The Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA's mission is to cultivate markets, policies, and communities that sustain thriving, socially just, and environmentally sound family farms. RAFI works nationally and internationally, focusing on North Carolina and the southeastern United States. RAFI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Pittsboro, North Carolina and incorporated in 1990.

Our vision:

• Family farmers have the power to earn a fair and dependable income.
• Everyone who labors in agriculture is respected, protected, and valued by society.
• Air, water, and soil are preserved for future generations.
• The land yields healthy and abundant food and fiber that is accessible to all members of society.
• The full diversity of seeds and breeds, the building blocks of agriculture, are reinvigorated and publicly protected.