MISSION Our mission is to inspire and educate communities across the country to grow food in environmentally sustainable ways and create Community Food Systems where locally produced, affordable, and healthy food is available to all. VALUES Access to Land We believe that social justice, economic security, and community political participation is strengthened when community members are empowered have access to land for the purpose of growing food. Sustainable Small-Scale Agriculture We believe that bountiful amounts of affordable, healthy food can and should be grown in and around the city using simple, appropriate technology and renewable resources. We value sustainable growing practices as essential to our responsible participation in the restoration and preservation o