Leading Harvest

“Kenny fahey, executive director and lawrence a. Selzer, director - business relationship.”

“Leading harvest delegates control over management duties to tcf, the conservation fund, through the fiscal sponsorship agreement and management services agreement.”

“Leading harvest (lh) contracts the services of the conservation fund (tcf), an unrelated entity, for its management, finance, and administrative support services. Tcf engaged the independent auditing firm rsm to prepare leading harvest's form 990. Rsm is also engaged for tcf's annual audit of its financial own statements and form 990 preparation. Tcf finance and management staff and leading harvest's executive director directly participate in the preparation of the form, drafting responses to questions and reviewing the form 990 in draft. Tcf's counsel reviews the full draft report. A draft of the 990 is also provided to the leading harvest board chairman and treasurer for review and comment prior to going to the full leading harvest board for comments and questions. Subsequent to the review and revision process, the form 990 is approved by the full leading harvest board, finalized and filed with the irs. Copies of the form are made available for public inspection.”

“Conflict of interest policy copies are provided to each director and officer at a regular board meeting each year, typically at the first meeting of the year. Each such person must sign to indicate that he/she/they has read the policy and understands the duties under it.”

“Leading harvest's financial summaries, governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request for the period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“Leading harvest provides educational programs and independently audited certification standards to improve sustainability outcomes and create transparency in agriculture. The overarching purpose of leading harvest is to preserve and protect the natural environment for the benefit of the public at large by developing, administering, and improving sustainable agricultural standards for farmland management in collaboration with a broad cross-section of stakeholders representing environmental, social, and economic concerns, and to educate the general public about the benefits of environmentally sustainable, ethically sourced, and socially responsible agriculture, labor, and community practices. In pursuit of this purpose, leading harvest aspires to the following goals: to improve the condition of the soils, waters, and natural environmental systems that surround and support working farmlands; to promote a deeper understanding of the ecological systems that make the long-term agricultural uses of land possible; to protect these natural resources for the health and welfare of the general public, and for the benefit of future generations; and to promote and encourage the implementation of equitable governance and social structures for the benefit of workers on and operators of agricultural land.”