The Institute works to address the many issues challenging our agricultural community to ensure that the Market will thrive for generations to come.

  • In the face of global warming, how can we help them be as efficient as they can be, in their energy use, their water use and their overhead and labor?
  • How can we bring in a wider, more diverse constituency, so that we can truly say that everyone in our community has access to fresh, local food?’
  • How can we find new farmers when our elder farmers start to retire?

We are also looking to the future, to develop more programs that will improve our local food sustainability and our farmers’ ability to produce it for us.