Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

Mar 28, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$1,485,257

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Regional Projects - In 2001 PASA conducted research among its members that indicated a strong and growing interest in developing marketing programs intended to educate the public about the benefits of consuming locally and sustainably raised foods, including support for the "Triple Bottom Line" of farm viability, environmental protection and social responsibility. In order to address this interest, PASA began to develop regional offices around Pennsylvania with an aim, not only to disseminate our normal membership benefits and programs, but especially to develop public awareness, partnerships among foodservice businesses, and urban outreach regarding sustainability in food systems generally speaking. the result has been the establishment of two permanent offices in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas, with more likely on the way in coming years. Through these offices, PASA manages its popular activities related to the Buy Fresh Buy Local and Good Food Neighborhood brands.

Activity 3

Member Services - Now with over 6,000 regular members, and many more supporters and friends, PASA has grown tremendously since its beginning in 1992. In order to maintain this pace of growth, and to attract even more new members, we have developed a variety of programs aimed at facilitating communication with and among our members. Such programs include a website that is updated regularly with recent news and items of interest, various e-mail lists with both regional and topical themes, a very active facebook page and a bi-monthly newsletter, "Passages", that is highly regarded across the country for its educational nature and forthright spirit. We now have staff in the member services area focusing specifically on members who represent farms, businesses and the consuming public, and have assigned regional staff to assist with delivering such services as well. On behalf of our members, we also stay in touch at the local, statewide and national levels regarding policy issues of importance to farmers and/or sustainable food systems.

Filer

EIN

25-1685497