Orchard Park, NY
Providence Farm Collective Corp
EIN 84-3427072
Verified- Agriculture
- Food Security
- Programming
- Cultural Awareness
- Environmental Justice
- Diversity & Intergroup Relations
- Individual Liberties
- Social Justice
Empowering Just and Equitable Access to Food and Farmland
Providence Farm Collective (PFC) grew from the Somali Bantu Community Farm, a three-year pilot launched in 2017 to address the challenges and opportunities of addressing fresh food insecurity and farmland access
PFC was established in 2019 as a non-profit umbrella organization with a mission of cultivating farmer-led and community-rooted agriculture and food systems to actualize the rights of under-resourced peoples.
PFC is the only non-profit in Western New York that directly empowers beginning agriculture and farming entrepreneurs through access to rural farmland, farming and business education, technical assistance, markets, and the opportunity to farm for income, all while passing important farming and cultural traditions down to younger generations. PFC has both incubator farmers, those working to start their own small agricultural businesses, and community farmers, those growing collaboratively to provide food to meet intra-community fresh produce needs. The organization is home to the only incubator farm program west of Ithaca in New York State.
Our Impact
- 200+ Individuals Accessing Farmland
- 100,000 Pounds of Produce Harvested Yearly
- 14,947 Individuals Accessing Food Grown at PFC
- 14,749 Pounds of Produce Donated to Food Panty Partners
