About Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
We are a non-profit organization with the mission to cultivate the ecological, social, economic, and spiritual vitality of food and farming systems through education, research, policy and market development.
We envision an ever-creative cultural process in which farmers and consumers create agricultural landscapes with healthy regional systems of land use, food production and distribution.
Since our founding in 1984, we have worked to realize this vision.
- Our Crop and Soil Research program uses classic plant breeding and modern screening methods to produce plants that perform highly, can be used in organic systems and have protein and amino acid levels.
- Our Farm and Food Education program trains new and existing farmers in all aspects of sustainable agriculture.
- Our Integrated Farming Systems program researches and demonstrates the benefits of diversified agricultural systems.
- Our Public Policy program engages grassroots support for sustainable agriculture while helping farmers and others take full advantage of sustainable agriculture programs.
- We also keep abreast of current issues in agriculture and highlight them in our Director’s Blog. We welcome your comments.
Our board and staff are deeply committed to sustainable agriculture, but it is through our many collaborations that we have the most reach. We also focus on fostering the next generation of sustainable agriculture proponents, and our interns and alumni have gone on to work in sustainable agriculture in diverse ways.
We are based in East Troy, Wisconsin, but our work affects the state, the country, and beyond. Our goal is to reach out to all types of farmers whether they consider themselves conventional, organic, or biodynamic.
You can join us in our work by receiving our updates and action alerts, and you can support our work by making a donation. Together we can help create a sustainable future!
