Organizations
 

Alabama Coalition Against Hunger
Contact: Albert Harris, PO Box 214, Montgomery, AL 36105, 800-622-3079, almeat@mindspring.com
Involved in Community Food Systems.

Alabama Sierra Club 
Contact: Peggie Griffin, Conservation Organizer, 256-538-3885, Peggie.griffin@sierraclub.org
Working on a Sustainable Agriculture campaign in Alabama. Most of their work has been public education related. Now investigating the possibility of beginning a kitchen coop/community kitchen.

Alabama Sustianable Agriculture Network (ASAN)

Contact: Karen Wynne wynnekaren@hotmail.com,  http://www.asanonline.org/
ASAN is a network of farmers, consumers, and agriculture-related organizations, all committed to promoting sustainable agriculture in Alabama.  

Appalachian Spring Cooperative
Contact: Heidi Hutchison, PO Box 555, Sneedville, TN 37869, 423-733-2095, mgr@apspringcoop.com, http://www.apspringcoop.com
A member-owned cooperative of farmers and food product processors that is developing new food product enterprises and improving marketing strategies. The project is located in a poor Appalachian community where growers are trying to transition from tobacco production to other crops and more sustainable farming practices. It builds on an existing community kitchen infrastructure that will help the growers generate income from new sources, including value-added products.

Appalachian Sustainable Development
Contact: Anthony Flaccavento, Director , PO Box 791, Abingdon, VA 24212, 276-623-1121, asd@eva.org
Organized a farmers' marketing coop, teaching farmers to grow organically, promoting locally-labeled food, and working on a farm to college program with two colleges. 

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)
PO Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702, 800-346-9140, www.attra.org
ATTRA provides free sustainable agriculture production and marketing information to producers and ag information providers via their website, toll free advice line and many publications. 

 
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
Contact: Judy Laushman, Executive Director, (440) 774-2887, ascfg@oberlin.net, http://www.ascfg.org
The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers provides information on growing techniques, marketing strategies, and new developments in the industry, and gives members the opportunity to know the top researchers, retail and wholesale marketers and other successful growers.  

Atlanta Urban Gardening
Contact: Bobby Wilson, Area Extension Agent, 1757 Washington Road, East Point, GA 30344, 404-762-4077, bobbyw@uga.edu
Does community gardening and other community food security and community development activities in and around Atlanta. 

Beauregard Community Food and Nutrition Program
Beauregard Community Action Association, Inc.
Contact: Winkie Branch, PO Box 573, DeRidder, LA 70634, 337-463-7263
Established a community food and nutrition program for low-income households in order to increase their access to fresh produce by providing community gardens, harvesting, and marketing of production, along with nutrition and food preservation workshops 

BREADA
PO Box 3976, Baton Rouge, LA 70821, 225-267-5060
Developed the Red Stick Farmers Market, run a Buy Local campaign with help from FoodRoutes, and run a community garden program. 

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA)  
13 Hillsboro St. Suites 5 & 8, Post Office Box 448 Pittsboro, NC 27312, 919-542-2402, www.carolinafarmstewards.org
CFSA is a non-profit membership association of more than 600 farmers, processors, gardeners, businesses, organizations, and individuals in North and South Carolina who are committed to creating a sustainable agriculture system through the development and promotion of local and organic farms and distribution systems.  

Carroll County Farmland Preservation Committee
Contact: Meredith Barr, Coordinator,900 Newnan Rd, Carrollton, GA 30117, 770-328-2323, jacbar@msn.com
Contact: Bill Hodge, Cooperative Extension Specialist, bhodge@arches.uga.edu
Started a farmers market and developing a local food network to facilitate local sales.

C.A.S.A. (Communities Assuring a Sustainable Agriculture) del Llano
Contact: Lydia Villanueva, Director, 309 E. 6th Street, Hereford, Texas 79045, 806-364-4445
Do community-organizing and on-farm education for Mexican-American small land owners seeking to employ economically and ecologically viable methods of food production. Have a Rural Outreach to help ensure and secure the local food system by way of education, participation and cooperation with a variety of organizations and methods.  

Central Carolina Community College

http://www.cccc.edu/Programs/Sustainable_Agriculture.html
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Sustainable agriculture program that offers an Associate in Applied Science degree. The curriculum, designed as a two-year program, includes classes in soil, plant and animal science, practical gardening skills, biological pest management, sustainable livestock management, greenhouse design and agricultural marketing. 

Commodity Growers Cooperative  
620 South Broadway #209, Lexington, KY 40508, 859-233-7845
CGC has developed and established new farmer-consumer organizations, agri-tourism groups and cooperative development ventures including: Kentucky Center for Cooperative Development, the Archway Regional Tourism Association, Partners for Family Farms, Kentucky Network for Sustainable Agriculture and others. 

Community Farm Alliance (CFA)  
614 Shelby Street, Frankfort, KY 40601, 502-223-3655
CFA has been protecting the vitality of rural Kentucky communities since 1985.  

Delta Youth Entrepreneurship Program
Mid-Delta Community Center, Contact: Lee Peocock, Cleveland, MS, 662-846-7377
Funded by USDA CFP to increase access to quality, affordable produce for at-risk youth, and encourage the long-term involvement of youth in the farm economy as food producers with a career in agriculture. 

Dunbar Community Garden
Contact: Sera Streiff-Vena, Little Rock, AR, 501-223-9602, serav@uca.edu
In existence since 1992. They offer gardening internships for students, and classes for both Dunbar Middle School and Gibbs Elementary School. Also have a community garden for elderly community residents, and sell some produce at the Little Rock Farmers Market. 

ECOnomics Institute  
Loyola University New Orleans, 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Box 907, New Orleans, LA 70118,

504-861-5898
Initiating and promoting sound economic development in the Greater New Orleans region.  

Federation Of Southern Cooperatives

Contact: Ralph Paige, 2769 Church Street, East Point, GA 30344, 404-765-0991, www.federationsoutherncoop.com

Fighting to save black-owned land since 1967.

Florida Certified Organic Growers And Consumers (FOG)
PO Box 12311, Gainesville, FL 32604, 352-377-6345, http://www.foginfo.org/
FOG promotes organic and sustainable agriculture. The non-profit also provides an organic certification service.  

Food, Farm & Family Development Project
Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, Contact: Bill Nickle, Director, 1936 Liberty Hill Rd, Washburn, TN 37888, 865-497-2753, community@narrowridge.org , www.narrowridge.org

Build community organizational infrastructure and leadership capacity for action to enhance the nutritional well-being of families in Washburn by increasing access to high quality food, strengthening educational resources, and creating long-term collaborative partnerships.  

Food Policy Council of the City of Knoxville
Contact: Gail P. Harris, director, PO Box 51650 , Knoxville, TN 37950-1650, 865-546-3500, gharris@knxcac.org , www.korrnet.org/kfpc/kfpc.html

Established in 1982 by the Knoxville City Council to "continually monitor Knoxville's food supply system and to recommend appropriate actions to improve the system as needed." Established the Beardsley Farm Project, an urban farm, to produce local food, create job training and offer self-sufficiency classes in cooking and value-added production. 

Georgia Organics (GO)  
PMB 200, 3895 Cherokee Street NW #200, Kennesaw, GA 30144-6727, 770-993-5534
GO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1997 to promote sustainable and organic agriculture in Georgia. Members range from farmers to urban homeowners throughout Georgia and neighboring states.

Harvest For Humanity
Contact: Elizabeth DeLaRosa, 1312 W. New Market Road, Immokalee, FL 34142, 941-657-4888,

www.aboutharvest.org
An interdenominational employee-owner ministry, working to provide improved economic opportunities for farm-workers in South Florida. They are building a new farming model based on diversified niche crops that allow for year-round employment and the ability to pay living wages resulting in the opportunity for employee stock ownership with no-interest, no-profit loans. The community also opened a Harvest Cafe and Harvest Store to begin selling more nutritious food and developing a local food economy. 

Heifer International  
PO Box 8058, Little Rock, AR 72203, 800-422-0474
Heifer animals (and training in their care) offer hungry families around the world a way to feed themselves and become self-reliant. Children receive nutritious milk or eggs; families earn income for school, health care and better housing; communities go beyond meeting immediate needs to fulfilling dreams. Farmers learn sustainable, environmentally sound agricultural techniques.

Jubilee Project
Contact: Steve Hodges, Executive Director, PO Box 657, Sneedville, TN 37869, 423-733-4195,
jubilee_project_inc@hotmail.com
Developed the Clinch-Powell Community Kitchens, a shared-use community kitchen facility for helping local farmers and food entrepreneurs develop value-added food-based micro-enterprises. Also developed a revolving loan fund to enhance an existing business incubator and farmers' market in Appalachia. Also offer job training and marketing assistance.  

Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture  
PO Box 588 Poteau, OK 74953, 918-647-9123
The mission is to encourage a more sustainable agriculture in the state of Oklahoma and beyond. A sustainable agriculture is environmentally responsible, profitable for family farmers, and equitable-- giving farmers fair prices, fair access to markets, maximum opportunities, and a good quality of life. By improving the quality of life for farmers, a sustainable agriculture also supports healthy, vital rural communities.  

Local Harvest

www.localharvest.org
Local Harvest hosts an electronic directory of farms and farmer’s markets selling locally produced farm products directly to consumers. Consumers can search the directory by state, city, zip code, farm type, or farm product to learn where to buy farm products grown near them. Farms and farmer’s markets get free listings.  

Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
Contact: Melbah Smith, Director, PO Box 22786, Jackson, MS 39225, 601-354-2750
Implemented a comprehensive community food security strategy through a network of community-based cooperatives in Mississippi. Work includes developing marketing channels with farmers' markets and summer feeding programs, increasing participation in an Internet-based marketing project and enhancing local production capacity using sustainable practices.  

Mississippians Engaged in Greener Agriculture (MEGA)
Contact: Dorothy Grady-Scarbrough, PO Box 648, Shelby, MS 38774, 662-398-7044 dgrady55@msn.com
A coalition of organizations committed to strengthening the ag communities of the Mississippi Delta. One partner, the "Growing a Greener Mississippi" program has worked with farmers and backyard growers in a four county area to increase fresh vegetable production and consumption, and start farmers markets. 

Mountain United Methodist Larger Parish, Inc.
Contact: Dorsey H. Walker, PO Box 267, Sylvania, AL 35988, 256-638-2126
Funded by USDA CFP to provide a comprehensive approach for motivating, providing resources, and training rural Southern Appalachian low-income families and youth to produce, process, and market vegetables. 

National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
PO Box 396, Pine Bush, NY 12566, 845-361-5201, http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/
The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, Inc. is dedicated to educating the public on the importance of a sustainable food and agriculture system that is economically viable, environmentally sound, socially just, and humane. They provide farmers and grassroots organizations a voice in shaping federal farm policies.  

Needful Provision, Inc.
Contact: David Nuttle, P.O. Box 1595, Tahlequah, OK 74465, 918-868-5710, npiinc2000@aol.com
Have developed a community food security model. Do trainings and distance learning on this model system.  

New North Florida Coop
Contact: Glyen Holmes, 3806 Union Rd, Marianna, FL 32446, 850-352-2400, nnfc@digitalexp.com
Leaders in the farm-to-school movement, selling Southern-raised fruit and vegetables to school systems all across the South. 

The New Farm

www.newfarm.org
The New Farm website, sponsored by Rodale Institute, facilitates farmer-to-farmer know-how in sustainable agriculture. 

North Florida Local Food Partnership
Contact: Jody Venn, Director, Gainesville, FL, jvenn48970@aol.com
Developed a comprehensive local food promotion through development of a local label, certification for businesses who buy local, support to farmers who sell locally, and numerous promotional events.

Northwest Arkansas Local Food Initiative
Contact: Julia Sampson, Coordinator, Fayetteville, AR 72702, 479-251-8310, julia@ssawg.org
Connecting farmers to local buyers, and promoting local food to consumers through a series of All-Ozark Meals. 

Oklahoma Food Cooperative
Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House, Contact: Bob Waldrop, 1524 NW 21st St., Oklahoma City, OK 73106, 405-613-4688, rmwj@soonernet.com,  www.oklahomafood.org
The Sierra Club, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, the Bishop Oscar Romero Catholic Workers' House in Oklahoma City, and the Cherokee Nation's Cherokee Small Farm Project have teamed up to form Oklahoma Food, a marketing network that brings farmers and produce customers together. Consumers can order local products over the internet and they will be delivered to their door. Also publish a newsletter, Better Times, to connect urban consumers with rural producers, and to promote local, healthy eating. 

Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
6101 Cliff Estate Rd, Little Marais, MN 55614, 218-226-4164
OCA campaigns for food safety, organic agriculture, fair trade & sustainability.  

Organic Trade Association (OTA)
PO Box 547, Greenfield, MA 01302, 413-774-7511
OTA is the membership-based business association for the organic industry in North America. OTA's mission is to encourage global sustainability through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade. 

Parkway Partners
Contact: Laurie Manley, Operations Manager, 1137 Baronne St., New Orleans, LA 70113, 504-620-2224, contact@parkwaypartners.com

Funded by USDA CFP to create an open-air market for produce and food products and related economic development as part of a 43-acre park on railroad land bounded by four historically significant neighborhoods with high poverty rates. A portion of the produce sold at the market will be grown in community gardens by youth on nearby vacant lots. They also manage other community gardens and school gardens. 

Project Green Leaf

Contact: Susan Andreatta, Project Director, UNC-Greensboro, 312 Brown Building, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, 336-256-0439, s_andrea@uncg.edu , http://greenleaf.uncg.edu 

Supporting a local agro-food system. 

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
Contact: Chris Kirby, 3355 S. Purdue, Oklahoma City, OK 73137, 405-972-1111,
Supplies food banks and emergency food programs throughout western OK. Their Urban Harvest program encourages community gardening, and donating of home produce 

Raft Swamp Farms
Contact: Louie and Jackie Hough, P.O. Box 1706, Raeford, NC 28376, 910-977-0950 or 910-263-4111 Non-profit farm incubator program offering sustainable agriculture training. Hands-on training in organic methods, environmental stewardship, farm business management, alternative energy applications.

 
Rural Advancement Foundation International USA (RAFI-USA)  
PO Box 640, Pittsboro, NC 27312, 919-542-0069
RAFI promotes conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity; Advises farmers and their communities of rights and opportunities; Educates consumers and policy-makers about the importance of sustainable agriculture Rural communities through promotion of sustainable agricultural practices; Assists agricultural communities in having a voice for their concerns and in organizational development; and Links communities together for the common good. 

Rural Advancement Fund
Contact: Georgia Good, Executive Director, 990 Rodney Rd., Orangeburg, SC 29115, 803-536-6142,
Work one-on-one and do workshops with limited resource farms and rural organizations on sustainable agriculture, marketing, financial management, and rural health and health care issues. 

Rural Coalition

Contact: Lorette Picciano, Exec. Dir, 1024 14th Street NW, Suite 1100,  Washington DC, 20005,  202-628-7160, ruralco@ruralco.org

An alliance of regionally and culturally diverse organizations working to build a more just and sustainable food system. 

Rural Resources
2870 Holley Creek Road, Greeneville TN 37745, 423-636-8171, http://www.ruralresources.net 
Rural Resources is a non-profit dedicated to preserving Appalachia’s family farms. They are educating the community in the preservation and improvement of agricultural land, preserving our rural heritage, and developing a locally sustainable system for producing and marketing agricultural products.

SEEDS
Contact: Sarah Gibbs, Director, 706 Gilbert Street, Durham, North Carolina 27701, 919-683-1197,  
seedsnc@mindspring.com
Run an inner city multi-functional (market, food, educational) garden project aimed at increasing nutrition and building community.  

South Plains Food Bank, Inc.
Contact: David Weaver, 4612 Locust , Lubbock, TX 79404, 806-762-3831
Run a program called GRUB: Growing Recruits for Urban Business -- a seed-to-shelf greening program that focuses on community development and gives neighborhood youth a chance to build pocket gardens, community gardens, school and church gardens.  

Southern Echo

PO Box 9306 , Jackson , MS 39286 , (601) 982-6400, http://www.southernecho.org/

Southern Echois a leadership education, training and development organization founded in 1989 and based in Jackson , Mississippi . Echo is committed to building new, accountable grassroots leadership and organization, based on an inter-generational model, through training, technical and legal assistance. Echo staff works with and in support of African-American and working class community leadership and organizations throughout rural Mississippi , and organizations in 11 other Southern states.

Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA)

3602 Old Jeanerette Road , New Iberia , Louisiana , 70563 , (337) 367-3277

SMHA helps people develop strong, healthy, prosperous rural communities in Louisiana .  Our special focus is with distressed rural communities whose livelihoods are interdependent with our land and waters.  We work primarily with agricultural and pervasively poor communities, women and people of color.  We help build rural communities through people's growth in their own empowerment and the just management of resources.

Southern Seed Legacy
Robert E. Rhodes, 10 Legacy Road, Crawford GA 30630,
Educating people about Southern Heirloom Seeds.  

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE)
1109 Experiment St., Room 206, Stuckey Building, University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797, 770 -412-4787
Southern SARE is a competitive grants program funded by USDA and EPA to promote research and education about sustainable agriculture. Grants are available to farmers, graduate students, non-profits, and institutions.  

Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
10300 Baltimore Avenue, BARC West, Bldg. 046, Beltsville, MD 20705, 301- 504-6425, http://www.sare.org/publications/ 
SAN is the national outreach arm of the SARE program that develops and disseminates information about sustainable agriculture. SAN publishes a variety of print and electronic resources for farmers, agricultural educators, and consumers. SAN also hosts SANET-MG, a sustainable agriculture listserv with over 600 subscribers from around the globe.  

Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/index.html
Online version of book written by Mary Peet, North Carolina State University. Includes production info and extensive resources list.  

Sustainable Food Center
P.O. Box 13323, Austin TX 78711, 512-385-0080, http://www.sustainablefoodcenter.org/  
SFC is creating a food secure community by improving access to local, healthy and affordable food for children and adults in Central Texas. They publish e-newsletter Fresh Picks and a handbook for community gardening, and they sponsor farmers' markets, cooking and nutrition education, youth gardens. 

Thomaston Home Team Strategy
Alabama Rural Heritage Foundation, Inc., contact: Gayle Etheridge, 133 - 6th Ave, Thomaston, AL 36783, 334-627-3388, ruralher@frontiernet.net
Funded by USDA CFP to increase food security for youth and seniors in a small, predominantly African American, rural community by addressing the availability of fresh produce and the lack of commercial grocery stores. Working to establish a community garden, residential gardens, and a greenhouse, as well as furthering other local, economic development initiatives, such as a cooperative grocery store and food processing plant.  

Urban Harvest
Contact: Bob Randall, Executive Director, PO Box 980460, Houston, TX 77098, 713-880-5540, bob@urbanharvest.org, www.urbanharvest.org
Help support nearly 100 community gardens in the Houston area, teach horticultural skills, and promote the sales of locally-grown, chemical-free produce. 

Virginia Association for Biological Farming (VABF)
P.O. Box 1003, Lexington VA 24450, 540-463-6363, http://www.vabf.org 
VABF is an active network of citizens in and around Virginia whose primary focus is to provide information and services to farmers, gardeners and consumers about biological agriculture. Publishes The Virginia Biological Farmer bi-monthly. Also publishes Smart Foods for a Sound Planet and information sheets. Seven regional chapters. 

Warren Wilson College 
Contact: Laura Lengnick, Environmental Studies Department, CPO 6087, PO Box 9000, Asheville, NC 28815,   828-771-7003, lengnick@warren-wilson.edu
A course called "the ecology of food" had students conduct a community food security assessment that the college will use to create a community food security grant proposal in 2005.  

Wellsprings Initiative
North Florida Educational Development Corporation, Contact: Deanna Ible , 38 Beech Ave, Gretna, FL 32332, 850-856-5025
Operate a food processing plant, community farmers' market, and retail shop for value-added products, in addition to a farm and greenhouse. Provide support to low-income participants and farmers in organic production, training in value-added processing, and shipping of produce.  
 

Please let us know of other organizations that are good resources for those involved in sustainable agriculture in the South: info@ssawg.org