Future Farmers is growing. Can you support us?

Know that feeling when you have 86 unread emails, and 20 more fly in? Or when you just get on top of jobs at home and the kids make art on the walls? How about when it's Friday and a pile of work lands on your desk?

This is our situation. A happy problem, testifying to our community's amazing work, the change we're delivering, and our impact on rural communities.

Kia ora, we are Future Farmers Aotearoa. We're a united community championing a profitable and healthy food and fibre sector. We're an Incorporated Society with charitable status, having clear goals for positive change in the primary sector.

Our achievements:

Field days attendance in Sustainability hub

Presented at Future Whenua, Forest and Bird Conference & Boma E-Tipu Agri-Summit

Started Farmers Weekly Column 'sowing the seeds'

Hosted the great Agri-debate and Big Ball (110+ people, raising 4.5K for Rural Support Trust)

Presentations at various conferences

Hosted expert sessions webinar on Live animal exports

Consulted with Agricultural ministers

Supported in-school workshops (300+ students)

This work led to massive membership growth, tripling in two months to over 100 members across the country, from farmers to PhDs and startups.

Our growth created a problem: we're hitting paywalls for every tool we use. We don't charge members fees to keep the group accessible to everyone, regardless of financial situation.

We need tooling for the charity - our rapid growth has seen us outgrow every free software tier.