Center For Agricultural Development And Entrepreneurship

Farmland access in partnership with the american farmland trust and the schoharie land trust, cade is working to conserve farmland and transition it to the next generation of farmland owners and operators in schoharie and delaware counties. Program funding sources: aft, slt, usda bfrdp

Vision 2050 in collaboration with the dyson school of cornell university, the cornell small farms program, hartwick college, suny cobleskill, and faculty from columbia university, cade brought together a diverse group of stakeholders to develop a long-term, visionary plan for new york states' agricultural future--setting nys on course to become the northeast's leading foodshed by 2050 and a model for a regenerative, sustainable, equitable food sytem. The vision was formed by farm and food business sector leaders from across the supply chain, food system experts, agricultural specialists, climate change specialists, among others. The purpose of the vision is to inform leaders and policy makers on how they can accelerate sustainable agricultural economic development, increase food security, mitigate climate change, and create green jobs throughout the farm and food sector in new york state by 2050. Program funding sources: esd, arc, the scriven foundation, cfoc. Farm to institution cade is working to enhance the capacity of farm and food businesses to access institutional markets--including public schools, pantries, health and senior centers, universities/colleges, food pantries, etc.--and simultaneously, to build the capacity of institutions to purchase more local/new york produced food. As part of this work, cade helped design and launch ripecommunity, an online matchmaking platform designed to connect food suppliers with institutional food buyers. Program funding sources: usda lfpp, chaobani impact fund, nysdam, hcoc, nyu stern, wild kale.