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Re-Connecting With and Meeting New Organizations is a Major Plus
Much of Local Food Forum's coverage focuses on the activities of dynamic non-profit organizations that, in ways eclectic or esoteric, work to help build a healthier, more sustainable, more local, more humane and fairer food system.
And one of the most rewarding experiences for me as I attended the 2024 Farm Aid Festival last Saturday (September 21) in Saratoga Springs, New York was spending hours in the Homegrown Village, a gathering of dozens of non-profit organizations working to advance our cause.
Homegrown Village is a standing feature of Farm Aid's big annual fundraising event. This year's included some national organizations with which I have familiarity, and local and regional groups focused on improving local food ecosystems in the Northeast, which I'm happy to get to know.
To salute their efforts, I'm providing this photo display of Homegrown Village exhibitors. Pre-emptive apology: I tried to make sure to capture them all but apologize to anyone I missed.
I am listing the organizations alphabetically, starting with the one in the photo above: Agriculture Stewardship Alliance of Greenwich, New York. I don't have the bandwidth to provide details on each group, but the name of each is linked to their website or social media page.
ASPCA, New York, New York
Battles of Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, New York
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, New York
Cornell University New York State Integrated Pest Management, Ithaca, New York
Dimock Environmental Research Center, Montrose, Pennsylvania
Farm Generations Cooperative, Plattsburgh, New York
farmSTAND, Washington, District of Columbia
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, Falls Church, Virginia
Food and Water Watch, Washington, District of Columbia
Future Farmers of America, Indianapolis, Indiana
GrowNYC, New York, New York
National Center for Appropriate Technology/Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, Butte, Montana
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Washington, District of Columbia
Northeast Organic Farming Organization of New York, Binghamton, New York/Northeast Organic Farming Organization of Vermont, Richmond, Vermont
NYFarmNet, Ithaca, New York
Pennsylvania Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Pitney Meadows Community Farm, Saratoga Springs, New York
Rural Advancement Foundation International — USA, Pittsboro, North Carolina
Rural Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont
Salvation Farms, Morristown, Vermont
The Livestock Conservancy, Pittsboro, North Carolina
The Transfarmation Project, Los Angeles, California
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia
Veterans IN Farming, multiple locations, Indiana
Wild Roots, North Salem, New York
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