Members
The heart of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is its members: grassroots organizations that are united in their values and commitment to promoting a healthier, more vibrant food and farming system.
NSAC has two categories of membership; Represented Members and Participating Members.
Represented Members are represented by NSAC before Congress and other government agencies on the hill and are listed on all NSAC communications to federal policymakers and the general public. Represented Members each have one seat on the NSAC Policy Council and participate in at least one NSAC Issue Committee. Represented Members also help elect the NSAC Organizational Council.
Participating Members are members who prefer to not be represented by NSAC before Congress but who wish to participate in NSAC gatherings, NSAC Issue Committees and other NSAC activities. Participating Members may also serve on the Organizational Council and the Grassroots Council.
NSAC Members gather at least once a year to discuss NSAC’s work. The gatherings include educational and professional development activities for NSAC Members.
Represented Members:
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association (ALBA) Salinas, CA
Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO) Helena, MT
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Santa Cruz, CA
California Farmlink Sebastapol, CA
C.A.S.A. del Llano (Communities Assuring a Sustainable Agriculture), Hereford, TX (806) 364-4445
Center for Rural Affairs Lyons, NE
Clagett Farm/Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Upper Marlboro, MD
Community Alliance with Family Farmers Davis, CA
Dakota Rural Action Brookings, SD
Delta Land and Community, Inc. Almyra, AR
Ecological Farming Association Watsonville, CA
Flats Mentor Farm Lancaster, MA
Florida Organic Growers Gainesville, FL
Food Animal Concerns Trust Chicago, IL
Georgia Organics Atlanta, GA
Grassworks Wausau, WI
Illinois Stewardship Alliance Rochester, IL
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Des Moines, IA
Island Grown Initiative Vineyard Haven, MA
Izaak Walton League St. Paul, MN
Kansas Rural Center Whiting, KS
Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture Poteau, OK
Land Stewardship Project White Bear Lake, MN
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute East Troy, WI
Michigan Integrated Food and Farming System East Lansing, MI
Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance Lansing, MI
Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) Spring Valley, WI
National Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC) Des Moines, IA
National Center for Appropriate Technology Butte, MT; Fayetteville, AR; Davis, CA
Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA) Deerfield, MA
Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society Fullerton, ND
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) Columbus, OH
Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) Santa Cruz, CA
Rural Advancement Foundation International, USA (RAFI-USA) Pittsboro, NC
Sierra Club Agriculture Committee
Union of Concerned Scientists Food and Environment Program, Washington, DC
Virginia Association for Biological Farming Lexington, VA
Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network (WSFFN) Mount Vernon, WA
Wild Farm Alliance Watsonville, CA
Participating Members:
Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network Huntsville, AL
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Pittsboro, NC
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems – University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
City Seed New Haven, CT
Community Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture Program – University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Conservation Districts of Iowa Chariton, IA
CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems – Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Defenders of Wildlife Washington, DC
Farm to Table - New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council Santa Fe, NM
Fay-Penn Economic Development Council Uniontown, PA
Friends of Family Farmers Colton, OR
Future Harvest/Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture Stevensville, MD
Heifer USA Little Rock, AR
Henry A. Wallace Center – Winrock International, Arlington, VA
Humane Society of the United States Washington, DC
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Minneapolis, MN
Iowa Environmental Council Des Moines, IA
Iowa Farmers Union, Ames, IA
Just Food, New York, NY
Land for Good, Keene, NH
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture – Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Maine Rural Partners, Orono, ME
Michigan Land Use Institute Beulah, MI
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture – University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Nebraska Wildlife Federation, Lincoln, NE
NOFA — Interstate Council (NOFA - IC) — NY, MA, RI, VT, CT, NH, NJ
Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing, Inc. (OFARM) Brussels, WI
Organic Valley, LaFarge, WI
PCC Farmland Trust Seattle, WA
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture Millheim, PA
Practical Farmers of Iowa Ames, IA
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Pocantico Hills, NY
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota Starbuck, MN
Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative Hustontown, PA
Wisconsin Farmers Union Chippewa Falls, WI
Women, Food, and Agriculture Network Ames, IA
WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources Pullman, WA
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUPS (SAWGs)
The Sustainable Agriculture Working Groups (SAWGs) play a special role in NSAC as “organizations of organizations” in five regions — Midwest, South, Northeast, West, and California.
NSAC provides support for federal policy work in the regions, including information, materials, a framework for cross-region policy dialogue and coordination, policy analysis, and suggestions for approaches to advocacy, training, and organizing support.
The regional SAWGs are engaged in a broad range of sustainable agriculture related activities and are very different in nature. On the federal policy front, the SAWGs provide a forum for their member organizations to discuss and develop regional policy priorities that inform the strategies and initiatives of NCSA policy committees.
The SAWGs work with NSAC to seek input from, educate, organize, and mobilize grassroots in their region along with other NSAC partners, many of which are also participants in the SAWGs. These interrelationships strengthen the grassroots — empowering them to explore sustainable alternatives in agriculture at home, and giving them the strength of a collective national voice through NSAC.
NORTHEAST
Roger Doiron
NESAWG
7 Flintlock Dr.
Scarborough, ME 04074
P: (207) 883-5341
roger@kitchengardeners.org
www.nesawg.org/
SOUTH
Lydia Villanueva, Policy Coordinator
Southern SAWG
309 E. 6th St.
Hereford,TX 79045
806-364-4445
casa2@amaonline.com
http://www.ssawg.org/
MIDWEST
Bridget Holcomb
MSAWG
16 North Carroll St. Suite 810
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 256-1859 http://www.msawg.org/
bridget.holcomb@gmail.com
WEST
Bonnie Eberhardt Bobb
Western SAWG
PO Box 223
Austin, NV 89310
775-964-1027
drbonnie2002@yahoo.com
http://www.westernsawg.org/
CALIFORNIA
Stacie Clary
California Coalition for Food and Farming (Formerly CA SAWG)
P: (831) 763-2111
stacie@eco-farm.org
http://www.calfoodandfarming.org/