Empowering Communities Through Agriculture
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Welcome to National Economic and Social Development Action Committee (NESDAC).
We here at NESDAC have a good understanding of what priorities and worries that are among resource poor and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. We have years of experience of working in many conditions, limitations and barriers that many of the farmers, ranchers and their families must deal with on a daily basis. NESDAC will offer parcels of land, equipment, training and technical assistance to individuals who would like to become independent producers, farmers, and ranchers.
Rebuilding a fair and resilient farming system, means giving voice to those who have often been left out. Historically underserved farmers are just that – historically and systematically shut out of financial resources, markets, and technical assistance, among other opportunities. A group of farmers and farm allies across California seeking to change that, lent their voices to some events at the State Capitol.
On September 17 and 18 of 2017, farmers of color and farm allies gathered in Sacramento for a PAN-supported roster of activities as part of the California Farmer Justice Collaborative’s Farmer Justice Days
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National Economic and Social Development Action Committee (NESDAC) advocacy, technical assistance and outreach program is an economic empowerment program that provides resources to underserved and socially disadvantaged farmers who are new, beginning, urban, black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) and others with little or no resources to operate a farm due to resource constraints, prejudice and discrimination. NESDAC provides parcels of land and equipment to individuals or families who would like to become independent producers (farmers/ranchers). NESDAC trains people to become farmers, ranchers, and agricultural workers by giving them the knowledge, skills, and abilities to produce and sell their products.
Resource poor and socially disadvantaged producers need a lot of external help so they can concentrate their energies on production and other aspects of on-farm activities. African American farmers in particular face double impediments compounded by prejudice, discrimination, and the inability to take advantage of volume/aggregation or cooperative marketing and purchasing. opportunities. According to a USDA report, lack of outreach and technical assistance has weakened limited resource and socially disadvantaged producers’ ability to obtain loans, grants, contracts, etc.
In a recent report, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) found that many socially disadvantaged farmers are not familiar with available resources such as grants and technical assistance
(https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/farmerresources/pdfs/2020FarmerEquityReport.pdf).
