Dear Friends of NHAF,
On April 29, 2016 in
Fresno, CA at the Ramada Inn located at 324 East Shaw Ave, NHAF will be hosting
our Annual 7th Annual NHAF National Conference. Participating will be many of
the USDA National State Department Appointees and employees, agency leaders,
CBO leadership was well as farmer leader members representing the Hmong,
African American, Latino, Filipino and other farming
communities. Last year's event included four farmers from Laos. There are many
hands on activities designed for the ESL participants including USDA-SNAP-EBT
sign up, loan application, programs share, and others.
NHAF is the first Hmong Community Based organization to solely
focus its mission on the subject of Farming. As you know the Hmong people
settled in the USA after assisting the American's during the Vietnam War. As
our first generation parents were scatters across this great land many did not
have the educational background, job training skills and spoke English well
enough to enter the mainstream workplace and true excel and achieve the
American Dream. In the 1980's many, many Hmong families settled in the Central
of California, Fresno and began farming on .5-1 acre and since then our Hmong
refugees have been feeding the world with the many locally Hmong/Asian
Specialty Crop.
NHAF was founded in
2003 as the lone Hmong CBO to assist our community achieve the American Dream
through agriculture/farming while assisting the elected officials, USDA and
other governmental and CBO better understand the many positive contributions
from the Hmong and the Hmong farming community as their have been many
misunderstands that have escalated into troublesome times for both parties
involve when their intentions are positive
If you should have any
questions please feel free to contact me at 559-313-3339 or email at cxthao05@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Chukou Thao, E.D.
National Hmong American Farmers, Inc.
6366 N. Fig Garden Dr. Ste. 101A
Fresno, CA 93722
559/313-3339
webpage: www.nhaf.org
