BIPOC Meet-up & Consultation Survey

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Which best describes your farming experience?
Aspiring farmer
Farming < 5 years
Farming 5-10 years
Farming 10-20 years
Farming 20+ years
Not currently farming
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What barriers do you face in working towards your farm dreams or goals?
Land
Capital
Training / Education / Mentorship
Community / Representation
Other
Please select any barriers you face
Please explain
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If you are new to EFAO, what supports, programs or resources would you like to see EFAO offer? If you are new to EFAO you may be interested in visiting the website to learn more about EFAO’s programs and resources.
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If you are familiar with EFAO:
Conference
Workshops and Field Days
New Farmer online training
Farmer-Led Research Program
Seed Program
Online Community Forum
Soil Health Benchmark Study
Newsletter and Enews
Advisory Service
Northern Ontario targeted outreach and programs
Which of their current programs and resources have you found most helpful?
What new supports, programs or resources do you wish EFAO would offer?
What would you like EFAO to stop doing?
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Below is a list of activities that EFAO board and staff are planning to undertake over the coming year in support of their commitment to anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion. EFAO would love to hear your thoughts and feedback! What should be added, removed or adapted?- Hiring a BIPOC consultant to help with this work. - Building relationships with and receiving feedback from BIPOC members and farmers, and BIPOC-led organizations. - Increasing the number of BIPOC speakers at the conference, events and contributors in the newsletter. - Inviting Black, Indigenous and people of colour to join the board. - Review hiring and outreach practices to be more inclusive. - Committing to ongoing staff and board training in anti-racism. - Providing and encouraging anti-racism training for members. - Surveying and better understanding member demographics. - Developing a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, Action Plan, and Policy.
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Do you have suggestions of BIPOC-led organizations or initiatives that you think EFAO could support and engage with?
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EFAO is offering 1-year “trial” EFAO memberships for interested BIPOC farmers to become involved with EFAO! These are memberships that come with all of the regular benefits, plus a digital subscription to the quarterly publication Ecological Farming in Ontario. Do you have any feedback about this idea?
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Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this survey!

EFAO really values your input.
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