A Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) is a regionally-based organization designed to bring together experienced and beginning/aspiring farmers. Training opportunities may include workshops, apprenticeships, farm tours, and communication systems like email lists. The first CRAFT was started in upstate New York in 1994-1995, and now there are several CRAFTs around North America. CRAFTs often focus on sustainable agriculture.
By region
Canada
- CRAFT Ontario
- CRAFT South West Ontario - http://craftsouthwestontario.ca/
- CRAFT Kawartha Region - http://craftfarms.ca/
- CRAFT Kingston - https://www.facebook.com/CRAFTkingston
- CRAFT North Eastern Ontario - http://ontariofarminternships.ca/north-eastern-ontario-farms.html
USA
Mid-Atlantic and Southeast
- Chesapeake CRAFT (Maryland, Virginia & Washington, D.C.) - http://www.ecoffshoots.org:80/education/chesapeake-craft-collaborative-regional-alliance-for-farmer-training/
- Kentucky CRAFT - http://www.hillandhollowfarm.com/craft.htm
- Western North Carolina CRAFT - http://organicgrowersschool.org:80/organicfarming/craft/
Midwest
- Ozarks CRAFT (Missouri) - http://ozarkscraft.wordpress.com
- Upper Midwest CRAFT (Northern Illinois & Southern Wisconsin) - http://web.archive.org/web/20201126144353/https://learngrowconnect.org/craft
Northeast
- Catskills CRAFT - http://web.archive.org/web/20161020042352/http://www.catskillscraft.org/
- CRAFT in Western Connecticut - http://web.archive.org/web/20150707123017/http://www.bloomingfieldsfarm.com:80/cft_frameindex.html
- East End CRAFT (Long Island, New York State) - http://web.archive.org/web/20180209203533/http://amagansettfoodinstitute.org:80/programs/craft
- Finger Lakes CRAFT - http://web.archive.org/web/20161019194509/http://groundswellcenter.org/farmertraining/craft/
- Hudson Valley CRAFT - http://mobiusfields.com/craft
- Rutland-Bennington CRAFT - (Vermont) http://web.archive.org/web/20180811021954/http://www.rutlandfarmandfood.org:80/craft
West
- Central Coast CRAFT (California) - http://sites.google.com/site/centralcoastcraft/
- North Fork Valley CRAFT (Colorado) - http://www.vocago.org/education.html
- Santa Cruz CRAFT - http://web.archive.org/web/20190413233429/http://www.santacruzcraft.org:80/
- Snoqualmie Valley CRAFT - http://web.archive.org/web/20180823033426/http://www.snovalleytilth.org/craft/
