Pomona Community Farmer Alliance

Our Goals

• Make high-quality, nutrient-dense, toxin-free food regularly accessible and affordable in our local community
• Support regenerative land management practices, and farmers who are growing produce with attention to environmental and human health outcomes
• Create a space for knowledge sharing that emphasizes health, well-being, nutrition, and food preparation, and uplifts the value of tradition and culture
• Develop a farmers market culture that welcomes diversity, holds space for marginalized individuals and communities, and actively dismantles systemic oppression
• Cultivate awareness of intersecting social, food, and environmental justice issues to minimize and mitigate negative impacts of wasteful, destructive and oppressive systems, and to empower community transformation
• Provide local opportunities for positive engagement with the community through service and volunteering
• Build community around healthy interaction in a reliable, safe community space
• Practice and demonstrate prosocial and humanistic values that promote connection and allow our community to thrive
• Promote an organizational culture of collaborative decision-making rooted in active listening, empathy, and inclusion