Center for Good Food Purchasing organizes communities to use the power of institutional purchasing to transform the food system around principles of justice, equity and sustainability. www.goodfoodpurchasing.org
Creating IT Futures provides training to low-income women and people of color for well-paying information technology jobs. www.creatingitfutures.org
Dakota Wicohan, based in rural Morton, MN, works to preserve Native Dakota language, art and culture. www.dakotawicohan.org
Art of the Rural advances rural culture and quality of life through relationships that connect communities, cultivate dialogue, and forward rural-urban exchange. www.artoftherural.org
Main Street Project uses a groundbreaking model of regenerative agriculture to catalyze a sustainable food system that regenerates the environment, creates economic opportunity for immigrant farmers and farmworkers, and revitalizes rural communities. www.mainstreetproject.org
Milwaukee Water Commons organizes low-income communities and communities of color around water equity and justice. www.milwaukeewatercommons.org
NāTIFS is the nonprofit arm of The Sioux Chef and works on Indigenous foods access and Native economic empowerment at their Indigenous Food Lab. www.natifs.org
Rural Coalition unites farmers, farmworkers and rural communities around justice and equity, and holds their seat at the table of federal policy discussions. www.ruralco.org
Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG) is a nonprofit law center that provides legal services and support to family farmers and their communities to help keep family farmers on the land. www.flaginc.org
Stockholm Environment Institute is an international environment and climate think tank with a justice and equity lens. www.sei-us.org
Center for Energy and Environment is a pioneer in regional energy efficiency and climate mitigation. www.mncee.org
Food System 6 is a nonprofit agriculture innovation accelerator working at the intersection of capital and sustainable food systems. https://www.foodsystem6.org
International Drug Policy Consortium is a London-based global network promoting objective and open debate on drug policy. https://idpc.net
Climate Generation organizes youth for bold climate action. www.climategeneration.org
Compatible Technology International/Bountifield provides innovative agricultural tools to increase wealth and food security in developing countries. www.compatibletechnology.org
Every Child Matters promotes a families agenda for health, economic justice and equity. www.everychildmatters.org
Free Speech TV is an independent, progressive television and media organization. www.freespeech.org
Lanesboro Arts is pioneering the arts as an economic development tool in rural Minnesota. https://lanesboroarts.org
National Family Farm Coalition fights for family farmers and a sustainable food system. www.nffc.net
North Atlantic Marine Alliance mobilizes fishing communities around sustainable fisheries. www.namanet.org
Steger Wilderness Center provides climate leadership and education. www.stegerwildernesscenter.org