1. The Agriculture & Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) advances economic viability, social equity, and ecological land management in California by training future farmers and sustainable agriculture leaders, in addition to creating marketing alternatives for small-scale and limited-resource growers. www.albafarmers.org

2. Community Farm Alliance coordinates an institutional buying program that fosters new markets for local farmers through a program it calls L.I.F.E. - local innovative food economies. www.communityfarmalliance.org

3. Ecotrusts’s FoodHub ( www.food-hub.org ) is an innovative search tool that breaks down one of the biggest barriers in local food procurement: knowing where to find local food. www.ecotrust.org/foodfarms