Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) supports urban-edge farming and engages diverse populations in local, sustainable agriculture.

Founded in 2001, SAGE is an entrepreneurial nonprofit that seeks to ensure that multifunctional agriculture – agriculture that provides food and other community benefits – is a key element of regional sustainability planning and that it is implemented on the ground in the San Francisco Bay Area and other regions.

SAGE produces foodshed assessments, participates in regional agricultural planning and investment initiatives, creates urban-edge Agricultural Parks including the model Sunol AgPark, and provides sustainable agriculture education and outreach.

Agriculture & Conservation in the Coyote Valley

SAGE’s acclaimed Sustaining Agriculture and Conservation in the Coyote Valley report proposes a long-term vision for protecting agriculture and open space in this last remaining farmland of what was called “The Valley of the Heart’s Delight,” now Silicon Valley.

SAGE is working with key stakeholders to implement the report’s recommendations by establishing the Coyote Valley Agricultural Enterprise and Conservation (COVAEC) program.

SAGE is also helping the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority to develop its Conservation Vision and to produce a celebration of local agriculture on May 11, 2013, on the Authority’s new Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve.

Through presentations, panels and publications, SAGE seeks to broaden support for sustainable agriculture initiatives. Speaking schedule. Featured publications.

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