CROPP’s Farmers Advocating for Organics

The Farmers Advocating for Organics (FAFO) fund provides a way for our cooperative's farmers to identify and support key issues facing the organic marketplace and organic agriculture. The organic farmers of CROPP Cooperative, who produce the high quality organic products for Organic Valley® and Organic Prairie®, voluntarily contribute to the fund on an annual basis, and a committee of CROPP farmers reviews proposals and decides how to distribute the funds.

The FAFO Farmer Committee accepts proposals from individuals and organizations seeking funding for particular projects or programs dedicated to furthering organic education, organic farming or product research, and organic advocacy.

Within this section of our Web site, you will find the FAFO granting criteria as well as guidelines for how to submit a proposal. To determine whether FAFO is the best granting program for your particular project, please carefully review our granting criteria before submitting your proposal.

Mission

"To gather voluntary contributions from CROPP members for a fund dedicated to protecting and promoting the organic marketplace by investing in organic research, education and advocacy. The fund will be distributed at the discretion of a committee of CROPP members to further develop organic farming methods and to strengthen and protect organic producers’ interests in the global marketplace."

—FAFO Charter

Grant Cycles and Proposal Deadlines

Full Grant proposals are currently being accepted for the Spring 2010 grant cycle. Proposals are due by midnight February 1, 2010.

Small grant requests (under $5,000) may be submitted at any time and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Questions

If you have questions email us.