Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)
274 Pittsboro Elementary School Road
Pittsboro, NC 27312
"RAFI cultivates markets, policies, and communities that support thriving, socially just, and environmentally sound family farms."
RAFI looks to the government for loans
Growing North Carolina Organic From the Ground Up
Protect organic integrity against synthetic biology and new genetic engineering techniques.
General support
General support
General support
Program development
Bring Back the Bees - Burt's Bees Seeds Project
Durham Farmers' Market Double Bucks Program
Bring Back the Bees - 2016-2-BB Project
Bring Back the Bees - Burt's Bees Seeds Project
Bring Back the Bees and administration of wildflower planting project
To purchase wildflower seeds, which will be planted to support the Burt's Bees bring back the Bees campaign.
For general operating support
To expand and coordinate food ministry programs.
For NC Farmer Leadership Network project
For general operating support
Environment
Support family farms
Program development
General contribution
Durham Farmers' Market
For general operating support
To convene food and hunger grantees for learning and development of best practices.
Education
For Policy, advocacy and systems reform; Equal access; Grassroots organizing
Program development
For Growing North Carolina Organic Cotton from the Ground Up
NC Farmer Leadership Network project
Environment
Reinvigorating Public Plant Breeding
Creating a robust healthy food system
Seed matters
Program development
Agricultural Justice Project
Program Development -For farm fresh and healthy; Local produce on every table.
General contribution
Landowner, Outreach, Education & Empowerment Project
Landowner, Outreach, Education & Empowerment Project
For Come to the Table conferences
Education
Rural Cooperative Development Grants
For general operating support
North Carolina Farmer Leadership Network Project
Environment
Reinvigorating Public Plant Breeding
For project support for increasing Beginning Farmer Risk Management and Credit Opportunities
General contribution
For Landowner Rights and Fracking Project
Program development
For research that will improve hunger relief delivery systems
To assist organization in carrying out its exempt purpose
To work for reforms in federally subsidized crop insurance
For general support
For general operating support
For work on fracking in North Carolina
For landowner outreach and education on gas drilling and leasing issues in NC
For general operating support
For general support
For general operating support
For a campaign to reinvigorate classical(non-biotech) plant breeding in the US through coalition building and outreach
For organizational development
For general operating support and outreach to landowners on hydraulic facturing
For general support
For operating revenue
For general support
For protecting Farmers and Agriculture from Destructive Mining
For the Organic and Transitioning Farmers of New Hampshire
For general operating support
For general support
For general operating support
To build domestic fair trade movement that offers fair treatment for workers, economic returns for family farmers and rural communities and environmental benefits
To cover a portion of the travel/accommodation and conference registration expenses for African American, Native American and Latino leaders of organizations representing limited resource farmers to help shape a national organic action plan at a summit
To create sustainable opportunities for family farmers
For general support
For unrestricted support
For Keystone Campaign to Halt Expansion of Genetically Engineered Agriculture
For general support
For the matching grant from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
For the matching grant from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
For Crop Insurance Development Fund for Innovative NC farmers
To build domestic fair trade movement that encompasses farmers, farmworkers, independent distributors, processors and retailers
For General Operations
For general support
For Just and Sustainable Food Systems
For Just Foods Program
For Poultry Collaborative for Clean Water Project
For unrestricted support
To develop market and regulatory framework reducing economic and legal risks to farmers and rural communities from genetically engineered agriculture, while promoting continued growth of conventional alternatives such as organic and local crops
For general support
For creating sustainability and fairness in agriculture
For NSR Award
For project, Creating a Social Justice Food Label
For Poultry Collaborative for Clean Water Project
Continuing support; Equal access; Systems reform; Program development
For general support
To expose substantial economic and legal risks that genetically engineered crops impose on farmers and rural communities, and demonstrate benefits of growing conventional crops, particularly when they are organic
To provide financial counseling and technical assistance to Gulf Coast farm communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
To strengthen NC family farmers by supporting stewardship, contract fairness and diversification
For program support
For Just Foods Program
For Poultry Collaborative for Clean Water Project
To promote food security and justice by opposing spread of genetically engineered foods and creating sustainable alternatives
For general support
To enable Arkansas Hmong and Hmong-American poultry farmers to move from crisis to financial stability
To strengthen NC family farmers by supporting stewardship, contract fairness and diversification
For 3G Sustainable Living Program
For public plant and animal breeding, and to extend on-farm research model
For travel, registration and related support for four-person delegation, including two Hmong farmers, to attend 10th annual Hmong National Conference, in order to educate Hmong growers about problems associated with contract poultry
For general support
For general support
For Hurricane Katrina Relief
For Just Foods Program, Contract Agriculture Reform and Farm Preservation
For general support
To oppose genetically engineered agriculture and promote sustainable alternatives
To improve economic conditions and prospects of NC farms by reforming farm contracts
For 3G Sustainable Living Program
For general support
For Just Foods Program, Contract Agriculture Reform and Farm Preservation programs
For Just Foods Program, Contract Agriculture Reform and Farm Preservation
For project support for Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund to assist farmers in developing enterprises other than tobacco farming
To prevent commercialization of genetically engineered rice in North America and promote food security by opposing spread of genetically engineered foods and creating sustainable alternatives
For general support
For initiatives in NC, On-farm Research and Contract Agriculture Reform
For public plant and animal breeding, and to extend on-farm research model
For Eco-Labels, Social Justice Standards, and Seed Summit projects
For Eco-Labels, Social Justice Standards, and Seed Summit projects
To prevent commercialization of genetically engineered wheat in North America
For on-farm Research and Contract Agriculture Reform
