Agricultural Platform Collective brings together organizations working to strengthen regional food systems in California, with a particular focus on producer support, market access, and shared capacity. Through the Lab, APC will continue exploring opportunities for stronger coordination and capital pathways across the Central Valley and beyond.

REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION‍ MARKETS‍ ‍ NETWORKS + COORDINATION‍ ‍NATIONAL + FIELD INFRASTRUCTURE

American Sustainable Business Network brings together businesses, investors, and other economic actors working toward a more sustainable and equitable economy. Its participation brings a national business and policy perspective to questions of market development, financial infrastructure, and the conditions needed for regional food systems to thrive.

NATIONAL + FIELD INFRASTRUCTURE · REGULATORY + POLICY · MARKETS

CoFED is a cooperative movement builder creating a food economy powered by the visionary leadership of young queer, trans, Black, Indigenous people, and people of color. Through training, community grants, and solidarity networks, CoFED supports cooperators and farmers advancing food and land justice. Its work seeks to transform an extractive system into one rooted in healing, relationship, and collective liberation.

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT · TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE · LAND ACCESS + STEWARDSHIP · CAPITAL + INVESTMENT

Del Norte & Tribal Lands Food Council brings together producers, Tribal communities, institutions, and other partners to strengthen the food system of California's far north coast. Its work demonstrates the importance of regional coordination, food sovereignty, and approaches shaped by the ecological and cultural context of place.

REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION · NETWORKS + COORDINATION · LAND ACCESS + STEWARDSHIP · ECOLOGY + RESILIENCE

For decades, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives has strengthened Black farmers, landowners, cooperatives, and rural communities across the South. Its work spans cooperative development, land retention, technical assistance, advocacy, and market access—offering a powerful model of infrastructure built around the long-term needs of producers and communities.

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT · TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE · LAND ACCESS + STEWARDSHIP · REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION · MARKETS

Foodshed Capital provides flexible financing and business support to farms and food enterprises, helping address the gap between the capital producers need and the financing traditionally available to them. Its participation brings an important practitioner perspective on how financial tools and technical support can better serve regional food economies.

CAPITAL + INVESTMENT · TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE · REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION

Foodshed Small Farm Cooperative is developing farmer-led approaches to aggregation, distribution, and market access for small and historically underserved producers. Its work offers a practical example of how cooperative infrastructure can help individual farms access opportunities that are difficult to reach alone.

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT · MARKETS · REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION

Glynwood strengthens regional food and farming through farmer training, market development, regional collaboration, and stewardship of working lands. Its work demonstrates how physical, social, and ecological infrastructure can work together to support viable farms and a thriving regional food economy.

REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION · TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE · MARKETS · LAND ACCESS + STEWARDSHIP · ECOLOGY + RESILIENCE · CAPITAL + INVESTMENT

Hudson Valley Food Systems Coalition connects organizations working across the region to strengthen collaboration, align resources, and address shared food-system priorities. Its participation brings experience in the connective infrastructure required to move from many strong individual efforts toward greater regional coordination and collective impact.

REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION · NETWORKS + COORDINATION · RESEARCH + LEARNING

Local Seed Coalition works to strengthen seed systems, biodiversity, and farmer knowledge as foundations for resilient agriculture. Its participation brings an important ecological dimension to the Lab, highlighting the role of locally adapted seed, biological diversity, and farmer-led knowledge in the long-term health of food and farming systems.

ECOLOGY + RESILIENCE · RESEARCH + LEARNING · NETWORKS + COORDINATION · NATIONAL + FIELD INFRASTRUCTURE

Locus helps communities put capital to work in ways that build local wealth and strengthen place-based economies. Its expertise in community finance and investment brings an important perspective to the Lab's exploration of how capital can better align with regional priorities and support the infrastructure communities need.

The Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems advances resilient and equitable food systems through applied research, education, partnerships, and practitioner resources. Its participation brings deep experience translating knowledge across research and practice and supporting learning among food-system leaders working in different contexts.