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Company Name: National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
Company Type: Educational
Company Profile
National Campaign: A Brief History and Overview.
The National Campaign was launched in 1994 to meet the need for a national forum
in which to develop and promote federal sustainable agriculture policy. Our goal
is to create federal policy that will shift the food system towards sound
environmental stewardship, foster decent livelihoods for farmers and workers,
and be socially just and humane. We function as a working alliance of partner
organizations and bring together many interests, from large national groups like
the Sierra Club and National Farmers Union, to tiny grassroots associations like
farmers' markets and food purchasing co-ops. Combining these with the
strength-in-numbers added by consumers, environmentalists and wildlife
advocates, educational institutions, religious and community food security
groups, civil rights activists, and rural community groups, the National
Campaign is building a powerful voice with the breadth and unity essential to
bring about change in federal policy.
As a grassroots-led network, we work with several hundred local, state,
regional, and national groups on varying issues, and have a mailing list of
20,000 individuals. In 2003, we instituted a formal system of dues paying voting
and non-voting partners to ensure clarity and transparency in our structure. At
this time we have over 120 official partners (see list attached) representing
the various constituencies outlined above. In turn, these partners elect the
majority of our Board of Directors and provide leadership in our policy
development and advocacy efforts
About Company
Our Shared Values
More independent farmers and ranchers producing good food, making a good living
and protecting the environment;
Thriving communities connected through sustainable food production, processing
and distribution systems based on fair and open markets;
Dignified livelihoods and living wages for all workers in the farm and food
sector;
A safe, secure food supply;
Access for everyone in our society to nutritious, healthful and affordable food;
and
Farming and ranching practices that produce quality food and other products,
while preserving open space, abundant wildlife, and other forms of biodiversity.
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