Organizations Filed Purposes:
COMMUNITY AGROECOLOGY NETWORK'S (CAN) MISSION IS TO DEVELOP A NETWORK COMPRISED OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND U.S. CONSUMERS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES.
DEVELOP RURAL COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES.
CAN'S NETWORK PROVIDES RURAL COMMUNITIES IN MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA AND CALIFORNIA WITH THE TOOLS TO BECOME ECONOMICALLY VIABLE THROUGH AGRICULTURE WHILE ALSO BENEFITING THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH:ACTION RESEARCH: FARM-BASED RESEARCH INVOLVING INVESTIGATORS AND FARMERS WITH INFORMATION GENERATED FROM WITHIN AND PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR CAN FACILITATED ACTION RESEARCH INITIATIVES IN CHIAPAS AND YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO, AND LAS SEGOVIAS, NICARAGUA, FOCUSED ON BUILDING FOOD SECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY AMONG SMALL FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
EDUCATION: COMMUNITY EDUCATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, CONSUMER EDUCATION, AND ONGOING EXCHANGES AND PARTICIPATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER COMMUNITIES. THIS YEAR CAN HELD AN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE FOCUSED ON FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN CALIFORNIA. CAN ALSO RAISED AWARENESS ON U.S. CAMPUSES ABOUT FOOD JUSTICE AND MENTORED U.S. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS THROUGH VARIOUS INTERNSHIPS IN THE U.S. AND MEMBER COMMUNITIES.
MARKETING: DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCER-CONTROLLED MARKETS THAT SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND CREATE DIRECT LINKS WITH CONSUMERS. C.A.N. HAS DEVELOPED A "FAIR TRADE DIRECT" COFFEE MARKETING SYSTEM. BY LINKING COFFEE CO-OPS IN NICARAGUA AND MEXICO WITH U.S. CONSUMERS, C.A.N. HELPS FARMERS RECEIVE A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE PRICE FOR THEIR COFFEE. THROUGH LINKING GROWERS AND CONSUMERS IN A 'GLOBAL VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET', C.A.N. CONNECTS ECONOMIC VIABILITY WITH ECOLOGICAL FARMING PRACTICES, INCLUDING TRANSITIONING TO ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND REFORESTATION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Rose Cohen | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $74,455 |
| Patricia Zavella | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Thrupp | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sonja Swift | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ariane Debremond | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Roberta Jaffe | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Fox | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Gliessman Phd | CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
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