OUR IMPACT
OVER $350,000 DONATED TO DATE!*
As of 31 May 2024, The Kind Harvest Co. has donated $350,000 to Rural Aid.
HOW THE KIND HARVEST CO. SUPPORTS AUSTRALIAN FARMERS
From February 2022 to June 2023, the Kind Harvest Co. supported farming families in need with financial assistance following natural disasters. The Kind Harvest Co. also supported Rural Aid’s Our Towns program, assisting with long-term positive change and improved economic growth in small rural farming towns.
$20k
was donated to farmers in need following disasters
This helped
40
farming families receive
$500
of support
Outcomes:
​Farmers received the right support at the right time.
Distress was reduced, both financial and psychological.
Crafted from responsibly grown Australian wheat, The Kind Harvest Co. is proud to have been partnered with Rural Aid since 2020, and has donated more than $350,000 to the charity.
OUR TOWNS
Our Towns empowers disaster-impacted farming towns to manage their drought recovery and financial wellbeing. Rural Aid is supporting ten rural, drought-impacted towns to create and deliver on a Community Development Plan.
Sporting hubs, main streets, and meeting places are being revived for community benefit. The Kind Harvest Co. has contributed to the ongoing work across these towns. Rural Aid actively works with these towns to implement their plans.
Locations of OUR TOWNS projects:
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Gayndah | QLD
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Monto | QLD
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Alpha | QLD
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Cunnamulla | QLD
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Brewarrina | QLD
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Barraba | NSW
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Coolah | NSW
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Walgett | NSW
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Orroroo | SA
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Lockington | VIC
LONG TERM OUTCOMES
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Farmers and communities feel empowered to manage their own recovery.
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Farmers and communities feel empowered to identify and implement solutions that allow them to overcome their challenges.
Alpha police officer Brian Smith said the small town has been changed for the better as part of the Our Towns transformation.
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"We’ve had a lot of positive feedback from the community. And we just take our hats off to everyone to who came in and helped our town."
SERGEANT BRIAN SMITH - ALPHA POLICE OFFICER
WHAT IS RURAL AID?
RURAL AID IS AUSTRALIA'S MOST TRUSTED RURAL CHARITY.
It provides:
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• FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
• DRINKING WATER
• FODDER
AND COUNSELLING TO FARMERS IN TIMES OF DROUGHT, FLOOD, FIRE OR HARDSHIP
Other initiatives support its vision that farming and rural communities are safeguarded to ensure their sustainability both during and after these natural disasters.
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Visit ruralaid.org.au to find out more or to donate.
10C FROM EVERY BAG OF FLOUR SOLD IS DONATED TO RURAL AID TO FUND MUCH NEEDED RURAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
