Through the Good Farmer Fund, we’ve granted small farms more than $790,000 in relief funds since 2008.
It’s hard to make a living as a farmer, even under the best conditions. Small farms, particularly new farms, operate within such tight margins that just one emergency can lead to a financial disaster.
The Good Farmer Fund assists our market farms in crisis. Funds help mitigate financial fallout from situations such as crop loss from extreme weather, equipment or infrastructure damage or loss from fire, flood, or heavy snow, or predator-related livestock loss. In 2020, during mandated market closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NFM was able to mobilize support for the Fund to award over $350,000 in stabilization and recovery funds to all our market vendors.
Rama Farm
Extreme weather took down 40% of Marilyn and Rick’s peach and nectarine crop. A gift from the Good Farmer Fund helped the Bridgeville farm process damaged fruit and expand into new products.
Alm Hill Gardens
A devastating house fire destroyed Gretchen and Ben’s hand-built farmhouse at of in Everson. The Good Farmer Fund helped offset this brutal loss so the farmers could rebuild.
Sno-Valley Mushrooms
When the boiler at Sno-Valley Mushrooms in Duvall caught fire, their product was spared but production stopped. The Good Farmer Fund helped them continue short-term production.
