OUR PARTNERS
Rodale Institute
611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530 / (610) 683-1400 / info@rodaleinst.org
What started as a cold call from Ashley Walsh, founder of Pocono Organics, to another multi-generational, family-owned Pennsylvania business has turned into one of the most dynamic partnerships in regenerative organic farming.
Pocono Organics is one of the largest regenerative organic certified farms in North America and the World’s First Regenerative Organic Certified Hemp grower. The farm operates in partnership with the nearby Rodale Institute, recognized as the global leaders in regenerative organic agriculture research for more than 70 years.
The Rodale mantra is “Healthy soil. Healthy food. Healthy people.” Soil is the foundation!
Rodale has placed a full-time farm manager at Pocono Organics to ensure that regenerative organic farming practices are maintained. As well, Rodale scientists regularly visit Pocono Organics to conduct and review their many experimental studies. This also includes being an active farm for Rodale’s Industrial Hemp Research work.
Pocono Organics is also home to more than 300,000 honey bees from Rodale! Honey bees are vital to our ecosystem as pollinators, which continues to support Pocono Organics’ sustainability mission!
Now just a few short years later we’ve joined as Rodale Institute Pocono Resource Center at Pocono Organics as a pivotal position for research and development with science professionals right here in The Pocono Mountains as a value resource.
"Organics is not a fad. It has been a long-established practice - much more firmly grounded than the current chemical flair. Present agricultural practices are leading us downhill." - J.I. Rodale / 1954
Crop Trust & Food Forever Experience
Platz Der Vereinten Nationen 7, 53113 Bonn, Germany
+49 (0) 228 85427 122 / info@croptrust.org / info@food4ever.org
Pocono Organics is honored to be the first regenerative organic farm to host one of the most important and influential agrobiodiversity events in the world!
The Crop Trust, stewards of the Svalbard “doomsday seed vault”, chose Pocono Organics as the location for its fall 2020 Food Forever Experience (FFX), which coincides with the United Nations General Assembly in New York (September 15-30).
FFX events bring together global influencers, media, government officials, and corporations for an interactive and educational experience. Imagine an event with educational sessions focused on agrobiodiversity practices and ideas by industry thought leaders. Then, innovative chefs prepare and serve dishes using lesser-known, and often ancient, ingredients for guests to try and enjoy. This immersive experience plates foods of the future that are more diverse, nutritious, and sustainable than our current food choices with the end goal of re-introducing foods such as jackfruit, fonio, moringa, and amaranth into our food system.
Pocono Organics is also exclusively growing many ancient seeds for the Crop Trust with the mission of returning these foods to our food system!
Green Sports Alliance
421 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 450, Portland, OR 97204
(503) 278-5393 / info@greensportsalliance.org
Sports is a platform that influences millions. The Green Sports Alliance is using this touchpoint to drive greater awareness, share best practices, and create actionable steps for sporting venues, teams, sponsors, and leagues/sanctioning bodies to implement environmentally sustainable initiatives into their organizations.
Pocono Organics was recognized by the Green Sports Alliance as one of its Environmental Innovators in 2019, because of its sustainability practices and programs with Pocono Raceway.