Grow the Future of Farming
Providence Farm Collective is Growing the future of Farming — right here in Western New York! Join our grassroots movement to empower just and equitable access to food and farmland. Our goal: $10,000 by October 11.
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Passionate about working on a nonprofit farm that is committed to cultivating farmer-led and community-rooted agriculture and food systems to actualize the rights of under-resourced peoples? Then Providence Farm Collective is the place for you!
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
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...
May 22, 2024 by Debadrita Sur
Fruits of MacKenzie Scott grants flow to equity farm projects in Buffalo, Syracuse regions
Three organizations received surprise, unrestricted grants from the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York to help improve health in rural communities and promote health equity...
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)...
May 01, 2024 by Rick Ohler
Commissioner of Agriculture Announces Climate Resilient Farm Grants at Providence Farm Collective
Almost seven years later, PFC, now comprising 250 farmers from 11 immigrant, refugee and underserved communities working 37 acres of prime farmland in Orchard Park, has risen to such stature that it was chosen to host a significant announcement by the New York State Commissioner of Agriculture Richard Ball...
Apr. 24, 2024 by Brianne Roesser
State grants aim to help N.Y. farmers combat climate change
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — In celebration of Earth Week, the New York State Commissioner of Agriculture visited Western New York to announce the availability of grant funds for climate-resilient farming...
