{"id":1145,"date":"2012-01-24T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T21:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/?page_id=1145"},"modified":"2012-05-07T16:42:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T20:42:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Food<\/a>In 2009, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) formed a partnership with Food Alliance in order to raise awareness about the standards and certification in Pennsylvania and the greater Mid-Atlantic region. Several farms have already been certified in the region, but there is much potential to increase the presence of Food Alliance among producers and consumers. The Partner Farm Program aims to address this by connecting farms based on education, research, or charity to Food Alliance, mutually benefitting each party. Partnership provides the opportunity to extend a rich and holistic approach to sustainable farming to students, farmers, and other stakeholders.\u00a0The Dickinson College Farm was the first Certified Partner Farm, but there will be more to come.<\/p>\n

More about Food Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Food Alliance, operating out of Portland, Oregon, is a non-profit third-party certification program that promotes environmentally and socially responsible agricultural practices. The criteria for certification include safe and fair working conditions, healthy and humane treatment of animals, reduction of pesticide use and toxicity, soil and water conservation, energy and waste management, and protection of wildlife habitat. Thus, farming or food industry establishments with the Food Alliance seal, like the Dickinson College Farm, can demonstrate to their consumers that they employ a holistic approach, taking into account the health of the people, soil, water, plants, and animals. Food Alliance also requires its certification holders to have plans in place for continual improvement, encouraging ever-evolving, responsible, and traceable practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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