>Partners and Collaborators

Below are links to categories of the many partners with whom we work.

Conservation Organizations
Agriculture Water Quality Alliance (AWQA)
Big Sur Land Trust
California Coastal Conservancy
Central Coast Agricultural Water Quality Coalition 
Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 
Central Coast Resource Conservation and Development Council 
Coastal Watershed Council
Ecology Action
Elkhorn Slough Foundation
Friends, Artists and Neighbors of Elkhorn Slough (FANS)
LandWatch Monterey County
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS)
Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network 
Monterey County Agricultural and Historical Land Conservancy
Monterey County Water Resources Agency
Resource Conservation District of Monterey County
Sustainable Connections
 
Economic Development Organizations
AnewAmerica Community Corporation
California Coastal Rural Development Corporation
Central Coast Small Business Development Center
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Competitive Clusters, Monterey County
El Pájaro Community Development Corporation
Monterey County Office of Economic Development
Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
Salinas United Business Association (SUBA)
The Unity Council 
 
Educational Institutions
Bellarmine Preparatory School
CSUMB, Earth Systems Science and Policy Program
CSUMB, Service Learning Institute and Watershed Institute
Hartnell College
Holy Names College
Life Lab Science Program, Santa Cruz
Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) 
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Saint Ignatius College Preparatory School
Salinas Adult School
San Ardo School
Santa Catalina School
Santa Rosa Junior College Shone Farm 
UC Davis Small Farm Center
UC Santa Cruz, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program 
University of California Cooperative Extension
University of California San Diego 
University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources
Washington State University Small Farms Program
 
Farm Organizations
California FarmLink
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)
Central Coast Vineyard Team
Community Agroecology Network
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
Ecological Farming Association
Farm Aid
Grower-Shipper Association of Central California
Growing New Farmers
Hmong American Community
Homeless Garden Project
Monterey County Farm Bureau
Monterey County Agricultural Education, Inc. 
Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA)
National Association of Latino/Hispanic Farmers and Ranchers
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
National Immigrant Farming Initiative
New England Small Farm Institute
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
New Farmer Development Project
Organic Farming Research Foundation  (OFRF) 
Protected Harvest 
Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau
Stockton Farmers’ Cooperative
Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE)        
Western Growers Association
Wild Farm Alliance
 
Farmworker Advocacy Organizations
California Institute for Rural Studies
MAFO: A National Partnership of Farmworker Organizations
 
Local Ag Commissioners
Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner
San Benito County Agricultural Commissioner
Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner
 
Local Rural-Based Youth Development
Rancho Cielo 
 
Monterey Bay Organic Farming Consortium Members (partial list)
ALBA
Coke Farm
Happy Boy Farms
New Natives
Phil Foster Ranches
Silva’s Apple Orchards
Swanton Berry Farm
 
Policy Organizations
California Coalition for Food and Farming
California Food and Justice Coalition
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture
Center for Rural Affairs
The Citizenship Project
Farm and Food Policy Project
Genetic Engineering Policy Alliance
La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE)
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
National Hispanic Environmental Council
Organic Consumers Association 
Organic Trade Association
Pesticide Action Network
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Rural Coalition
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
United Farm Workers
 
Public Health Organizations
South County Outreach Effort (SCORE)
 
Research Organizations
California Strawberry Commission
Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture
 
USDA Agencies
Agricultural Research Service
Farm Service Agency
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Risk Management Agency
Rural Development
Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE)
 
Volunteer Organizations
Volunteer Center of Monterey County