Northeast Queer Farmer Wellness Micro Grants

The Northeast Queer Farmer Wellness Microgrant program is funded through the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. The Northeast Queer Farmer Wellness Microgrant program defines stress and mental health broadly including the impacts of structural barriers and oppression of white supremacy and heterosexism. This project is run by queer service providers and farmers across the Northeast to support queer and trans farmers.

The Northeast Queer Farmer Wellness Microgrant program believes that queer and trans farmers know best what they need! This money can be used however it may support you, including - but not limited to - therapy, childcare, a massage, rent, compensating you for unpaid organizing work you already do, attending community events, getting your nails done even if they are about to get dirty again, etc.

Those who satisfy all of the below three criteria are eligible:

• You self identify as LGBTQ+

• You are a farmer, farmworker and or/ land steward

• You are based in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, or Washington D.C.

The following people will be prioritized:

• Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color

• Farm workers and other land stewards that are not usually defined as "farmers" by dominant funding structures, which includes but is not limited to: farm workers/ laborers, part-time farmers, and beginning farmers.

This form is due by October 27th with money distributed in November.