As a champion of organic farmers across the U.S., we work to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems by cultivating organic research, education, and federal policies that bring more farmers and acreage into organic production. Through these efforts, we are working to create a more resilient and sustainable agricultural system that values healthy environments and healthy people.
GROW North Texas is a non-profit that works to connect North Texans to food, farms, and community in order to create a sustainable, secure regional food system that enriches the land, encourages economic opportunity through food and agriculture, and provides equitable access to healthy, nutritious food for all residents.
Gardeneers cultivates customized school garden programs to ensure each space, and the students and communities who care for them, connect with healthy food and grow to their full potential. Gardeneers was founded in 2014 to provide more equitable access to healthy food and food education for Chicago youth living in food desert communities. We currently serve a network of 20 partner schools in low income, high crime rate communities of Chicago that are also food insecure, where residents do not have convenient or affordable access to fresh healthy foods.
FoodCorps believes in a future where every child—regardless of race, place, or class—gets the nourishment they need to thrive. We partner with people dedicated to creating that future: from educators and school leaders, to national alliances and community-based organizations, to our AmeriCorps service members and students themselves. We collaborate with these peers to demonstrate the power of food in schools and ensure our country’s systems work together to nurture every child’s potential.
Pie Ranch’s mission is to cultivate a healthy and just food system from seed to table through food education, farmer pathways, and regional partnerships. We are on a mission to create a different pie that benefits everyone equally. Through our support for early-stage farmers, youth education, and food systems projects, we are developing a model of economically sustainable regenerative farms that honor the land, promote joy and healing, and will create abundance for future generations.
Through education and advocacy NOFA/Mass promotes organic agriculture to expand the production and availability of nutritious food from living soil for the health of individuals, communities and the planet. Our Organic Food Distribution and Community Gardening Project includes intensive education in organic food production, and also distributing organic food through Open Pantry in Springfield Massachusetts. NOFA/Mass already partners with many Springfield organizations, particularly communities who are food insecure and living in food deserts where access to fresh food is unavailable.
Matthew 25's mission is to improve the health of people and neighborhoods by investing in quality affordable housing, healthy food, educational opportunities, and community building.
ALBA's mission is to create economic opportunities for limited-resource farmers through land-based training in organic farm management.
The Homeless Garden Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has spent 30 years providing the essential business of growing food for the community and human services to those experiencing homelessness. HGP has been growing and innovating for better and more sustainable services providing job training, transitional employment and support services to people who are experiencing homelessness.