National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture

Partners in the National Campaign

Hundreds of diverse groups and individuals make up the National Campaign's network. Constituencies represented include family farms, rural and urban communities, environmental and wildlife advocates, faith-based institutions, minority farmers, farmworker and social justice groups, community food security activists, and advocates for the humane treatment of animals. A summary of Partner Organizations Expectations and Benefits is available here

The National Campaign has worked to define more clearly the criteria, rights and responsibilities of Partner Organizations, as part of a process to make our work and decision-making process even more participatory, transparent, and accountable. In the past, our process for identifying Partner Organizations was more fluid. Now we ask partners to read our partner agreement and fill out an application that is reviewed and approved by our Board of Directors.

Individuals and organizations that want to offer the support we need to advance our mission, but who do not wish to be active partners, can support the National Campaign by becoming a contributing partner, through making a donation. We deeply appreciate your contribution — at any level — to help with our important work.

The National Campaign has always had special working relations with the regional Sustainable Agriculture Working Groups (SAWGs) in five regions — the Midwest, South, Northeast, West, and California as well as with the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition in Washington, DC. These working relationships are summarized in "How We Work Together", a statement jointly crafted in May and June, 2003.

Below is a list of active partner organizations under the National Campaign's Partner Organization application process. Partners with dues current as of Feb 2008 are noted in bold text.

A list of contributing partners can be viewed here

Partners of the National Campaign

Key: v=voting partners nv=non-voting partners.

Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network (v)
Alternative Energy Resources Organization (v)
American Farmland Trust (v)
American Grassfed Association (v)
Animal Welfare Institute (v)
Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA) (v)
Berkshire Co-op Market (nv)
Blueberry Peace Farm (nv)
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) (v)
California Coalition for Food and Farming (Formerly CA SAWG) (v)
Campaign For Family Farms And The Environment (v)
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (v)
CASA del Llano (Communities Assuring a Sustainable Agriculture) (v)
CATA (Comte de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas--Farmworker Support Committee) (v)
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Sioux City Iowa (v)
Center for Food Safety (v)
Center for Rural Affairs (v)
Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (v)
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Clagett Farm (v)
CitySeed, Inc. (v)
Community Food Security Coalition (v)
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (v)

Cornucopia Institute (v)
CROPP Cooperative, Inc./Organic Valley (v)
Defenders of Wildlife (v)
Family Farm Defenders (v)
Family Farms for the Future (v)
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
Florida Certified Organic Growers & Consumers, Inc (v)
Food Alliance (v)
Food and Water Watch (v)
Food Animal Concerns Trust (F.A.C.T.) (v)
grassroots (v)
Grassroots International (v)
Heifer International (v)
Vote Hemp, Inc. (v)
Humane Society of the United States (v)
Independent Organic Inspectors Association (v)
Innovative Farmers of Ohio (v)
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (v)
Just Food (v)
Just Harvest USA (v)
Kansas Rural Center (v)
Land Loss Prevention Project (v)
Land Stewardship Project (v)
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (v)
Maysie's Farm Conservation Center (v)
McGrath Family Farm (nv)
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (v)
Michigan Farmers Union (v)
Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance (v)
Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) (v)
Minnesota Food Association (v)
Minnesota Project (v)
Missouri Farmers Union (v)
National Association of Latino/Hispanic Farmers and Ranchers (v)
National Catholic Rural Life Conference (v)
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) Sustainable Agriculture Program
National Family Farm Coalition (v)
National Hmong American Farmers, Inc. (v)
National Network of Forest Practitioners (v)
Nebraska Farmers Union (v)
New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (v)
Northeast Office of Heifer International (v)
Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (v)
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (v)
Northeast Organic Farming Association-Massachusetts (v)
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (v)
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, Inc. (v)
Northeast Organic Farming Association-Rhode Island (v)
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (v)
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (v)
Oneota Co-op (nv)
Oregon Tilth (v)
Organic Consumers Association (v)
Organic Farmers' Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM Inc.) (v)
Organic Farming Research Foundation (v)
Organic Grassfed Beef Coalition
Organic Materials Review Institute (v)
Organic Seed Alliance
Oxfam America (nv)
Organization for Competitive Markets (v)
PCC Farmland Trust (v)
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (v)
Provender Alliance (v)
Red Tomato (v)
Rochester Roots: Growing Youth, Growing Community, Growing Food (v)
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (v)
Rodale Institute (v)
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (v)
Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural (v)
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (v)
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture (v)
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (v)
Sustainable Table (v)
The New England Small Farm Institute (v)
Trappe Landing Farm and Native Sanctuary (v)
Tucker Hill Farm (nv)
Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative, Inc. (v)
Union of Concerned Scientists (nv)
United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (v)
University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture (nv)
Urban Agriculture Network, Inc. (v)
Virginia Association for Biological Farming (v)
Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network (v)
Western Organization of Resource Councils (v)
Western Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (v)
Weston A. Price Foundation (v)
WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (v)