents in recovery learn how they can heal their self-worth and give back. They used a BFF grant to build an additional hoop house.

 Eloheh Farm and Seeds invested the BFF grant to build a farm stand and finish a greenhouse for their non-GMO, open-pollinated seeds. They specialize in perennial plants native to Oregon or the local Northern Kalapuya Indian tribal bands.

Fat Beet Farm is an ever-evolving production farm/kitchen/bakery & education space. They used a BFF grant to install a native plants food forest to maintain challenging ecosystems & provide produce during the lull of Florida’s summer heat.

Fisher Farms has been serving their community for five generations. With support of a BFF grant, they will install and improve their fencing infrastructure to ensure their valued produce makes it to market.

Gentry Farm is investing in sustainability for the land and people. With a BFF grant, they will expand their orchard and their toolbox of maintenance equipment.

Green Street Academy's farm is run by its high school students as part of the urban agriculture and aquaculture programs during the academic year and as paid interns during the summer. They will use the BFF grant to buy supplies for another year of learning.

Monica Bongue, farmer, artist & conservationist, runs a 27-acre nut, fruit, vegetable, & sheep farm. Recognizing a need in the sheep industry, Monica used a BFF grant to purchase wool-processing tools.

Dayna Burtness and her partner, Nick Nguyen, own and operate a 67-acre farmstead where they rotationally graze heritage pigs for meat. They used a BFF grant to install two stainless steel waterers.

Run cooperatively by four intergenerational, multi-racial, & LGBTQ+ women, Rise & Root Farm's mission is rooted in social justice and the healing power of food. Their BFF grant upgraded their greenhouse with water, electricity, and heat.

Robert Baldwin Jr., a beginning farmer, is growing his own 10-acre vegetable operation while working full time for another farmer. He used a BFF grant to purchase a string bean picker, diversifying the produce for his customers.

Trefoil Gardens is bringing neighbors together around local foods grown in the yards of the neighborhood. With a BFF grant they will invest in a propagation house, fit to serve their growing business.

Elisa Fleming is a 4th generation farmer running a 100% grass-fed & finished beef operation with her husband, Patrick. They used a BFF grant to replace a hay rack lost when their 95-year-old barn burned down.