HMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION

The mission of the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) is to advance the economic, social and cultural prosperity of Hmong American family farmers in Minnesota. We do this by employing a number of tactics including demonstration projects on land stewardship, trainings on financial management and good agricultural practices, research studies on cover crops, and one to one intense mentoring. Our goal is to improve the economic well-being, capacity, and self-efficacy of our farmers and their families so that they can grow and sustain livelihoods in farming. Since more than half of the vegetable farmers in the Twin Cities are Hmong, HAFA also works to ensure that local childcare centers, schools, hospitals, corporate cafeterias and other places where people gather have steady stream of fresh, nutritious, produce that are locally grown and good for the environment.