Future Harvest - Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture
Strategic Plan

March 30, 2004

Mission:

Future Harvest-CASA is a network of farmers, agricultural professionals, landowners and consumers living and working in the Chesapeake region.  Future Harvest - CASA promotes profitable, environmentally sound and socially acceptable food and farming systems that work to sustain communities

Future Harvest/CASA Goals:

1) Promote and improve agriculture profitability and environmental stewardship through the use of sustainable farming practices

2) Improve the regional agricultural economy by supporting local food and agriculture systems by connecting consumers and other buyers with producers

3) Provide a forum for: information exchange, policy development, and idea promotion.

Our Target Audience:

While we encourage membership in CASA among all producers, consumers, government entities and other stakeholders, our primary audiences for programs and outreach are small and midsize farms and producers who are interested in sustainability and profitability.  Included are new producers, those who sell at farmers markets, those who participate in the local food economy, and those that are helping to preserve farmland and open space.

The area we serve is the Chesapeake watershed, including Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware.  Our main focus is on Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

Our Three Year Goals:

1) Dramatically increase farm- based educational opportunities within our region with the support of our partners
2) Stabilize our funding (more funding, more diversified funding)
3) Strengthen direct marketing by farmers to consumers; teach farmers how to educate consumers
4) Dramatically increase the engagement of the Board in supporting staff
5) Strengthen our ties with decision makers 
 

Future Harvest-CASA
P. O. Box 1544
Eldersburg, MD 21784
phone: 410-549-7878 
fax: 410-549-9778 
email: fhcasa@verizon.net