Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE)
Environmental ServicesCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees
SAGE is an environmental services organization based in Berkeley, California. It focuses on revitalizing agricultural spaces near cities and building food systems that connect urban and rural communities. The organization pursues big-vision ideas and implements them through collaboration among diverse stakeholders, with two program areas—Urban-Edge Agricultural Revitalization and Urban-Rural Connections—and consulting services such as existing conditions analyses, feasibility studies, and business planning. Founded in 2001, SAGE is a lean, entrepreneurial organization that convenes partners from public agencies, farmers, educators, conservationists, health experts, economists, planners, public-interest organizations, and community groups in urban and rural settings. It broadens the community around sustainable agriculture through education and outreach, agri-tourism engagement, and bolstering markets for local food, while offering expertise, resources, tools, and convening opportunities, including technical assistance to beginning farmers.