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.
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!
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...
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...
Awards, New Barn, StrengthenedCommitment Drive PFC’s Success
September 2024
Awards, New Barn, Strengthened 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...
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)...