Membership Application for National Healthy Soils Policy Network
The National Healthy Soils Policy Network lends capacity to farmer advocacy organizations for legislative and administrative policy campaigns that scale up the use of healthy soils and other climate resilient agriculture practices on farms and ranches.

Network membership criteria:

(1) Non-profit organization or coalition (or a project of a state-level non-profit) working at the state level with a mission to serve and support sustainable, organic, beginning, minority and/or family farmers (e.g., education, training, organizing, policy advocacy);

2) Organizational capacity and commitment to engage in state and/or federal agriculture policy;

3) Member organizations will appoint a consistent representative to the Network, with periodic substitutions as needed

Before submitting an application, NHSPN recommends connecting with our Coordinator first. Please contact Dago Driggs at dago@calclimateag.org, if you have not already.

To ensure a timely response, please also email Dago once your application is submitted.
*Revised October 2023
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Organization name: *
Organization website: *
Primary contact name: *
Primary contact title/roll: *
Primary contact email: *
Primary contact phone: *
State(s) represented: *
Organization mission statement: *
Briefly describe how your organization fits each of the three membership criteria for the Network (below):

Network membership criteria:
(1) Non-profit organization or coalition (or a project of a non-profit) working at the state level with a mission to serve and support sustainable, organic, beginning, minority and/or family farmers (e.g., education, training, organizing, policy advocacy);
2) Organizational capacity and commitment to engage in state and/or federal agriculture policy;
3) Member organizations will appoint a consistent representative to the Network, with periodic substitutions as needed
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Comments on our criteria, if any:
NHSPN is committed to racial equity, especially as it relates to supporting small/medium farms, climate, and policy. We recognize the current predominantly White make-up of our Network, and are actively adjusting our work to become more inclusive to diverse membership, refine our racial/social justice lens, and support our members becoming more accountable/present to their BIPOC constituents.

Please briefly answer the following questions on racial equity:
1) Does your organization have a racial equity statement? If so, please list/link it below.
2) Are there any significant BIPOC communities within your constituency, and if so, how do you support/engage them? *
How much experience does your organization have with state legislative work on bills, regulations and/or program implementation? *
Please list any significant and/or recent legislation or policy work related to soil health / climate, and a brief description of the outcome:
Are there any campaigns underway or being planned in your state to advance healthy soils legislation? *
If yes, please briefly describe, including what role your organization has in the campaigns. If no or not sure, please describe any aspirations your organization has to advance some in the foreseeable future: *
Briefly describe the specific support your organization would seek from the Network: *
Briefly describe the specific values/assets your organization would contribute to the Network: *
Are there any specific members you're interested in connecting with directly?
Do you have any questions about the Network or additional comments to add?
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