Organizations Filed Purposes:
Promote community supported agriculture. Strive to ensure that all families have access to locally produced, organic food and have strong connections to their farms, food, and community. Support small-scale farms by providing grower education and resource development.
Educate citizens about the benefits of fresh local foods and sustainable agriculture through public events, newsletters, community presentations, published educational materials, and an educational website. In 2019 the Coalition connected with over 65,000 people through our website. Events included the annual Find Your Farm event, attended by 500 people, and a Bike and Bus The Barns event that drew over 800 participants.
Promote community supported agriculture. Strive to ensure that all families have access to locally produced, organic food by providing financial assistance to low income households for the purpose of purchasing fresh food from community supported farms. This program serves over 170 low income households annually.
FairShare works closely with our community of growers to develop and share resources, build skills and farm efficiencies and to maintain a spirit of collaboration and camaraderie. FairShare endorses new farms each year through an application and interview process. Throughout the year, FairShare coordinates a number of farmer-to-farmer programs, available to FairShare-endorsed farms and other direct market producers, with topics ranging from technical growing skills to management practices to marketing. Other resources provided by FairShare include the annual Organic Vegetable Production Conference, on-farm research trials focused on cover crop and no-till production methods, and an Organic Vegetable Farm Manager Apprenticeship program that provides a pathway for farmers to train and retain employees perennially.
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 |
|---|
| Carrie Sedlak | Executive Director | 40 | $51,800 |
| Bethanee Wright | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lavina Twohill | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Laura Mortimore | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Scott Laeser | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kristen Kordet | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Rick Klemme | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Bill Herman | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Liz Gross | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sara Giacalone | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Megan Costello | Board member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Briana Krantz | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 |
| Cheri King | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
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