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![]() "Farm workers to Farm Owners" ![]()
Mission: The Center for Latino Farmers (Center) was established in 2001 by Rural Community Development Resources (RCDR) to work with primarily Spanish-speaking farm workers in their transition to farm ownership. The program was designed to empower the agricultural communities of Washington State through development of the individual.
The Center empowers new and emerging farmers to efficiently and effectively run their businesses by connecting them to USDA services, providing training workshops, preparing loan packages, and providing one-on-one technical assistance services. Services are provided individually or in group settings in both Spanish and English. Targeted groups we strive to serve: *Beginning Farmer or Rancher: An individual or entity that has not farmed or ranched for more than 10yrs. *Socially Disadvantaged Producer: An individual who belongs to a group whose members have been subject to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as a member of a group without regard to their individual qualities
*Limited Resource Producer: is a producer with both of the following, Direct or indirect gross farm sales not more than $100,000 in both of the previous 2 years
(as adjusted for inflation using Price Paid by Farmer Index as compiled by NASS); and Total household income at or
below the national poverty level for a family of 4, or less than 50 percent of county median household income in both of the
previous 2 years (to be determined annually using Commerce Department Data).
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