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Grants Awarded - 2005

•PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEM

Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association$10,000
Salinas, CA (www.albafarmers.org)
General support to train and develop leadership among Latino farmworkers and limited resource farmers in central California who are transitioning to organic farming enterprises.

American Corn Growers Foundation$15,000
Washington, DC (www.acgf.org)
General support to help family farmers understand agricultural biotechnology, the conglomeration of transnational agribusiness, and opportunities for sustainable regional food and energy systems.

California Coalition for Food and Farming$40,000 over two years
Santa Cruz, CA (www.calfoodandfarming.org)
General support to promote sustainable agriculture in California and nationally through policy advocacy, networking and education.

Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment$40,000 over two years
Minneapolis, MN (www.landstewardshipproject.org)
General support to fight factory farms and corporate consolidation in agriculture, and promote a food and farming system that is socially just, environmentally sound, and economically profitable for family farmers and their communities.

Cornucopia Institute$20,000
Gays Mills, WI (www.cornucopia.org)
General support to produce research, conduct advocacy campaigns and promote economic development that empowers family farmers in terms of public policy and the marketplace.

Hartford Food System$20,000
Hartford, CT (www.hartfordfood.org)
General support to improve community food security in Hartford, Connecticut, through community organizing and cross-movement alliance building.

Hunger Action Network of New York State$15,000
New York, NY (www.hungeractionnys.org)
Program support to promote a community food security agenda for New York State, and to provide assistance to regional community food security networks.

Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group/Sustainable Agriculture Coalition$25,000
Washington, DC (www.msawg.org)
General support to promote sustainable agriculture in the Midwest and nationally.

National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture$10,000
Pine Bush, NY (www.sustainableagriculture.net)
Project support to coordinate the Commodity Policy Dialogue, to foster a unified approach to commodity policy reform arising from the sustainable agriculture movement.

New Entry Sustainable Farming Project$40,000 over two years
Boston, MA (http://nutrition.tufts.edu/research/nesfp/)
Project support to help immigrants with farming experience reenter farming in Massachusetts to support family farming, build community food security and provide long-term occupational opportunities.

New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group$20,000
11 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607

General support for a statewide network of groups and individuals working to develop local and regional food systems throughout the state.

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group$20,000
Belchertown, MA (www.smallfarm.org)
General support to promote policies at the local, state and national levels to advance a more sustainable and secure food and farming system in the Northeast.

Organization for Competitive Markets$35,000 over two years
Lincoln, NE (www.competitivemarkets.com)
General support to counter the further concentration of food production and the industrialization of agriculture, and to establish a voluntary cattle producer fund to support this work.

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture$15,000
Millheim, PA (www.pasafarming.org)
General support to advance sustainable food and farming systems in Pennsylvania.

Rooted In Community$10,000
Rochester, NY (www.lejyouth.org/ric.html)
General support for a national network of grassroots groups that develops youth leadership for healthy communities and sustainable food systems.

Rural Vermont$20,000
Montpelier, VT (www.ruralvermont.org)
General support to help farmers build economic justice and a sustainable food system in Vermont, the nation and around the world.

The United Christian Community Association$20,000
1618 Co. Rd. 65
Safford, AL 36773

Project support for an Alabama-based coalition of African-American churches seeking to enhance community welfare by building sustainable community food production and marketing systems.

Western Sustainable Agriculture Working Group$20,000
Butte, MT (www.westernsawg.org)
General support to build regional capacity to promote sustainable agriculture and shape the national agriculture policy debate.

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