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.
Kitchen of Purpose uses the power of food to change lives. An agent for social change, Kitchen of Purpose generates workforce and entrepreneurship development and provides healthy food assistance in the D.C. metro area. Our training programs create career pathways via bilingual, vocational and technical education. Together, the Kitchen of Purpose community–staff, students, entrepreneurs, partners, supporters–create employment opportunities, launch new food businesses, and work to end hunger.
The mission of Just Roots is to create equitable access to healthy, local food in Western Massachusetts and to work toward just, vibrant, and sustainable farm and food systems everywhere. Just Roots began in 2011 as a grassroots community farm in Greenfield, MA, with the goal of growing fresh, local food and making it accessible to families of all income levels. We work to increase food security for vulnerable families and deepen participation in and understanding of our local food system.
ICNC’s mission is to promote a sustainable future by nurturing individuals through environmental education, providing leadership in land protection and restoration and encouraging responsible interaction with nature. The purpose of Etzel Sugar Grove Farm is to establish sustainable, economically viable permaculture farming practices and create champions of nature through education and replication of these practices.
Hunger Task Force created The Farm for the express purpose of growing healthy food to ensure fresh produce access for the poor. Established in 2012, The Farm grows hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables each growing season for low-income seniors, families and children throughout Milwaukee County on 80 acres of the 208-acre property.
Harlem Grown is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire youth to lead healthy and ambitious lives through mentorship and hands-on education in urban farming, sustainability, and nutrition.
Guidestone’s Farm to School Program provides fresh, local produce and education to Salida School District (SSD) and the Salida community. Recently, through a local food assessment community feedback process, Guidestone is seeing increased food insecurity in our valley due to economic pressures from COVID-19, the closure of the largest produce farm within an hour, and the closure of the only local grocery carrying significant amounts of locally produced foods.
Growing Gardens works to support diverse families in all its programs. We are the only organization in the region that donates fresh, organic, local food as well as the education and resources to empower individuals to grow their own family’s food.
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.
For 20 years, Zenger Farm has been teaching people where healthy food comes from, how it grows, and the importance of eating it every day. Zenger Farm utilizes a 24 acre combined organic farm and wetland to provide unique, hands-on learning opportunities for youth and adults. We are a working urban farm that models, promotes and educates about sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship, community development and access to good food for all. We seek to train a diverse and inclusive, next generation of farmers.