South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust

Description

Our Vision: Abundant, productive, sustainable local farmland providing healthy food for our community and contributing to a vibrant, viable farm economy. We work to:

• Permanently protect farmland and to provide affordable land security for farmers.
• Assure that farmland remains farmed and continues to support a viable agricultural economy that provides for local food security
• Build a community that appreciates and supports locally produced food, and where farms can provide a good economic return to those who work the land.

• To permanentlypreserve working farmland.
• To grow SSCFLT with the funding and staffing necessary to ensure its own sustainability as an organization committed to long term stewardship responsibilities
• To contribute to the economic viability of new and current farmers.
• To build community support, among the public and among other organizations, for permanently preserving working farms.
• To educate the public about the importance of local farmland