Viva Farms

Support Viva Farms for GiveBIG 2025! 

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” - Margaret Wheatley 

At Viva Farms, we care about farmers, community and food. We believe the health of our community is inextricably bound to the vitality of local agriculture. Viva Farms is a nonprofit farm-business training organization and incubator farm. We are based in Skagit and King County, Washington. We have a 15-year history of success growing the next generation of farmers, offering our programs in both English and Spanish to reflect the languages of our community. Our mission is to empower aspiring and limited-resource farmers by providing bilingual training in holistic organic farming practices, as well as access to land, infrastructure, equipment, marketing and capital. To tour Viva Farms King County virtually, click here. 

At the start of the year, Viva Farms lost access to our contracted federal funds following changes in the priorities of the federal government: over $5M committed for the next several years and 70% of our annual budget. We need you all, our community, to help preserve the land, resources, and support that the 34 incubating farm businesses in our program rely on - along with nearly 100 jobs and a $3M per year supply of local, organic produce. 

Our goal for GiveBIG 2025 is to raise $15,000 to secure our programs for this season and keep farmers farming! We feed thousands of Washingtonians each year. While farmers retire and farmland dwindles across the county, we are working to grow the next generation of farmers. We have 34 farm businesses incubating with us in 2025, and 38 students joined us for our 8-month, land-based training program, the Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture. 

Our friends at Organically Grown Company are graciously matching dollar for dollar the first $5,000 raised. Who will grow your food in the future? Join us to Keep Farmers Farming! 

To learn more about Viva Farms, please visit www.vivafarms.org and sign up for our newsletter here.