Resources

Artisanal

Food products that are made by hand, in small batches, using traditional methods.  

Community Land Trusts

Nonprofit organizations that acquire and hold land on behalf of a community to ensure its long-term use for affordable housing, farming, or green space — protecting it from speculative development. 

Community Support Agriculture (CSA)

"CSA programs have early roots in the “clientele membership clubs” pioneered in the South by Black horticulturist, author and Tuskegee University professor Booker T. Whatley in the 1960s and 70s, and in European cooperative farm economics, explored by Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s and capitalized upon by farmers in post-WWII Germany and Switzerland."

Farm-to-Table

Farm-to-table is a phrase that can mean different things to different people. At its heart, farm-to-table means that the food on the table came directly from a specific farm, without going through a store, market, or distributor along the way. It is not a regulated phrase, so it can be employed by anyone who considers their offerings to fit the definition. Similar phrases include locally-sourced, farm fresh, and farm-to-fork. 

Food Cooperatives (Food Co-ops)

Member-owned grocery stores or food distribution networks that operate democratically and prioritize local, ethical, or sustainable food sources. 

Food Sovereignty

The right of people to define their own food systems — including access to healthy, culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound methods — and their right to control food production and distribution. 

Permaculture

A system of designing land and settlements to mimic natural ecosystems, guided by the ethics of Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share, to create sustainable and self-sufficient ways of living.