Learn more about HAFA and IATP’s partnership to support farm to early care with Hmong Providers. CSA boxes help provide alternate markets for HAFA farmers, and give providers culturally-relevant foods for the kids they care for! Watch the Hmong language version of this video here. 

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Interviews and interpretation by KaZoua Xiong

Filming and editing by Nora Shields-Cutler

Music by Robin Shields-Cutler

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Building on a long-standing partnership and a bedrock vision of a truly community-based food system, in 2020 the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) launched a new Farm to in-home Early Care initiative on the east side of St. Paul. Read a Farm to in-home Early Care pilot case study on increasing access to healthy, culturally appropriate produce and resources for Hmong in-home early care providers and sustaining the financial viability of Hmong American Farmers Association farmers.