Welcome
Ua tsaug (thank you in Hmong; pronounced ua chao) for supporting local Black and Brown farmers and BIPOC communities! Together, we are part of a grassroots movement for food sovereignty, land reparations, and racial justice.
Our Identity
Friendly Hmong Farms is a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) social enterprise business. We are led by Friendly Vang-Johnson and a team of volunteers from across western Washington and Minnesota. Community solidarity is what brought us together to create Friendly Hmong Farms, and is embedded in every aspect of how we grow, sell, and share our food and flowers. When we are in solidarity with one another food sovereignty, land reparations, and racial justice are possible.
What We Do
We are continuing the work that began in 2020, sourcing from 20+ farming families. To honor their contributions, we pay our farmers well above wholesale prices. By pulling together as a community, we are able to maintain the lowest possible overhead, return the highest margin back to farmers, and realize our vision for food sovereignty, land reparations, and racial justice.
Our sliding scale prices invites everyone to participate with honor and dignity: those who have more help offset the costs for others; prices are set intentionally to make our produce more accessible for lower or fixed-income households; and those who labor as essential and frontline workers receive a discount as an acknowledgement of their work and contributions, too.
We use our own revenue (and your donations and tips) to bring food and flowers to those who have been most impacted by the pandemic, including essential and frontline workers, and Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
Your purchases and contributions also fund our summer Youth Program, as well as, allow us to make in-kind and monetary payments to the Duwamish and other Indigenous and Native peoples, Tribes, and organizations, as they are the original stewards of the lands we live, enjoy, and farm on.
Make a donation.
We joyfully accept donations of any denomination. Your donations and tips help keep our overhead low, so we can return the highest margin back to the farmers. We also use your donations, in addition to sales revenue, to run our Youth Program and to buy and deliver veggies and flowers to local nonprofits, mutual aid groups, food banks, schools, clinics, and hospitals, or directly to elders and essential, frontline workers. Consider making a donation online or sending us a check (so that we may avoid transaction fees). You can also add a tip to your basket when shopping.
Please note: Donations made to Friendly Hmong Farms are not tax deductibe, since we are not a 501C3. However, donations to our Food for All Youth Leadership Program (which is fiscally sponsored by the PI Health Board of WA) are considered charitable contributions and we would be happy to issue a receipt for your tax filing purposes.
What People Are Saying
Volunteering with Friendly Hmong Farms was a delight! We were new to our neighborhood and volunteering for the CSA gave us the opportunity to meet so many of our neighbors. We liked having the opportunity to support local BIPOC farmers and be part of moving our communities toward food justice.
— Charlie (2021 Delridge host)
I continue to volunteer because I am moved by the way this organization works to address both immediate needs and long-term injustices. It’s a gift to connect with my neighbors every week through flower and veggie pick-ups and donations. I also believe strongly in the advocacy work that Friendly Hmong Farms is doing to end to structural racism in the farm loan programs and to teach young people about farming, food justice, and land reparations through the farm intern program. Lastly, I volunteer to honor the memory of my friend Carol Nockold, a chef who loved and championed farmers, who helped me better understand the web of care that can and must exist between farmers and consumers, and who would have been really into what FHF is up to.
— Holly (2020-current Leschi host)
Thank you Friendly Hmong Farms for your generous donation of gorgeous floral bouquets and healthy pesticide-free fruits and vegetables for domestic violence programs and survivor households! It has been a joy to share traditional foods grown by Latinx, Black, and Asian farmers, with people from their own communities, in a dignified and respectful way. You are building community with each beautiful flower and delicious bite.
— Judy, WA State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Friendly Hmong Farms is a shining example of how when given opportunity, community creates the best outcomes. As a volunteer I benefited greatly from the warm heartedness generated by the simple routine of connecting with the farmers and neighbors each week as they brought and gathered their flowers and produce boxes. Bouquets of Friendly Hmong flowers grew to be a weekly ritual of love for the beauty, community, and connectedness that is life itself. A mindful practice of slowing down and appreciating the miracle of a flower and the power of community.
— Mara (2021-2022 Shoreline host)
On behalf of my family, we would like to thank you all for your support of Friendly Hmong Farms. We are grateful for the generosity of your time and your homes to make this program a success. The pandemic has been a challenging time of figuring out new ways to do business and reach customers through non-traditional routes. Your support of Yang Farm and all Hmong and Black, Indigenous, People Of Color farms is heartwarming and a reflection of your wise understanding that our futures are interconnected.
— Xee Yang-Schell (Farmer)
Thank you Friendly Hmong Farms for the beautiful bouquets of flowers! Your flowers came at a critical time during the pandemic when our staff were busy providing emergency support to families. The flowers brought a burst of color and warmth to our staff, from those on the front lines to those working behind the scenes.