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Who We Are

Moutoux_Bittner_ChalmersFuture Harvest A Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (Future Harvest CASA) is a network of farmers, agricultural professionals, landowners and consumers living and working in the Chesapeake region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington DC. Future Harvest CASA promotes profitable, environmentally sound and socially acceptable food and farming systems that work to sustain communities.

Established in 1994 as a result of the successful achievements of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation "Future Harvest Project," part of the Integrated Farming Systems program, Future Harvest CASA was officially incorporated as an independent organization on September 9, 1998 and received nonprofit status on July 13, 1999. 

Please use this LINK to review the organization's 2011 IRS Form 990 Filing. Click here for notes from the 2012 Membership Meeting.

 
Contribute to Our Mission
DONATE

Future Harvest CASA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Direct donations to Future Harvest CASA are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. You can click the button below to contributed electronically using either Paypal or a credit card. If you prefer to mail a check, make it payable to Future Harvest CASA and mail it to 1114 Shawan Road, Suite 1, Cockeysville, MD 21030. Call us at 410-549-7878 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  with any questions.

 

We also encourage you to become a member or support our mission financially in one of the ways listed below.

 

WORKPLACE CONTRIBUTIONS

EarthShare logoFuture Harvest CASA is a member of EarthShare Mid-Atlantic, formerly the Environmental Fund for Maryland (EFM). Member organizations, like Future Harvest CASA, work hard to safeguard health, quality of life and the natural resources we all depend on. These efforts are supported by EarthShare's mission: To engage individuals and organizations in creating a healthy and sustainable environment. 

EarthShare represents nearly 30 local conservation organizations through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). You may contribute directly to Future Harvest CASA by using the number 49830 on your CFC election formsEncourage friends, relatives or neighbors to consider doing the same!
 

RESTAURANTS, CATERERS, RETAILERS AND OTHER FOOD SYSTEM VENDORS

Contact us at 410-549-7878 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to explore any of these fundraising ideas!

• Local Harvest Dinner—Host a special event at your restaurant featuring local produce and local farms with part of the proceeds benefiting Future Harvest CASA. Future Harvest CASA will help connect you with local growers, help promote the event, and send farmers, consumers, and board members to help make it a success. 

• Charity Benefit—Many restaurants or retailers have one or more times each year when they identify a local charitable organization as the recipient of the proceeds from all sales during a special one-day promotion. Future Harvest CASA is a great candidate to receive those benefits.

• Field Day Sponsor—Sponsorship of one of our educational farmer field days gets you in front of your key audience and helps us provide quality programming that benefits farmers and the people they feed.

• Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference Sponsor—Our annual conference is the premier showcase in the Mid-Atlantic for sustainable agriculture organizations and businesses. See the 2013 Sponsor and Exhibitor Prospectus.

 
Organizational Members

 

Membership is one of THE MOST IMPORTANT ways you can help Future Harvest CASA fulfill its mission of promoting profitable, environmentally sound and socially acceptable food and farming systems in the Chesapeake region. Your membership contributes to our financial ability to do our work, and it contributes to the collective voice that allows us to advocate for the future of sustainable agriculture.

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The Board of Directors of Future Harvest CASA extends special recognition to these 2013 Organizational Members:

Organizational Members - 2013

Accokeek Foundation

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

Animal Welfare Approved

Arcadia Food

Atwater's

Ayrshire Farm

Blue Ridge Produce

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance

The Common Market Group

Farm Credit of the Virginias

Farm Family Insurance Company

Farm-to-Fork Loudoun

FireFly Farms

Flavor Magazine

FRESHFARM Markets

Gertrude's

Hearn Kirkwood

Heathcote Community

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future

Kaiser Permanente

Kayam Farm at Pearlstone Center

Loudoun County Department of Economic Development

Lydia's Fields at Wheatland, LLC

MARBIDCO

The Mill of Bel Air

Mill Valley General Store

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Morgan County Association for Food and Farms

National Capital Farms

The National Center for Appropriate Technology

National Resources Conservation Service

Oak Spring Farm

Organic Blessings

Organic Valley

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture

Piedmont Environmental Council

Prince Charitable Trusts

Real Food Farm - Civic Works

Red Wiggler Community Farm

Small Farm Central

Three Part Harmony Farm

Three Springs Fruit Farm

True & Essential Meats

Tuscarora Organic Growers Coop

USDA Farm Service Agency - Maryland

USDA Farm Service Agency - Virginia

USDA Farm Service Agency - West Virginia

Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition Project | Virginia Tech

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Washington County Technical High School Greenhouse

Washington's Green Grocer

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Board & Staff

2012 Board of Directors

Joan Norman

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Joan NormanPresident 
One Straw Farm, 
White Hall, MD 
(Farmer)

Will Morrow1st Vice President 

Whitmore Farm, Emmitsburg, MD  

(Farmer)

Rob Schnabel2nd Vice President 
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 
Annapolis, MD 
(Agriculture professional)

 

   

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Amanda BehrensSecretary  
Center for a Livable Future, Baltimore City, MD 
(Agriculture professional)

Beckie GurleyTreasurer 
Calvert's Gift Farm 
Sparks, MD 
(Farmer)

Jakir ManelaPast President 
Kayam Farm, Pearlstone Center, Reisterstown, MD 
(Farmer-Educator)

 

   

Pablo Elliott

Amy Haines

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Pablo Elliott
Stoney Lonesome Farm,
 Fauquier County, VA 
(Farmer)

Amy Haines
Out of the Fire Restaurant
Easton, MD (Restaurateur) 

Sudeep Mathew
University of Maryland Extension, Dorchester County, Cambridge, MD (Agriculture agent) 

 

 

 

Margaret Morgan-Hubbard

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Margaret Morgan-Hubbard
ECO City Farms, Edmonston, MD (Urban farmer) 

Jamie Moore (At-Large Representative from PASA)
Eat'n Park Restaurants, Pittsburgh, PA (Restaurateur)

Rob Moutoux 

Moutoux Orchards, Loudon County, VA
 (Farmer)

     

Ginger Myers

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Ginger Myers   

Western Maryland Research & Education Center, Keedysville, MD  
(Farmer & Agriculture agent)

Shepherd Ogden
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV (Agriculture agent and former farmer)

Stephanie Ritchie 

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, USD, Beltsville, MD 
(Agriculture professional)

 

 

 

Greg Strella

 Mike Snow

 

Greg Strella
Great Kids Farm, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, MD (Farmer-Educator)

 Michael Snow  

Willowsford Farm, Willowsford, VA 
(Farmer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Director Alice Chalmers

The organization's overall operations are run under the leadership of  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Alice brings a strong set of business skills, as a graduate of Columbia University in Mathematics and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, as well as twenty years in private industry and in consulting. She also brings her passion for the transformation of agriculture and the Chesapeake Food Shed, having worked in 2005 to create North County Preservation, Inc. (NCP), a local education and research group dedicated to rural land use issues, and on the profitability and sustainability of agriculture as NCP Vice-President and Board member of the Maryland Agricultural Resource Council.

Deputy Director Renee Brooks Catacalos
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  focuses on outreach to members, partners, and consumers, and is the lead organizer of Future Harvest CASA's signature event, the annual Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference. In addition to a background in international affairs and public relations, Renee brings more than ten years of experience in the local food and agriculture community. She was publisher and editor of Edible Chesapeake magazine, and has served as a communications consultant to a variety of local food businesses, as well as to organizations such as ECO City Farms and Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment. She is currently board chair for ECO City Farms, board secretary for FRESHFARM Markets, and a member of the board of the Riverdale Park Farmers Market. 

Beginner Farmer Training Program Director Cathy Tipper
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  was instrumental in founding the Beginner Farmer Training Program in 2009, and has continuously led the program since its inception, growing it from four to participants to 12 in 2012, and from one to three training farms. Cathy also works with the Education Committee to organize and oversee Future Harvest CASA's educational field days.


 

 
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