Mission: To inspire and educate people to safeguard our natural resources while building an equitable and sustainable local food system.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(206) 633-0451
As stated by their official website:
Idaho OnePlan provides data and software to help growers develop a single conservation farm plan that can be pre-endorsed by the various agencies, streamlining and simplifying the regulatory process that farmers face.
Idaho OnePlan is a multi-agency project to combine government regulations and current best management practices for agriculture into a single plan, integrating federal, state, and local regulations for:
•Nutrient, Pest and Waste Management
•Water Quality and Wetlands
•Air Quality
•Financial Assistance
•Endangered Species
•Petroleum Storage Tanks
Organization Type: Non-Government Organization
(208) 332-1790
From their website: Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit research and education membership organization dedicated to biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture. Oregon Tilth offers educational events throughout the state of Oregon, and provides organic certification services to organic growers, processors, and handlers internationally.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(503) 378-0690
From Their Website: The Just Garden Project builds a just food system and a culture of gardening for all people. We do this by building gardens, educating gardeners, celebrating our community and engaging youth in our work. Through our programs we work to simultaneously end hunger and food related health issues by nurturing a culture of gardening for the generations to come.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(206) 633-0451
According to their website, “The Calapooia Watershed Council (CWC) was created by residents of the watershed in 1999, and is a community organization that promotes voluntary actions to improve the health of the watershed. The Council was originally formed due to initial concerns of agriculture regulations and the listing of threatened fish species, namely spring Chinook and winter steelhead. The activities of the Council are guided by bylaws, articles of incorporation, policies, and its mission statement.”
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(541) 466-3493
Viva Farms “provide new farmers affordable access to education, training and technical assistance; capital and credit; land and markets.” Farmers are given a square mile of farm land to get started. The vegetables are sold in a CSA (community supported agriculture) approach in box shares. Its parent organization is GrowFood.org, a national organization.
Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation
(360) 707-3223
The official website says:
Part of the international Greendrinks network, Seattle Greendrinks is a volunteer-driven non-profit created to connect and grow Seattle’s environmental community. Founded in 2003, Seattle Greendrinks’ main event remains a monthly informal social networking gathering. However, in 2008 Seattle Greendrinks began to broaden its mission, acknowledging the need for more deliberate, targeted efforts to grow and activate the environmental community beyond its traditional core. Seattle Greendrinks now offers a number of events, including Fresh! , an intimate, informal evening of wine & chocolate tasting; Bloom, a speaker-focused event highlighting innovation in sustainability; and the Agent Green program, in which the consumptive power of the crowd helps businesses reduce their environmental footprint.
Organization Type: Non-government organization
According to their website “Earthsave Canada is a non-profit, educational organization promoting awareness … We advocate the move towards a more whole foods, plant-based diet for environmental sustainability.”
Low Impact Lifestyles
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(604) 731-5885
According to their website their goal is to “Build, support & maintain community.” They make the low impact lifestyle of vegetarianism easier to access and keep up.
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(503) 746-8344
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
(208) 885-1230