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{{toplink|url=https://www.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/|name=experimentalfarmnetwork.org}}The '''Experimental Farm Network''' (EFN) {{gives}}<blockquote>The EFN is an open network aimed at reversing climate change by collaboratively developing the crops & agricultural systems of the future.<br><br>EFN exists because our agricultural system is broken. As a society, we no longer grow crops primarily for human consumption, but as commodities. We don’t farm in harmony with the environment, but in ways that harm it. We’ve stopped breeding plants for resilience, taste, and nutritional value: instead we genetically engineer and patent them to maximize corporate profits.</blockquote>
{{toplink|url=https://www.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/|name=experimentalfarmnetwork.org}}The '''Experimental Farm Network''' (EFN) works '''to facilitate collaborative plant breeding and sustainable agriculture research''' in order to fight global climate change, preserve the natural environment, and ensure food security for humanity into the distant future. We believe participatory plant breeding on a massive scale can lead to breakthroughs to help us not only adapt to climate change, but one day actually stabilize the climate.
 
Founded in 2013, EFN is composed of professional and amateur farmers, gardeners, plant breeders, and researchers. The network's main organizing tool — this open-source website — is free to use and open to all.
 
The work of revolutionizing our food system to save our planet is generational in scope: it will take generations to undo the damage already done. Let's get growing!
 
EFN is administered by a Philadelphia-based 501(c)(3) non-profit cooperative committed to social, racial, and economic justice, and dedicated to practicing organic agriculture along agroecological principles.  
 
''Note:''&ensp;The above descriptive information came from the organization's [https://www.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/about About EFN] page.


==Info==
==Info==
*Video:&nbsp;[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytOiRIAMR7U Introducing: The Experimental Farm Network]
*Facebook:&nbsp;[http://www.facebook.com/ExperimentalFarmNetwork/ @ExperimentalFarmNetwork]
*Facebook:&nbsp;[http://www.facebook.com/ExperimentalFarmNetwork/ ExperimentalFarmNetwork]
*Online Store:&nbsp;[https://store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/ The Experimental Farm Network Cooperative]
*Video:&nbsp;[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytOiRIAMR7U Introducing: The Experimental Farm Network] (at YouTube, 4m21s)
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Sally McCabe]] (EFN board member)
*[[Sally McCabe]] (EFN board member)


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Latest revision as of 18:11, 10 July 2024

experimentalfarmnetwork.org

The Experimental Farm Network (EFN) works to facilitate collaborative plant breeding and sustainable agriculture research in order to fight global climate change, preserve the natural environment, and ensure food security for humanity into the distant future. We believe participatory plant breeding on a massive scale can lead to breakthroughs to help us not only adapt to climate change, but one day actually stabilize the climate.

Founded in 2013, EFN is composed of professional and amateur farmers, gardeners, plant breeders, and researchers. The network's main organizing tool — this open-source website — is free to use and open to all.

The work of revolutionizing our food system to save our planet is generational in scope: it will take generations to undo the damage already done. Let's get growing!

EFN is administered by a Philadelphia-based 501(c)(3) non-profit cooperative committed to social, racial, and economic justice, and dedicated to practicing organic agriculture along agroecological principles.

Note: The above descriptive information came from the organization's About EFN page.

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