Grow Food Northampton

Description

To increase local food access, we ...

• Steward a sustainable community farm that provides food for the local community.
• Manage an organic community garden.
• Facilitate the preservation of farms and prime farmland in our area.
• Make affordable garden space and nutritious local food more available to disadvantaged populations.
• Provide new farmers with affordable farmland for lease.
• Encourage innovative farming and gardening methods among local food growers.

To foster education in sustainable, organic agriculture we ...

• Provide hands-on learning opportunities in sustainable agriculture and facilitate the sharing of information, tools and resources.
• Establish educational partnerships with local schools, service agencies, and other agricultural organizations.
• Disseminate broadly up-to-date information & resources regarding local agriculture, and archive & share our "lessons learned".

To support the creation of a local, vibrant sustainable agriculture economy, we...

• Assist in the creation and execution of a broadly supported "agricultural vision" for Northampton.
• Collaborate with agricultural and farm conservation organizations, and food-producers throughout the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts to identify and fill gaps in our current food system.
• Spotlight the benefits of small-scale, sustainable agriculture over industrial farming.