Help for Farmers
If you are a farmer who needs help
Call 1-800-FARMAID (1-800-327-6243), email farmhelp@farmaid.org, or visit Farm Aid's Farmer Resource Network.
If you're a farmer dealing with natural disaster, take a look at our Disaster Assistance for Farmers page for a list of potential resources.
Joel manages the Farm Aid Hotline and takes most of the calls and emails, and if he's unavailable anyone on the staff can help. If you can't reach us directly, help us help you by including in your phone or e-mail message your full name, location, and contact info. We'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Some people assume Farm Aid provides large grants and loans directly to farmers. In fact, we can't and never have. Our incorporation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) prevents us from making grants or loans to any for-profit business, including farms. Instead, we fund farm support organizations of many kinds as part of our nation-wide, ever-expanding Resource Network. We can connect you to direct services of many kinds, including:
- financial and credit counseling
- legal advice
- technical assistance
- sustainable and organic transition support
- new farmer support
- disaster and emergency services
- and much more
We will do our flat out best to help you find the assistance you need to support your farm and help it thrive.