Grow the Future of Farming
With community investment and partnership, Providence Farm Collective achieved remarkable milestones. Unrestricted funds like yours are vital to sustaining PFC’s grassroots efforts, empowering farmers and eaters in our region.
Grassroots Leadership
Learn about the foundational importance for grassroots organizations to center skills, resources, and network exchange through shared leadership – especially for incubator programs intended to provide education and opportunities to under-resourced entrepreneurs. The Farmer Leadership Circle Program drives this vision at Providence Farm Collective!
Empowering Just and Equitable Access to Food and Farmland
100,000
Pounds of produce harvested
29
Farms
232
Farmers
11,000
Individuals accessed food grown at PFC
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PFC News
Nov 20, 2024 by WKBW TV
'I hope this has a happy ending': Providence Farm Collective's new barn faces water supply delay
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
'A wonderful space': Providence Farm Collective opens new barn for preparing produce
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
OP resident honored with Women in Leadership Award
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...
Sep 21, 2024 by Alec White
Bills Foundation has donated $2 million since 2023 to address food insecurity
The Bills Foundation will continue to support Providence Farm Collective's mission of cultivating farmer-led and community-rooted agriculture and food systems to actualize the rights of under-resourced peoples...
September 2024
Awards, New Barn, Strengthened
Commitment Drive PFC’s Success
Commitment Drive PFC’s Success
The news of Providence Farm Collective (PFC) executive director Kristin Heltman-Weiss’s recent Empower through Ag Award gave photographer Marty Wangelin and me a great excuse to head over once again to the Burton Road farm to see all the improvements they’ve been making. From the Somali Bantu refugee and immigrant community in Buffalo...
July 2024 by Timothy Bigham
Providence Farm Collective - A Refugee Oasis
If you were to design an individual who could eke out an existence under the toughest of circumstances you might start with a farmer. You might also start with a refugee. And if you started with refugees who were farmers, well then, your drafting table just might be located at Providence Farm Collective (PFC)...
