Tag Archives: Farms

Ecotrust

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Mission statement:  Ecotrust’s mission is to inspire fresh thinking that creates economic opportunity, social equity and environmental wellbeing. Our goal is to foster a natural model of development that creates more resilient communities, economies, and ecosystems here and around the world.

Ecotrust believes in radical transformation of current institutions and the current ways of living that are unsustainable.  Their initiatives include:

•Consulting

•Fisheries

•Food and Farms

•Forests and Ecosystems Services

•Knowledge Systems

•Marine Consulting Initiatives

•Indigenous Affairs Program

•Natural Capital Fund

•Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative

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(503) 327-6225


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Ecotrust
721 NW 9th Avenue Suite 200
Portland, Oregon 97209

Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association

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According to their website, “PNDSA is a non-profit association formed in 2000 to provide information exchange, advocacy on conversation policy issues and research coordination that supports the adoption of environmentally sustainable and economically viable direct seed cropping systems. PNDSA unites growers under a cropping system, rather than one specific crop. We are passionate about bringing together diverse groups with common interests to advance the future of sustainable farming.”

Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(509) 995-6335

Address

PNDSA
PO Box 5
Colton, WA 99113

Transition Olympia

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According to their website, “Transition Olympia is a grassroots effort in Olympia (and surrounding areas) confronting the triple threat of Global Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Economic Contraction by catalyzing local resilience and revitalizing our communities.

Transition Olympia connects and strengthens our network of individuals and groups that focus on building local resilience. We support self-reliance and an abundant, vital community that can adapt to changes in food, energy, economic, and social systems. They are making movements towards small, site specific, community-based solutions.”

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(360) 481-4235

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No Permanent Address

Skagatonians to Preserve Farmland

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Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland acts as a land trust, buys up land and makes sure that farming remains an economically sustainable part of living in Skagit Valley.

Their mission statement is “Preserve Skagit Valley as a working agricultural region and landscape by protecting farmland through acquisition of permanent property restrictions and by promoting and supporting farming as an economically viable way of life.”

Their Work includes:
Protection of Agriculture
Community Education

Organization Type: Not-For Profit

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(360) 336-3974

Address

414A Snoqualmie Street P.O. Box 2405 Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Futurewise

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“Futurewise is a statewide public interest group working to promote healthy communities and cities while protecting farmland, forests and shorelines.”

Organization Type: Not-for-profit organization

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(206) 343-0681

Address

816 Second Ave, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98104

Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust

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The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust is a coalition of farmers, environmentalists, timber companies, developers, federal and state agencies and more. They strive for a  sustainable relationship between people and nature in the 1.5 million acre landscape.

Their mission is to lead and inspire action “to conserve and enhance the landscape from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains to Central Washington, ensuring a long-term balance between people and nature.”

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Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(206) 382-5565

Address

911 Western Avenue, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98104

Regional Approaches to Climate Change


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Regional Approaches to Climate Change works with the goal to combat climate change while making efforts to increase agricultural yields in the regions that are being effected by climate change in the Pacific Northwest. Their focus is on research and education.

Organization Type: Government Agency

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(208) 885-1230

Address

875 Perimeter Drive MS 2339
Moscow, ID 83844-2339


Stewardship Partners

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Description:
According to their website, the Stewardship Partners “is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that helps private landowners restore and preserve the natural landscapes of Washington State.”

Their mission statement reads:

We collaborate with diverse interest groups to build bridges and find solutions that achieve mutual goals of environmental protection, economic health, and community well being. Our projects restore fish and wildlife habitat, improve water quality, protect open space, and “green up” the built environment while maintaining working landscapes of farms, forestland, and livable communities throughout the State.

Climate Change-Related Activities:
The Stewardship Partners address climate change through strategies related to Forests & Agricultural Soils, including such programs as:

  • Rain Gardens in the Pacific Northwest
  • Snoqualmie Stewardship Program
  • Nisqually Glacier to Sound Stewardship Corridor
  • Low Impact Development

Organization Type: Not-for-Profit

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(206) 292-9875

Address

1411 4th Avenue, Suite 1425 Seattle, WA 98101