Cascadian Edible Landscapes assists individuals, communities, governments, and developers transform underutilized spaces into places of food production and community growth. We recognize barriers to gardening and healthy eating habits–whether it is a lack of knowledge or resources–and empower people to surmount them.
In the name of Food Justice and Security, our GOALS are as follows:
1. Create community-scale edible landscapes, assisting people with garden plans and construction.
2. Promote a vision of social justice and healthy food systems, recognizing these are intertwined. We exchange services (charge) at sliding-scale rates in order to serve people from all economic situations. We ask people with resources to invest in their communities, and do not provide anything for free, thus bringing value to our work.
3. Recognizing that establishing gardens is only the first step, we educate and support gardeners, through the promotion of “Garden Nodes” as well as our growing Community Supported Plant Starts program.
4. Provide consultation services and advocate to developers and government. We seek to be leaders in urban agriculture and institutionalize local food production networks in city and neighborhood plans.