TOPIC: ORGANIC FARMING (24)

First Generation Farmers

First Generation Farmers is a non-profit community farm in California’s East Bay Area. We demonstrate all aspects of sustainable and organic
agriculture to promote new generations of farmers. 
We facilitate food access from and for the local community while conserving natural resources, providing public education, access to open space.

RipeNear.Me

We were founded by Alistair Martin and Helena Martin in Adelaide, Australia - two foodies passionate about local and fresh produce. RipeNear.Me aims to dramatically increase the quantity of urban and sustainably grown foods, provide an platform for growers to establish a profitable ecosystem or micro farm, give passionate foodies better access to the best local, home grown, and in season food and reduce food waste. 

HarvestGeek

The core ideal which we believe at HarvestGeek is that the economics of large-scale industrial agriculture is not a sustainable proposition thus the need for efficient, tested and reproducible methods of small-scale food production. We'd like to see communities producing the bulk of their own food. The benefits to this we believe are many.
By empowering the local food movement, communities will benefit from new employment opportunities, money spent on food will stay in the community, fossil fuel use due to food transportation will drop off sharply, impoverished areas access to (healthy) food will increase, and we will be seeding a new generation with an appreciation for food, their health, and their connection to the Earth.

Jones Valley Teaching Farm

Jones Valley Teaching Farm is not just a place where delicious food grows—it’s a place where young minds blossom. Our mission, put simply, is to make our community a healthier place. And our focus is empowering future generations with an education eat smarter, think healthier—and live better.

Gotham Greens

Gotham Greens’ first greenhouse facility, located on a rooftop in Greenpoint, Brookyn. Our state of the art rooftop greenhouses combine advanced horticultural and engineering techniques to optimize crop production, crop quality, and production efficiency. The climate controlled facility will grow premium quality produce, year-round. Gotham Greens  provides locally grown vegetables and herbs, even in the winter months, when local supply is typically low.

Bucky Box

Bucky Box is the future of local food distribution. Simple to use, powerful software for automating ordering, customer accounts, packing & delivery logistics, and payments & billing reconciliation. Bucky Box is a social enterprise, supporting the local food movement through innovative partnerships, to bring about a better food system for people & planet.

Proximity Designs

Proximity Designs is an award winning social enterprise designing products and services that help Myanmar rural families achieve their goals.

The Urban Homestead Project

Surrounded by urban sprawl and just a short distance from a freeway, the Urban Homestead project is a family operated and highly productive city farm. It is also a successful, real-life working model for sustainable agriculture and eco living in urban areas. 

Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF)

Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) has a very clear vision -- that organic farming will be the leading form of agriculture in America. OFRF cultivates organic research, education, and federal policy that brings more farmers and acreage into organic production. Founded in 1990, OFRF is a leading  champion of American organic family farmers.

Farming the City

CITIES' Farming the City pilot project has been running in Amsterdam since November 2010, bringing city dwellers to explore inspirational ways of producing, storing, cooking, preserving, distributing and sharing food. 

Sqirl

Sqirl subscribes to the philosophy that as far as fruit preservation goes, nothing beats tradition. Our jams, jellies and marmalades are made with produce from family-owned farms that practice sustainable, certified organic methods that are in close proximity1 to our kitchen in Los Angeles, California.

Bike A Bee

Bike·a·Bee is connecting Chicago greenspaces, community gardens and urban farms with beehives that need a nice sunny spot to live. All of the hives are visited and cared for on a bike!

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Back to the Roots

Back to the Roots is an organization on a mission to take back our food and take back our health by creating that make it as easy as possible for people to grow their own food at home. The BTTR Grow-Your-Own Mushroom Garden and Home Aquaponics Garden encourage fresh, healthy eating as well as learning about where food comes from and why what we choose to eat is crucial to our health. 

Real Time Farms

Real Time Farms is a crowd-sourced nationwide food guide. Everyone, from farmers to foodies, can share photos and information about food: how it was grown, who grew it and where to find it. We all deserve to know where our food comes from, and Real Time Farms enables you to trace your food back to the farm, so you can find food you feel good about eating.

Laughing Man

Emmy® and Tony® Award winning actor Hugh Jackman and native New Yorker and entrepreneur David Steingard have joined together to launch Laughing Man Worldwide, a line of coffees, teas and chocolates, that gives 100% of profits to charity with a focus on education across the globe, from funding school programs to teaching farming, vocational training and character building. Supporting a world free of misery and suffering both here and abroad, all proceeds from the specialty coffees, teas, and chocolates are put towards encouraging widespread job growth and personal ingenuity.