Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc.

Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law center headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a federal grant recipient providing legal services, training, and educational materials to family farmers and socially disadvantaged agricultural producers. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient (94% of recent awards) with no federal contract footprint; it does not bid on contracts or compete under set-asides, making it unsuitable as a prime contractor teaming partner but potentially relevant as a sub-recipient on grant work targeting agricultural legal assistance.

Farmers' Legal Action Group's grant portfolio centers on the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The top customer agencies account for 82% of recent awards: the USDA Risk Management Agency (6 awards), the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (3 awards), the USDA Farm Service Agency Washington Office (2 awards), and the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (2 awards). The Legislative Branch represents one award. The vendor's flagship agreement is a five-year, $5 million cooperative agreement awarded in April 2022 (completion April 2027) by the USDA's Institute of Youth, Family, and Community to provide legal support, educational materials, and training for socially disadvantaged farmers. A second cooperative agreement awarded in April 2023 by the USDA's Washington Office provided one-on-one assistance to producers navigating the traditional Emergency Relief Program (ERP) application process (completion April 2024). Most recent activity includes a December 2024 sub-grant award from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture under which Farmers' Legal Action Group provides legal support, training, and guidance to strengthen a national network of direct service providers supporting distressed and socially disadvantaged farmers.

Activity has been sparse and irregular — one award in 2024, one in 2023, one in 2022, and two in 2017. Combined dollars obligated across all recent awards total $6.5 million. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's mission since 1986 has centered on keeping family farmers on the land through legal advocacy, policy support, and publishing farmers' guides to federal programs and laws.