HMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION
Cause Area
- Children & Youth
- Community
- Education & Literacy
- Environment
- Immigrants & Refugees
Location
149 Thompson Ave ESuite 210West Saint Paul, MN 55118 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
The mission of the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) is to advance the prosperity of Hmong farmers through cooperative endeavors, capacity building and advocacy. HAFA was started and is led by family farmers and uses community organizing to do its work.
Description
HAFA’s work is grounded in strong communitarian values and based around a Whole Food Model, which acknowledges that all aspects of the farm-to-fork system must be addressed simultaneously to truly build intergenerational and community wealth. There are five distinct but interrelated components in the model: land access, new markets, trainings and capacity building, financing, and research and data collection. What makes HAFA’s model unique is that it works with cohorts of experienced Hmong farmers and employs community organizing tactics to truly get at systems change.