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 Agriculture Project (ASAP)
729 Haywood Rd. Suite 3 Asheville, North Carolina 28806, 828-236-1282
www.asapconnections.org
ASAP
serves western NC and the southern Appalachians by providing assistance
to sustain family farms and rural communities. For more information
about their local food guide and local food campaign, Appalachian Grown
certification program or the Growing Minds Farm to School program,
visit www.asapconnections.org, www.AppalachianGrown.org or www.growing-minds.org.
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
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