Ways In
At the For Farmers Movement, in order to meet our goals of 1) bringing eaters closer to their farmers, and 2) putting real support directly in farmers' hands, we believe that you need options. We call it 100 Ways In, knowing that all you really need is one. Your one way is waiting for you here.
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Nominate a Farmer
Know a farmer doing something worth noticing? A nomination isn't a form, it's a way of saying “this person matters.” Every grant we give starts with someone taking thirty seconds to say so. Nominations open April 8 and close October 12.
Pay It Forward
If you're a farmer, you know what it took to get here, and you know another farmer standing exactly where you've been. Nominate them. Tell them about the Movement. This is how the whole thing actually grows, one farmer looking out for the next.
Farmer Grants
Farming takes more than good intentions, it takes fencing, tools, and cash. Three tiers: a Foundational Grant ($500–$1,000) for infrastructure or recovering from a loss, a Land Stewardship Grant ($5,000) for water, soil, or grazing work, and a Transformational Grant ($10,000) for the leap that changes how a whole operation runs. Applications open July 1 and are due October 12.
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Wish Lists For Farmers
Every farm has a running list of the small stuff it needs, a pair of socks, work gloves, a walk-in cooler. People buy directly off the list, and sometimes a whole list gets cleared in the blink of an eye.
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Become a Friend of a Farmer
For $25 a quarter (or $100 a year), you help fund the next round of grants, members help direct a $1,000 grant every quarter to a farmer they've nominated. Our first six grants back in 2022 were funded exactly this way, $25 at a time. Still true today.
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One For Farmers
What if one million people each donated $1? That's the spirit of the For Farmers Movement. One dollar next to another, until those small gifts become a farmer's next grant. If you've ever heard “vote with your dollar,” this is the place to actually do it.
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Be a Part of the Farm
When you donate, you join others in that farmer's field to lend a hand. Many donors tell us it's the most impactful gift they make all year, one that goes straight into the next round of grants.
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Farmer's Hours
Every Tuesday at 5:18 a.m., I send you a letter. It's personal, because this Movement is personal. A little from my farm, an update on nominations, what's new at For Farmers Movement, and a feature on a farmer and what they're doing.
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The Listening Tour
This is where farmers tell us what's actually going on, the wins and the hard stuff. Nothing here is hypothetical, everything the Movement builds next starts with what gets said here.
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State of the Farmer
Thousands of farmers and nominators tell us what's actually happening, through the Listening Tour, wish lists, every nomination and application that comes in. I pull it together into one clear read on where small farms are hurting and where they're finding real traction. Available as a write-up, or booked as a keynote.
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One Bite Is Everything
Connecting what's on your dinner plate to the rest of the world. A podcast for the drive, the workout, the dishes, wherever. Farmers, chefs, scientists, and policymakers in real conversation. Part of Heritage Radio Network, top 3% of podcasts worldwide, a top 100 show. New episodes every Thursday, 175+ and counting.
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@xoxofarmgirl
Why does local food cost what it costs? What's actually happening with farm policy? Why do the shelves look different this month? I answer the questions here, in posts made to share. It's a real-time 101 for anyone curious about the food system, and a ready-made answer for farmers fielding the same questions from their own customers.
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Bite Sized on Substack
A weekly bit of writing that starts with something small and traces it through all of its complexity from strawberries to independence to ethanol. Bite Sized digs into the forces shaping what we eat — one bite at a time. Because food is never just food. It's mainly for the 98% of us who don’t farm. And because food looks simple, but isn’t.
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Friend of a Farmer Choice Awards
Every May, forty farmers submit a short video about a project they're dreaming up, and the public votes. Winners take home $1,000. More than 26,000 votes cast so far.
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Love For Farmers
Every February, volunteers across the country sit down to handwrite postcards of thanks to farmers nationwide. It's turned into its own tradition, something families, schools, and friend groups look forward to doing together.