National Women in Agriculture Association

Headquartered in Oklahoma and founded by Dr. Tammy Gray-Steele - a second generation Black woman farmer - the National Women in Agriculture Association [NWIAA,] is the largest non-profit women in agriculture organization in the world. NWIAA has a mission to save lives and eliminate poverty by increasing the availability of fresh, locally grown foods while expanding economic opportunities for minority farmers. For the past 13 years and counting, NWIAA has been seeking to pass legislation that will re-distribute the balance of funding by the 1914 Smith-Lever Act. NWIAA is advocating for more equitable and sustainable support of minority and women farmers. NWIAA has introduced The Minority Women & Children Equality Inclusion Act which would increase targeted funding for the 1890 Land-grant colleges, which currently share only 6% of the annual $300 million Smith-Lever appropriation. Their vision for their communities, the country, and inedibly the world is to provide vital opportunities for rural and urban communities so as to equip them for tomorrow while engaging them in today.