Goals

The Cascade Harvest Coalition represents a diverse range of people and organizations committed to a healthy food and farm system in Washington. From field to plate, food and farm issues affect our economy, our health and our landscapes. To sustain the region, we must sustain the region's food and farm system. Toward this end, we tackle a wide variety issues, large and small, from state and local policy issues to on-the-ground grassroots campaigns. Our vision of a vibrant, local food system is wide-reaching, but we are passionately invested in making it happen.

Our key goals:

• Increase public awareness, appreciation and support for the economic, environmental, and cultural benefits of agriculture in the region.
• Promote preservation and protection of agricultural lands and resources.
• Enhance community food security and health by improving access to and consumption of locally-produced food.
• Promote coordinated action and dialogue among the broad diversity of agricultural interests on issues affecting the region’s farmers, agricultural resources and quality of life.