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August 28, 2025 by Buffalo Rising
Further protecting New York’s agricultural industries and vulnerable families, Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that more than $1.12 million has been awarded to 25 farmers’ market organizations statewide. This funding – an increase of more than $870,000 over last year’s awards – is intended to enhance infrastructure, reach more consumers, and advance a resilient food supply chain...
August 28, 2025 by Buffalo Healthy Living
Providence Farm Collective (PFC) is proud to announce that Deputy Director Hamadi Ali has been elected to serve on the Board of the Erie County Farm Bureau. In this role, Ali will bring the perspectives of refugee, immigrant...
October 6, 2025 by BTPM - NPR
Providence Farm Collective’s Executive Director, Kristin Heltman-Weiss, and Deputy Director, Hamadi Ali, sat down with Jay Moran on Buffalo Toronto Public Media’s What’s Next? to discuss the latest updates on our federal lawsuit and exciting developments happening at the farm...
August 28, 2025 by WIVB
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — In May, Providence Farm Collective (PFC), a 37-acre nonprofit farm in Orchard Park, had its $750,000 federal grant pulled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The organization filed an appeal against the termination, and now, its leaders said they’ve won a significant legal battle. A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction, temporarily halting the termination...
August 24, 2025 by The Buffalo News
A federal judge ruled that the United States government must reinstate a grant to an Orchard Park farm after it was terminated as part of President Trump's crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion – widely known as DEI – programs...
August 16, 2025 by Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Providence Farm Collective must keep receiving federal grant money while its lawsuit works its way through the court system, a federal judge ruled Thursday...
June 28, 2025 by Natalie Brophy
Providence Farm Collective in Orchard Park is suing the federal government over the government's cancellation of a grant deemed to be funding a diversity, equity and inclusion – widely known as DEI – program...
May 5, 2025 by WBFO
Recently, the organization received unexpected news from the U.S. Department of Agriculture: a grant contract has been terminated just as the growing season begins. Jay Moran sits down with Hamadi Ali, Markets Manager at Providence Farm Collective, and Executive Director Kristin Heltman-Weiss to discuss the impact of this development—not only on the organization, but on the communities they serve...
May 6, 2025 by Dillon Morello -WIVB
Providence Farm Collective (PFC), a 37-acre nonprofit farm located in Orchard Park, recently received notice from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that its $750,000 grant — currently in its second year — would be terminated...
May 6, 2025 by Buffalo News
An Orchard Park farming collective saw its federal grant funding terminated last month after the government determined the money was being used to fund a diversity, equity and inclusion – widely known as DEI – program...
May 15, 2025 by Orchard Park Bee
Providence Farm Collective is in a scramble
following the unexpected termination of a
grant contract by the United States
Department of Agriculture on April 25. The
grant is reported to have been terminated due
to concerns with diversity, equity and inclusion...
May 21, 2025 by WIVB
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Providence Farm Collective (PFC) in Orchard Park filed an appeal last Thursday of a grant termination by the federal government, where it cited concerns of discriminatory practices associated with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives...
May 22, 2025 by WBFO
A local non-profit that connects communities with rural farmland is pushing back against the cancellation of its federal grant funding. Providence Farm Collective is appealing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's determination that the Collective's Incubator Farm Program is "a DEI initiative and, therefore, discriminatory and unconstitutional."
May 23, 2025 by Althea Castro de la Mata
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WKBW) — A $750,000 federal grant that supported a Western New York farm program has been cut by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Providence Farm Collective is fighting back...
May 6, 2025 by The Jaurdyn Johnson
Frustration is growing among farm owners in Orchard Park after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) terminated a $750,000 grant intended to support training for immigrant and refugee farmers....
Jan 20, 2025 by The Buffalo News
According to the lawsuit – filed Jan. 13 by Providence Farm Collective against the Town of Orchard Park, town engineer Wayne Bieler and the Erie County Water Authority – the town’s actions have prevented Providence Farm Collective from using the new barn because...
Apr 6, 2025 by The Buffalo News
Providence Farm Collective will have water for its new barn in time for the upcoming growing season following months of back-and-forth with the Town of Orchard Park...
ORCHARD PARK N.Y. (WIVB) – A local farm’s dream of expanding production is drying up after farmers say their new barn still does not have access to running water...
Nov 20, 2024 by WKBW TV
The Providence Farm Collective's new barn remains without water as they await approval from the Town of Orchard Park...
Nov 15, 2024 by Maki Becker
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WKBW) — A big red barn now stands at the Providence Farm Collective in Orchard Park, representing a new phase in the farm's mission...
Oct 03, 2024 by Orchard Park Bee
Providence Farm Collective’s executive director, Kristin Heltman-Weiss of Orchard Park, was recognized by the Buffalo Niagara Chapter of NYS Women’s Inc. as part of their Women In Leadership Awards on Oct. 2 at the Buffalo Niagara Chapter’s October meeting...

