In collaboration with Animal Outlook, we built the Farmer Toolkit. It provides a variety of relevant content, such as funding sources for farmers, crop information, and regional resources. Through this collaboration, we share resources created, information gathered, and farmer outcomes documented to better track the farm-transition movement and reduce barriers to transitioning for future farmers.
In honor of the late Bo Halley, we have created the Bo Halley Research and Innovation Grant, which provides funding to farmers transitioning from industrial animal agriculture to growing plants.
The purpose of this grant is to catalyze farm transitions, produce case studies that enable future Transfarmation farmers to access capital, and support legislative efforts to encourage farm transitions.
Our research and innovation grants enable our team to collect data from farm transitions, document the outcomes, and provide key lessons learned to accelerate future farm transitions. We feature the resources created by our technical consultants and the lessons learned through our grants on our Farmer Toolkit website to further increase the long-term efficacy of our program.
This farmer and her family are converting a barn on their third-generation hog farm into a greenhouse to grow greens, herbs, and strawberries hydroponically and plans to expand from there into the remaining hog barns. They aim to grow produce year-round that sustains their community and to educate other farmers about the importance of food-focused agriculture. Learn more about Caroline Standiford's farm transition here.
These farmers converted their poultry barns into greenhouses for growing microgreens, vegetables, peppers, and seasonal flowers. The R&I grant will enable them to upgrade their greenhouse structure and equipment, greatly increasing their efficiency and output. Learn more about Paula and Dale Boles’s farm transitions here.
This farmer is continuing her family’s farm transition by repurposing their poultry barns into greenhouses to start a cut-flower business. Next for the farm will be an expansion into vegetable and mushroom farming. Learn more about Morgan and the Halley family here.
This family launched a mushroom-growing pilot project that will eventually expand into their former hog barns. Learn more about the Faaborg family’s farm transition here.
These former dairy farmers are utilizing their welding and nursing skills to transform their milking barns and dairy parlor into a mushroom-growing operation. Learn more about Paula and Paul Hamilton’s farm transition here.
A former dairy farm is now a greenhouse with raised beds and hydroponic growing systems. Learn more about the Barker family’s farm transition here.
Former poultry farmers purchased a refrigerated shipping container to retrofit for a mushroom-growing operation to complement their existing small-scale vegetable garden. Learn more about Tom and Sokchea Lim’s transition here.
This farmer purchased a greenhouse and supplies to grow mushrooms and plans to convert existing poultry barns into greenhouses for greens, strawberries, and seasonal vegetables.
The Halleys purchased fencing and penning materials to turn their cattle pasture into a space for socializing rescued donkeys. Learn more about the Halley farm transition here.
Former poultry farmer Craig Watts purchased and retrofitted a shipping container inside a chicken house to grow specialty mushrooms. Learn more about his transition here.
This farm is launching its transition out of hog farming by converting an auxiliary farm building into a mushroom-growing space.