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Rocky Mountain Farmers Union says grant freeze briefly halted Ag Well services; community funds kept program running
Summary
Leanne Sanders and Tyler Garrett said the Ag Well program paused programming after a RASAP federal grant freeze but community fundraising raised roughly $130,000 in 30 days; RASAP funds were later unfrozen and the program applied for the next cycle while planning for a $50,000 shortfall.
Leanne Sanders, director of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union’s Ag Well program, told the Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee that an unexpected freeze of RASAP (USDA) regional grant funds in April temporarily halted the program’s work. Ag Well provides upstream community building, peer coaching and referral connections for farm and ranch mental‑health and stress…
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