What is CRAFT?
CRAFT stands for Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training and is a model for on-farm peer-to-peer training and network-building for farmers. The original CRAFT network formed in upstate New York and has been replicated many times since, adapted to meet the needs of each particular place.
The Alabama CRAFT Network is made by farmers for farmers, focusing our programming for small farmers (under 100 acres), landless farmers (renters, employees, interns, apprentices) and large-scale producers who are interested in sustainable or organic practices. It builds on past efforts to build community and share knowledge – including but not limited to the Regional Alabama Farmer Socials, and ASAN’s kindling workdays and crop mobs and Skillshare Trainings. Full Schedule can be found at asanonline.org/CRAFT
It is led by a 12-person ('24-'25) statewide Farmer Steering Committee who determines and carries our the slate for the year with support from our Farmer Programs Director, Arlo Pate arlo@asanonline.org. If you are interested in joining the SC, please reach out to Arlo (and see info below)!
Alabama CRAFT is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP)
Mobile, AL 36608