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About PASA

5/30/2008 11:30am

The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) is a nonprofit organization working to improve the economic prosperity, environmental soundness and social propriety of Pennsylvania food and agricultural systems. We work with farmers who grow our food, consumers who eat the food, and those concerned with the ecological wellbeing of our environment and natural resources, among many other interest groups.

PASA is the only statewide, member-based, sustainable farming organization in Pennsylvania and the Northeast, and is one of the largest in the nation. The Association seeks to address the sustainability of the entire food and agriculture industry, and places great value on efforts to build bridges between various and disparate participants in the food system.

PASA creates networks and markets to strengthen the ties between concerned consumers and family farmers. PASA is building statewide channels that link farmers with farmers, farmers with consumers, and consumers with markets. As our organization has grown, we've had some real successes with a variety of educational programs - both on and off the farm, that are shaping new partnerships that enhance the lives and livelihoods of producers and consumers.

PASA is a network of people who care - we all have a role in assuring the health and longevity of our regional farms and food supply. PASA is the catalyst that brings together those dedicated to advancing sustainable food and farming systems. PASA is a dynamic new model for partnerships between traditional agricultural and our ever-changing society and has worked to forge positive and needed changes in the way food is grown, harvested, distributed, and marketed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Our family farms face enormous threats and whether we can save farming in time is up to all of us. They can and will be saved - if they have enough friends (and farmers). Please be one of them. Please join us.

Comments (1)

  • Nancy Grim said.. Mia - I cannot tell you how thankful I am that we have an organization like PASA here in Central Pennsylvania. As a board member of the Carlisle Central Farmers Market (we are an indoor year-round ma More..
    rket) I struggle with convincing the community and our board that the food movement is, indeed, right here in our own backyard. What we at CCFM need to do is educate our community about the myriad benefits of eating fresh, local, sustainably-raised food AND we need to attract vendors who grow and raise produce and animals in that way. Your website will make it easier for me, and others, to make those vital connections.

    Thank you so much!

    11/7/08 @ 10:07am

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