FLAG is a national nonprofit law center created in 1986 to provide legal services and support to family farmers and their communities to help keep family farmers on the land. FLAG has a long history of working with limited resource farmers, veterans, socially disadvantaged farmers, family farmers, and economically distressed and/or underserved communities, including socially disadvantaged producers.

FLAG provides direct legal representation, technical assistance, educational materials and trainings, and develops policy frameworks to protect farmers, farms, land, homes and rural livelihoods from loss or diminution. FLAG will conduct such work under this agreement.

FLAG’s work has been guided by the legal needs and policy objectives of its client and partner organizations. To meet the needs of economically distressed and/or underserved communities, including socially disadvantaged producers, farmers, and ranchers, FLAG will seek regularly communicate, meet with, and seek guidance from organizations serving these farmers to help FLAG rapidly respond to current, urgent, and future needs of these farmers as they arise during the course of this work. FLAG has a long history of partnering with organizations and has been consistently involved with organizations serving economically distressed and/or underserved communities, including socially disadvantaged farmer communities throughout the pandemic and related recovery and relief programs and efforts.