Welcome to RAFI

Support RAFI's work with a tax-deductable donation today.The Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA cultivates markets, policies and communities that support thriving, socially just and environmentally sound family farms.

While focusing on North Carolina and the southeastern United States, we also work nationally and internationally. RAFI is creating a movement among farm, environmental and consumer groups to ensure that:

  • family farmers have the power to earn a fair and dependable income;
  • everyone who labors in agriculture is respected, protected, and valued by society;
  • air, water and soil are preserved for future generations;
  • the land yields healthy and abundant food and fiber that is accessible to all members of society;
  • the full diversity of seeds and breeds, the building blocks of agriculture, are reinvigorated and publicly protected.

News

Shop at Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro, NC on Mon., July 6th - 1% goes to RAFI

Action alert: Stop government-backed loans that put farmers out of business

Action alert: Tell the USDA that GMO contamination of organic food and farms is not acceptable.

Cost-share grants available for farmers in central North Carolina

Farm loan restructuring

Food safety and H.R. 875

We're Hiring: TCRF Field Coordinator- Eastern North Carolina

RAFI advocate recieves 2008 Nancy Susan Reynolds Award for Personal Service:
RAFI-USA is a private non-profit organization based in Pittsboro, NC
dedicated to cultivating markets, policies and communities that support thriving, socially just and environmentally sound family farms.

Street Address: 274 Pittsboro Elementary School Rd, Pittsboro, NC • Mailing Address: P.O. Box 640, Pittsboro, NC 27312 • Phone (919) 542-1396 - Fax (919) 542-0069