SAGE – Sustainable Agriculture Education

Programs and Services

SAGE revitalizes agricultural places near cities and fosters vital food systems that connect urban and rural communities. Our approach is to generate big-vision ideas and implement them through collaboration with diverse stakeholders.

SAGE assists clients in developing place-based agriculture and local food projects. Our consulting services include existing conditions analysis, feasibility studies, business plans, stakeholder engagement and facilitation of multi-party collaborations.

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We work in two interconnected program areas: Urban-Edge Agricultural Revitalization and Urban-Rural Connections.

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Featured Projects

Bay Area Agriculture and Food Strategy

SAGE is following up on its recent publication of the Bay Area Food Economy with an analysis of resilience in the region’s agriculture and food sector.

San Jose Food Works Implementation

Implementation of initiatives to support food distribution and processing, food business incubation, and local food production, as strategies for advancing San Jose's resilience.

Sustaining Agriculture in the Coyote Valley

SAGE's projects in the Coyote Valley aim to revitalize agriculture, sustain conservation, and create a permanent agricultural resource area of regional significance.

Vision for a San Mateo County Food and Farm Bill

SAGE led research and stakeholder engagement to develop a shared vision for supporting a strong and resilient food and farm system in San Mateo County.

August 1, 2022 | Post

Framework for a Bay Area Agricultural Plan

SAGE is initiating the development of a Framework for a Bay Area Regional Agricultural Plan. This project will bring together key stakeholders to catalyze multi-jurisdictional coordination and investments to make the San Francisco Bay...

June 20, 2022 | Post

Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Plans

SAGE is on multidisciplinary consultant teams developing Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation program (SALC) plans for two California counties. These efforts share the goal of investing in agriculture as a long-term strategy to enhance community...

May 3, 2022 | Post

SAGE’s 20 Year Anniversary

SAGE is marking our 20-year anniversary! For two decades, SAGE has been working to make urban-edge agriculture more vital and valued, regional food systems more equitable and sustainable, and to increase investments in both...

Revitalizing agricultural places near cities

Fostering vital food systems

Celebrating food culture