The Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP) was founded in 1982 by the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers to curtail epidemic losses of Black owned land in North Carolina.
Black Urban Growers (BUGS) is an organization committed to building networks and community support for growers in both urban and rural settings. Through education and advocacy around food and farm issues, we nurture collective Black leadership to ensure we have a seat at the table.
Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust brings together a diverse skill sets in Cooperative Development, Climate Justice, Food and Land Sovereignty, Farming, Education, Herbalism, and Indigenous and Disaporic ways of honoring the land to build a land trust with clarity of focus, intentionality, and lived experience that centers the voices of QTBIPOC Farmers, Land Stewards, and Earth Workers.
Blue Spruce Farm was the first participant in the Green Mountain Power (GMP) Cow Power program, which uses anaerobic digestion to turn manure generated on the farm into about 2.4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. Additionally, in 2013 the Audets partnered with GMP to host a 100 kW wind turbine under a unique arrangement that required no cost from the farm.
Roger Rainville’s dairy-turned-energy farm in Grand Isle County is a place where area dairy farmers, organic growers, and landowners have made biodiesel from their own locally-grown sunflower seeds.
By consulting with Efficiency Vermont from the beginning, Commonwealth was able to make strategic choices that continue to benefit them today—and they haven’t stopped there. Though their facility is widely considered to be state of the art due to their extensive control systems and the latest in processing equipment, Commonwealth continues their pursuit of efficiency.
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