Name: Sustaining and Funding an Ecosystem - How Four Organizations are Coming Together to Strengthen Small-Scale Farming Businesses in the Salinas Valley
Start: 2026-09-23T11:00:00-0600
End: 2026-09-23T12:30:00-0600

Sustaining and Funding an Ecosystem - How Four Organizations are Coming Together to Strengthen Small-Scale Farming Businesses in the Salinas Valley

Wednesday September 23, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT

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Four farmer serving organizations are working together to fuel the economic viability of small-scale farms and ranches in the Salinas Valley region in Central California. Kitchen Table Advisors (KTA) is leading this collaboration in partnership with California FarmLink, Agriculture & Land-Based Training Association (ALBA), and The Cultiva, to support access to wealth building opportunities for primarily Latino immigrant organic farmers throughout this region. We would like to present lessons and best practices on our partnership over the years and how we are working together as service providers to support farmers on each step of their lifecycle to ensure that they have the tools, training, and opportunities for their businesses to thrive. We will also discuss how we work together from a fundraising perspective to ensure that not just our individual organizations are resourced, but our network across the region as well. We hope that attendees come away with new perspectives on how to work together in collaboration on common goals.

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Andrea Levy

Senior Program Manager, California FarmLink

Nathan Harkleroad

ALBA

Rui Bing Zheng

Director, Resource Partnerships, Kitchen Table Advisors (KTA)

Rui Bing Zheng is Kitchen Table Advisors' Director of Resource Partnerships. She works alongside staff, community partners, and stakeholders to meet KTA's annual goals and mission of ensuring the economic viability of small-scale farms and ranches in California.

Wednesday September 23, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT
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Nathan Harkleroad

Rui Bing Zheng

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