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Doubling our amount of local foodLetter from CISA’s Executive Director and Board Chair

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CISA has just finished its first generation of work, and we are proud of whatwe all have done together as farmers, owners of food-related businesses,elected officials, and community members.

Who would have thought 20 years ago that:CISA’s Local Hero program would be the longest running and mostsuccessful “buy local” campaign in the nation? There would be 50 farmers’ markets in Franklin, Hampden, andHampshire counties—including seven winter markets and 58 CommunitySupported Agriculture (CSA) farms—many offering shares in every season? Local apples, barley, fiber, greens, maple syrup, meat, and wine couldbe purchased almost year-round at farmers’ markets, CSAs, and foodretail outlets? Our farmers would be growing 10,000 farm shares that feed morethan 40,000 people with sustainably grown produce?

Here in the Pioneer Valley, CISA has helped to create a breathtaking cultural shift that is worthy of celebration.

Not surprisingly though, some of the challenges facing our farms in 1993at CISA’s beginning are still with us today: unprecedented competition in a global economy, rising energy and labor costs, and increasingly unpredictable weather, including more violent storms and changes inhardiness zones created by climate change. In 1993, CISA founders begana conversation about how to save small, family farms. Now, our communityis working to increase the number of thriving farms and strengthen thelocal food system in our region, Massachusetts, and New England.

In our 20th anniversary year, we are more convinced than ever that buyinglocally enables our community to keep its farmers farming, providesthe freshest, tastiest food inour diet, strengthens thelocal economy, keeps vistasopen, and reminds us why wecall the Pioneer Valley home.

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Massachusetts College of Agriculture(now University of Massachusetts) isfounded in Amherst.

Wholesale farmers’ market beginsin 1934 in Springfield and opensto the general public in 1972.

1977 Massachusetts’ model

farmland preservation program, the AgriculturalPreservation and Restriction(APR), is launched.

1993 Pioneer Valley Alliance for

Sustainable Agriculture(PVASA), precursor toCISA, begins regular meetings.

Montague Food Co-op, the first incarnationof the Franklin Community Cooperative,opens in Turners Falls.1

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We also believe that a healthy regional agricultural economy is part of thesolution to many national challenges, from shrinking oil reserves and achanging climate to diet-related health problems. We need to make morelocally grown food available to more residents of our region wherever theylive, shop, and eat. As we look ahead, we are hopeful that the seeds weplant will be worthy of celebration a generation from now. Our goal is todouble the amount of local food in our diets, to 25 percent, over the next 20 years.

To accomplish this, we will need new and expanded farm and food businessesto fill the current gaps in our food system along the path from farm to plate.CISA will inspire and support entrepreneurs who start businesses with acommitment to local ownership and local products, through creative financing, technical assistance, and building marketplace demand.

Maintaining CISA’s core work of expanding the number of committed local eaters and enhancing existing farms and food businesses is critical to this goal.

If we succeed, the next generation will be surprised to learn that most ofwhat people ate in 2013 was processed and shipped from thousands ofmiles away! We will be healthier, our food will be safer and more secure,and our local economy will be more resilient. Our children, and our children’s children, will thank us for acting on our values to support and strengthen our local farms, our communities, and our planet. Our example will serve as a model for other communities around the world.

Now is the time to look down at your plate and around at the people atyour table and make a commitment together to change the world. CISAwill be there every bite of the way!

Sincerely,

Philip Korman Rachel MooreExecutive Director Chair, Board of Directors

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CISA receives a $1 million Kellogg Foundation grant forPVASA and six partner organizations: Hampshire College,University of Massachusetts, the New England Small FarmInstitute, Nuestras Raíces, the Institute for InterdisciplinaryStudies, and Earth Arts Institute.

1995 CISA brings together nearly 100 people for discussion and action

on the challenges to agriculture in the Pioneer Valley.

CISA establishes eight volunteer Action Groups to work on challengesto local farms: marketing, labor, land, sustainable practices, dairy,education, sustainable communities, and finance.

1996

CISA launches FarmNetInformation and Referral service.

1998 Our Family Farms-brand milk successfully

debuts, produced by a cooperative thatbegan among members of CISA’s DairyAction Group. Shows strong consumerinterest in ‘buy local’ message.

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Our goal is to double the amount of local food inour diets, to 25 percent, over the next 20 years.

2002

Thanks to YOU, 2012 was a smashing success!A share of the local harvest for peoplein Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire CountiesMore than 350 low-income elders received farm shares through our Senior FarmShare program, and CISA matched the first $10 in SupplementalNutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamp) purchases at ourWinter Fare Farmers’ Markets. CISA helped Hampden County farmers’ marketsand farm stands participate in a USDA study examining whether a 30 percentrebate on purchases of produce encouraged SNAP recipients to buy moreproduce (and early results indicate that it did!).

Keeping our farm businesses strong and thrivingOur survey of more than 200 member farmers indicates that the Local Heroprogram has had a positive impact on 92 percent of participating farms. CISAoffered 44 workshops and one-on-one technical assistance consultations in 2012, with more than 600 participants.

The CISA Emergency Farm FundCISA and partners made no-interest loans to 11 farms impacted by Hurricane Irene. Thanks to overwhelming community support, the fund has reserves available, and we have opened it up for farms that suffereddamage from the severe snowstorm of February 8, 2013. The fund has become a vital part of our safety net for small farms.

Seeding a new generation of farmersSeventeen women participated in the Whole Farm Planning workshop seriesfor new women farmers. Topics in this ten-class series ranged from financialplanning and marketing to soil fertility and grazing practices. Participants inour workshops and farm tours include both experienced and new farmers.

Scaling up the local food systemCISA’s “Scaling up Local Food” report provides real-life, local examples ofthe successes, challenges, and opportunities in the Pioneer Valley food system.We provide information and referral services for start-up and expandinglocal food businesses, and are exploring new financing options throughour participation in the Pioneer Valley Grows Loan Fund. CISA staffs the Pioneer Valley Grows Network, which held a Fall Forum focused on entrepreneurship in the food system attended by 120 people.

1999 Be a Local Hero, Buy Locally Grown®

campaign is launched at a kick-offevent with farm and retail membersat Nourse Farms in Whately.

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Restaurants are added toCISA’s Local Hero campaign.

2001 CISA’s “buy local” campaign becomes a nationwide

model; CISA staff and board share knowledge byspeaking at conferences, as consultants, and with a written manual, Harvesting Support for Locally Grown Food: Lessons from the Be a Local Hero, Buy Locally Grown® Campaign.

CISA supports diverse food and farming events thatconnect Pioneer Valley farms and their communities,including a Strawberry Festival, Asparagus Social,Cabin Fever Farm Tour, and Fruit Loop Farm Tour.

2003 CISA holds its first

large fundraisingdinner, sourcingall food locally.

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Annie’s Garden & Gift Store, CISA photo

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Join us in 2013, our 20th anniversary year!The launch of the “Local Hero Challenge”Throughout its 20th anniversary year, CISA will issue fun challenges tohelp people connect to more local farms, put more local food on theirtable, and share their stories about growing, buying, and eating local.Sign up to play the Local Hero Challenge at buylocalfood.org andbegin the fun!

Increase the value of your giftThanks to several key supporters, CISA has set up the $100,000 AnniversaryFund. Every new dollar (a new gift from a new donor or a bigger gift froma current donor) that comes into CISA will be matched by two dollarsfrom the Match Fund, up to $50,000! If we reach our goal, CISA willhave $150,000 in new resources to use to support beginning farmers,expand our work in Hampden County, and scale up the local food system to provide more local food to more residents of our region.

Senior FarmShare program begins,paying farmers to grow producefor hundreds of low-income eldersin Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties.

2005 Women in Agriculture Network

is established, adding to CISA’sarray of workshops, consulting,and print and online informationfor farms and food businesses.

2006

CISA fosters connections between farms and large employers,as colleges, hospitals, and retirementhomes are welcomed into the Local Hero program.

2007 CISA intensifies its focus on infrastructure for the

local food system, contributing to feasibility studiesfor a regional slaughterhouse and dairy processingfacility, and a food safety program for salad greens.

2008 Winter Fare, the first winter farmers’

market in Massachusetts, is launched in Greenfield by a volunteer committee,with CISA support.

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From blueberries to baked goodsKosinski Farm

G r o w i n g i n

“Agriculture is not a stagnant business,” says SueKosinski—and she has reason to know. Sue grew up ona farm, and she has operated Kosinski Farm with herhusband, Gene, since 1983. They have built a diversefarm operation by responding to new opportunitiesand trends. Today, the many dimensions of their farmbusiness reflect the growth of consumer interest infresh, locally grown food over the past 20 years.

Sue and Gene Kosinski literally met in a blueberry field.Both grew up on farms, and the two got to know eachother when Sue was hired to pick blueberries by Gene’sfather. In 1983, the couple purchased their own farm onRussellville Road in Westfield, and today they specializein blueberries among a wide range of fruits and vegetables.They sell their products through a stand on the farm,a new CSA, and other local farm stands.

Over the years, Sue and Gene have continually adaptedtheir crop mix and marketing venues to new opportunitiesand demands, and in the process they have created aforward-thinking and diverse farm. In the early 1980s,the Kosinskis sold their crops through the wholesalemarket in Boston, which required nightly trips to thecity after full days on the farm, and Sue and Gene had little control over pricing.

“Sometimes the wholesale market was in the pits,” Sueremembers, “and what could we do? I remember mygrandfather filling up his truck and going around tothe other small businesses and peddling his products.We were known for our blueberries, so we offered todeliver them to the local farm stands. It was an old-fashioned idea, but no one else was doing it, so wewere welcomed with open arms.”

Throughout the 1990s, Gene and Sue focused onfarm stand deliveries, freeing them from dependenceon the volatile wholesale market.

In 1999, Sue and Gene opened their own stand at the farm in Westfield. “After all those years of makingdeliveries to farm stands, we thought that maybe wecould do it, too. We knew it had to be more sophisticatedthan a picnic table under a tree.”

Today, the farm stand includes a deli, a full-servicebakery, and plants from the farm’s greenhouse, in addition to blueberries and other produce. More recently,the farm has begun offering pick-your-own apples andblueberries, and hosting school trips for children. In2012, Kosinski Farm added a CSA option, and Sue saysthat CSA share sales are already up fourfold for itssecond year.

The transition from a wholesale business into a farmwith multiple markets, including several direct salesoutlets, is huge. It requires ongoing development ofnew skills and comfort with a certain amount of risk.Perhaps most importantly, it requires a clear sense ofwhat customers are seeking, and an ability to anticipatehow that changes over time.

Reflecting on the changes in her business over the years,Sue says, “Without question, there is a different customerbase now. Twenty years ago, our customers were peoplewho had grown up in the country and knew how muchbetter fresh, local food was. Now, younger people areinterested, too, and educated. People are choosing usover the supermarket. We’ve got to be out front, gettingto know our customers and building trust with them.”

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2009 Despite a national recession, the Local Hero program continues to

grow, and the seventh annual Eat the View fundraising dinner, held atThree County Fairgrounds in Northampton, draws 450 supporters.

CISA staffs Pioneer Valley Grows, a collaborative network dedicatedto enhancing the ecological and economic sustainability and vitalityof the Pioneer Valley food system.

2010

CISA is among a coalition of agricultural and hunger groups to successfully advocate for legislation creating the statewide Massachusetts Food Policy Council.

CISA brings Winter Fare to Northampton, and 2,000 people attend the one-day market featuring locally grownfood and workshops.

2011 CISA’s launches an Emergency Farm Fund in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene,

offering zero-interest loans to help farm businesses following devastating flooding.

CISA’s “Scaling up Local Food: Investing in Farm & Food Infrastructure in the Pioneer Valley” report provides local examples of the successes, challenges, and opportunities for growth in the Pioneer Valley food system.

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When Paul Lacinski and Amy Klippenstein boughttheir first three cows in 2005, the Massachusetts dairyindustry had already declined from about 1,700 dairyfarms in 1970 to just over 200 farms.

“Part of the reason we were able to take that leap offaith was that we kind of didn’t know what we weredoing,” laughs Amy. “We were coming at it from theoutside, so we believed that we could do it.”

The reality, of course, is that Amy and Paul had donetheir research before deciding to launch Sidehill Farm’syogurt business, and their successes over the past sevenyears reflect that diligence and attention to detail. Pauland Amy are now milking about 35 cows and producing1,000 gallons of yogurt per week. Their yogurt is soldthroughout western Massachusetts and is steadily gainingmarket outlets in the eastern part of the state. This pastyear, after several years of moving their animals fromone rented pasture to another in Ashfield, the entireoperation moved to a newly purchased, 225-acre farmin Hawley. This will provide Paul and Amy with long-termstability and the potential for further expansion.

Although their choice of yogurt stemmed, in part, fromtheir own consumption habits—Paul was eating about aquart a day—much of their success can be credited to thefact that Amy and Paul correctly identified an interestin local, organic yogurt. They did not have experiencewith cows (they were raising vegetables at the time),but they “realized that there was a lot of interest in therebirth of local dairy, especially among people concernedabout the safety of milk and added hormones. Peoplewanted a local product they could trust. We felt stronglyabout these issues, and we knew others did, too.

“Being in western Massachusetts makes it possible to dowhat we’re doing. People here are interested in localagriculture on many different levels—from wanting to

know where their food comes from to how the land isused. We didn’t realize when we first started how loyalpeople would be, but I don’t think that loyalty existsanywhere else in the country. Part of our success wasour timing, but a lot of it was the place. I’m not surewe could have done this anywhere else.”

Additional keys to Sidehill’s success include the owners’commitment to technical efficiency (Paul was a greenbuilding professional before he was a dairy farmer), andto creating good jobs that attract competent employees.Each of these commitments contribute to the consistenthigh quality of their product, which brings customersback for more.

Looking forward, Paul and Amy have big plans. The moveto the new farm in Hawley has led to a flurry of barn andfence building and planning for the coming year. Pauland Amy anticipate that the additional land will allowthem to increase their herd to 100 animals, half of whichwould be milk cows. “We don’t want more cows thanwe can have relationships with—we don’t want themto become numbers,” says Amy.

“We’re projecting significant growth over the next fewyears. Growth in the eastern Massachusetts markets iswhat we hope will pay for the bulk of our expansion, butwe have discovered that even though we sell lots and lotsof yogurt in the Valley, there still seems to be room forgrowth here. This is the community that we are mostloyal and connected to, and to be able to continue tofind more people right here who want to eat our yogurt

is really exciting.”

Organic yogurt from the hillsSidehill Farm

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2012 CISA’s market survey of Hampden County reveals that 55 percent of

shoppers make an effort to buy locally grown food, and 66 percentbuy locally grown food at least once a week, information that provides a baseline for expansion of the Local Hero campaign and other CISA activities in our most populous county.

Local Hero program grows to include 220 farms and almost 125 other businesses, including food retailers, retirement homes, and restaurants.

2013 CISA sets a goal of doubling the amount of local food in our diets over the next 20

years. The effort was launched with a $100,000 Anniversary Fund, which will matchnew contributions up to $50,000. The $150,000 total in new resources will allowCISA to expand our activities in

Hampden County, support beginning farmers, and take additional actions to increaseproduction and strengthen the local food system.

Amy Klippenstein and Paul Lacinski, Ben Barnhart photo

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2012 Board

Ann Burke

Ben Clark

Sara Coblyn

Laurie Estes

Sherry Hager

Nancy Hanson, Clerk

Greg Melnik, Treasurer

Rachel Moore, Chair

Mary Nourse

Rus Peotter

Dan Prestegaard

Diane Roeder

Gary Schaefer

Risa Silverman, Vice Chair

Casey Steinberg

MA Swedlund

Mike Wissemann

2012 Staff

Philip KormanExecutive Director

Stacy CarkonenDevelopment Director(January–May)

Margaret ChristieSpecial Projects Director

Kelly ColemanProgram Director

Gina GiganteBookkeeper

Kelley MansonDevelopment Director (May–December)

Claire MorenonProgram Coordinator

Sam StegemanProgram Coordinator

Sarah StoutDevelopment Associate

Devon Whitney-DealLocal Hero MembershipCoordinator

Jennifer WilliamsOffice Manager

Kristen WilmerProgram Assistant

2012 Interns

Abbe Hamilton

Ryan Footit

Emily Fuller

Evan Kleber

Jamie Pottern

Sammie Scoville

Emily Schweitzer

Sara Tower

Christine Waltersdorf

Brian Watson

Kamilah Weeks

Former Board

Do- Han Allen

Mitch Anthony

Robert Antil

Bob August*

Charles Barker

Stacey Begg

Justine Bertram

Anne Carter

Annie Cheatham

Tina Clarke

Bill Coli

Dan Conlon

Beth Cook

Dan Cooley

Leslie Cox

Larry Dean

Sheila Dennis

Peter Diemand

Kelly Erwin

Warren Facey

Glenn Gates

John Gerber

Beth Girshman

Steve Goodwin

Barbara Greenstein*

Ann Hallstein

Clifford Hatch

Kathryn Hedgepeth

Anne Homme

Jane Howard

Teresa Jones

Pauline Lannon

Sonja Larson

Mark LaVoie

Ed Maltby

Bob Martin

Martin McGuane*

Belle Rita Novak

Faye Omasta

Michael Parry

Sheila Phelon

Jim Pitts

Russell Powell

Karen Randall

Nicki Robb

Kathy Ruhf

Brian Schultz

David Sharken

Tim Smith

Barry Steeves

Joe Swartz

Mark Tanner

Ryan Voiland

Barbara Wallace

Will Wallace-Gusakov

Jen Werner

Lynne Wilkie

Former Staff

Michael Abbate

Pamela Barnes

Cheri Butler

Tracie Butler-Kurth

Stacy Carkonen

Rachel Chandler-Worth

Annie Cheatham

Jess Cook

Jaana Cutson

Anne Marie DeMartino*

Linda Enerson

Kristina Ferrare

Melanie Gaier

Gaby Immerman

Mark Lattanzi

Michele Marotta

Doug Minor

Allison Neher

Chris Olson

Sally Pick

Rebecca Pollard Pierik

Jonathan Roche

Risa Silverman

Sara Silvia

Vicki Van Zee

Madelaine Zadik

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We apologize if we omitted anyone from this list who served on theboard or staff. Please contact us so we can add you in the future.*Deceased

CISA staff field trip to Black Birch Vineyard in Southampton. Left to right, front, Sarah Stout, Devon Whitney-Deal, Kelly Coleman, Kristen Wilmer, Abbe Hamilton(intern). Back row: Philip Korman, Claire Morenon, Margaret Christie, Gina Gigante, and Jennifer Williams. Missing: Kelley Manson and Sam Stegeman.

2012 Financial Summary

Revenue and Support 2012* 2011

1. Grants and Government Contracts $559,166.91 $304,289.00

2. Donations $358,981.00 $335,704.00

3. Emergency Farm Fund $66,350.70 $131,488.00

4. In-Kind Donations $21,329.78 $21,482.00

5. Local Hero Membership Dues $54,927.50 $53,966.00

6. Rent, Consulting and Fees $88,983.64 $48,652.00

7. Advertising $44,738.00 $40,600.00

8. Miscellaneous: Interest and Merchandise Sales $1,877.73 $1,383.00

Total Revenue and Support $1,196,355.26 $937,564.00

Expenses

1. Program $643,431.20 $521,224.54

2. Community Outreach $65,682.12 $87,902.46

3. Fundraising $83,190.18 $43,729.00

4. Administration $88,601.08 $81,319.00

Total Expenses $880,904.58 $734,175.00

Change in Net Assets $315,450.69 $203,389.00

Net Assets, Beginning of Year $475,305.00 $271,916.00Net Assets, End of Year** $790,755.69 $475,305.00

* Unaudited figures.** Includes restricted Emergency Farm Funds in 2012 of $177,812.

Chart photos: Jason Threlfall (peppers); Rachel Chandler-Worth (tomatoes)

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Financial notes

As supporters and investors in CISA, you will be pleasedto know that CISA has ended each of the last three fiscalyears with a surplus. Over the last five years, CISA hasnearly doubled the unrestricted donations it receives fromindividuals and businesses, from $188,000 to $359,000.This increase was a goal identified in CISA’s Strategic Plan.Donations currently represent 34 percent of CISA’s income,up from 22 percent in 2008. Increasing CISA’s unrestricteddonations will need to continue in the coming years torespond to the growing uncertainty in government fundingand to meet the expanding demand for CISA’s programs.

It is because of the support of the community that weare on our way to reaching our goal of growing CISA’scash reserve to cover six months of operating expenses.Before 2010, cash reserves were low, which left CISAvulnerable if any large funders, which rarely commit tomore than one year of funding, chose to end their financialsupport. In 2012, non-profits with “buy local” programs,

including CISA, had their state funding cut due to a fallin state revenues. In 2013, federal funding remainsuncertain due to the sequester and the failure of Congress to pass a new farm bill.

We currently have four months of operating expensescovered in our cash reserves, which has enabled CISA totake bold steps to increase its impact and effectiveness.The CISA Emergency Farm Fund, for example, started atthe end of 2011 after Hurricane Irene, made loans to 11farms. (One loan has already been paid back, two yearsahead of schedule.) The fund now has a balance of $105,306and was reopened in February 2013 in response todamages suffered by farmers from a severe snowstorm.

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Greg Melnik Philip KormanTreasurer Executive Director

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COMMUNITY MEMBERSAnonymous (2)Mark and Wendy AbramsonTom Accomando and Jeff StoneMartha AckelsbergRon Ackerman and Cleo Gorman

Douglas W AdlerLorenzo AgustinDavid AhlfeldAnne AlexanderDonald AllenKimberly AllenTerry Allen and Ernie UrvaterCassandra AllerLucy AlmanJean Alward and Beverly Montague

William and Nancy AmesGretta Anderson and Paul BayTeri AndersonFred and Jane AndresenDenise AndrewsNina AntonettiMontserrat and Mike ArchbaldRosemary and Francis ArnoldSuzanne Arnopolin and Ronnie Williams

Nancy AugustJerry AuthJudith and John AverillLuis AyalaAlan BachersCarrie Baker and Harvey HillKatharine Baker and Peter Titelman

Madelaine BakerCarol Ball and Randie Handleman

Joanna BallantineSharon BandCarol BeauvaisCarla BeckerLarry and Beth BeedeMichael BegleyPam and Charles BellAndrew BellakAdi Bemak and Rob Okun

Charles BensonPeter and Ellen BerekLisa BergerTina and Michael BerinsSteven Berlin and Valerie Lavender

Edw H and Julie C BermanPhyllis Bermingham and Peter Greenwald

Gary and JoAnn BernhardCarla BernierJoann BernsJustine and Harry BertramChanning and Marie BeteBlaise and Linda BisaillonAndrew BlefeldJoe and Barbara BlumenthalThomas BobbittCasey BoduchMegan BogaczMarlene BorerMaureen BorgJeff BottPatrick and Elizabeth BoughanGeorge Bowers and Shayne Beede

Bernice BowlerCandace Bradbury-CarlinSusan May BranoErik BrayMarybeth BridegamRobert BristolLindsey BrittLaura BroadAmy BrookBarbara BrownKani BrownPatrick BrownFelicia BuendoLaurie BurnashRebecca Busansky and Jonah Zuckerman

Linda BushRemember CadieuxTed CahillMelissa CaldwellNatalie CallowayStephen Camp

Susan Campbell and Todd FullerMary CandySarah Milewski CantaraDonna CardJudy CardellDavid CarlsonValerie CaroCate Carulli and Linda SinapiChristine CasagrandeLuis ChaconCatherine ChampagneAnneliese ChangMadeleine Charney and Rudy Perkins

Deborah Charren and Timothy Diehl

Elizabeth Chase and Horace Marchant

Lisa Chase and Bob EthierAnnie Cheatham and Ann Gibson

Ann and Greg ChiaraNancy ChildsDeborah and Peter ChristakosMargaret Christie and Nicholas Jones

David ChuraGorkem CilamM. Kenley ClarkLinda S ClarkWade ClementJoan CocksSarah Coe and George CritidesMary Ann CofrinJoseph and Cathy CohenSara Cohen and James KesslerAdam CohenLeonard CohenCharles Cohn and Catherine Smith

Rachael and Gennaro ColacinoKrystyna ColburnKelly Coleman and Amir FlesherRon and Nina ColerKelly CollinsJoanne Comerford and Ann Hennessey

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Ira CurtisStacey CurtisCarrie Cuthbert and Scott Laidlaw

Bill Cutler and Lee MacKinnonAri DamascoEliza D’AngostinoBarbara D’ArthenayCary Dash and Vivian MillerDebra Davis and Grace Del Vecchio

Christopher DeanPatricia DelisleSheryl Derderian and Wraye Dugundji

Crystal DiamondBruce and Ruth Dickinson Berquist

Pat DiffendaleElizabeth DillmanFredy DiMecoKimberly DionneJan and Robin DizardKaren and Chip DohertyFabiano T Dos SantosPhilip DoyleRosalyn DriscollJames DrohenTim Duchesne and Eric HowardJudy DuguayStephen EarpMeggin and Donovan EastmanAlfred EipperMarcy EisenbergVahram ElagozStacey ElliottJean Esser and Terry BlanchardBeth EustisKent and Scottie FaerberJustin FallonAnn and Lloyd FarkShawn E FarleyCraig FearThe Feinland FamilyJustin FermannJames FerraraJacob FieldLinnette FigueroaBernard J FineDonna FisherEd and Janie FisherKatherine FiteEmily FitzgeraldJohn J. FitzgeraldJohn and Elaine FoleyJocelyn ForbushNathanael Fortune and Joyce Palmer-Fortune

Greg and Lisa FranceschiRebecca FreedRon Freshley and Linda Tumbarello

Tyler FritzBennett and Lilly GaevKeriAnne GaffneyMeg Gage and Stephen KingJennifer L. GarciaMigdalia Garcia PerezWayne GarfinkelJulia GarridoAshley GartonAnne and Don GasiorowskiFrank Gatti and Eleanor Manire-Gatti

John and Gail GaustadJennifer GauthierAmy Gazin-Schwartz and Ave Schwartz

Frances GebhardtZachary GencarelleMichael Genthner and Mary Riley

Alex Ghiselin and Diane WelterGibbs Real EstateTheresa GibsonJames and Harriet GilmanWayne Glaser and Pamela Skinner

Julie GoddardRoni GoldOwen Goldfarb and Priscilla Fairbank

Norbert GoldfieldSteven H Goldsher, DDSEllen Goldsmith and Sam LevittKathy Goos and Barry WerthEmily Gopen and Sonny Crawford

Mari Gottdiener and Joel RussellTzivia GoverJeffrey GoyottBarbara GrafLyle GrayGigi GreenMarguerite GregoryAudrey Guhn and Jeffrey KnightSusan Gulick and Peter ReichAmy GutmanHeidi Haas and Frederick Hooven

Molly HaleJennifer HaleyKatherine HammHanauer-Jones FamilyJayme HannayChristine HannonJim and Lois HarrisJennifer and Thomas HartleyBruce and Ruth HawkinsRobert C. Hawley and Mary S. McCarthy

Nancy HazzardLyn HeadyMarilyn and Ron HebertJohn and Dede Heck

CISA is grateful to the following individuals, businesses, foundations, and governmentagencies whose generous contributions in 2012 provided critical support for our programs and operations.

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2012 Taste the View, Quonquont Farm, Soulful Life Photography photo

Ellen Heffernan and Paul Gibson

Valerie Heron-DurantiFrederick and Linda HessMarjorie Hess and Rudolph Talaber

Steven Hilbun and Kelly TurneyJoAnn and Richard HinckleyEric HnatowMatthew HoffmanAnne HommeChuck Hommes and Vicki Baum-Hommes

Sandra HooverMargaret and Sterling HopkinsDaniel HorlitzSusan HowardJennie Howland and Justin KurtzGayle HuntressBrett IimuraMarilyn IwanickiPaul JablonDaniel JacksonStephanie Jacobson-LandonMonica Jakuc Leverett and Bob Leverett

Pamela JamesKatherine Jamieson and Ben Gundersheimer

Dorothy S. JankeAbbie JenksPhyllis JeswaldMargaret and Skip JodoinJohn Joelson and Joanne LevinCarol JohnsonJan JohnsonMark JohnsonCarol JollyElizabeth and Matthew JonesJeannie JonesKelly JonesRebecca Jones and Scott WadeT. Stephen Jones and Adele Franks

Martha JordanSusan JuskalianMordechai Kamel and Sara Weinberger

Sarah KanabayMarjorie KaufmanLaura KayeAnn Kearns and Mary HockenTrevor KearnsEileen Keegan and John Hoogstraten

Diane KeltonKieras OilTherese KimConnie KindahlChristine King and Rick PachecoBecca KingBrad KinsethJames B KirchhofferJan and Jeremy Klausner-WiseEvan KleberJustin KochanowskiBarbara KolbJennifer and Brian KoniecznyDamian Konkoly

Frederick H. KoolPhilip Korman and Nora Israeloff

Laurie KorzaShawn KorzaKathryn KrollJudith KundlMaryAnne KuroczkoJulie LabedzShelby LabumbardSage LaCroixAudrey LadouceurSusan LaForteLaura LamarcheSusan LantzDaniel LaroucheJoseph LastowskiNancy LaverdiereCarrie LeachEllen Leahy-Pile and Christopher Pile

James LearnedAlex LeloupHelen and Donald LennonPat and Henry LeuchtmanMark D. Marshall and Helen O. Leung

Lois and Stephen LevinRobin Levine and Greg KlineTracey Levy and Paul GullaKirsten Lindblom and Jay Baudermann

Jane Lindfors and Bernie CohenJocelyn LinnekinPaul and Marcelle LipkeJohn LippmannFarnsworth Lobenstine and Amy Ben-Ezra

Leslie Lomasson and Peter Wulkan

John and Elizabeth LombardAnne LombardLucy LongstrethDeanne Loonin and Elizabeth Renuart

John LorenzeKathleen LovellRobert Lowell Jr.Kathleen LudwigAdam LussierJoyce E LutatAlexandra Lynch and John Lackman

Caroline Mack and Richard Clarity

Peggy MacLeodIrene and Lawrence MaddenHolly MalinowskiKelley MansonSteven and Michele MarantzRussell MarcusJennifer MarkArky MarkhamJennifer MartinLeah MasciDiane Mason-Arnold and Fred Arnold

William and Suzanne MassyErin and Daniel Matica

Kim Matland and Linda FarmerRichard McCarthyLisbeth and Hugh McLartyLinda MeccouriHardy MerrimanLuke MertesJill MessickMatthew E. MickiewiczStuart MieherLynda MinskyConrad MishAnne Morehouse and Mary Hurlburt

Sarah and Pierre MorenonJacqualin MorinMary MorrinLisa MorrisonDavid Morse and Susan Shepherd

Jeff Moss and Joanne GodingJeffrey MuratoreMichael NagyMona NaimarkDavid Narkewicz and Yelena Mikich

Uladzislau NavitskiBrian NealCharles NeffJenny NewWilliam Newman and Dale Melcher

David and Wendy NewtonSaoirse Ni FhearghalieJessica Nicoll and Thomas Myron

Kathleen and Jerome NortonMartin O’BrienRonald and Katherine O’BrienMaureen O’ConnorRuthie OlandDaniel Olshansky and Nancy Garlock

Theodore Ondrick FamilyRachel Onuf and Richard Odman

Joe O’RourkeAlyssa OuimetSara OverbyCarol Owen and Michael PosnerLou and Martha PacilioMike PackardLynne Page and Roland RattéDebra PaleologopoulosRobert and Dorothy PamGreyson Pannill and Peter Siersma

Shawn ParentJennifer ParisRuth ParodeMichelle ParrishMelissa PattersonAndy Pauker and Elaine HandelAlexandre PazmandyDaniel PedersenKathryn Pekala ServiceSusan PelisRosalind PereraRachel Perla and Jeremy MarinPhilip Pers

Sarah and Don PersonsStephen and Elizabeth Petegorsky

Helen PetkasAnnette PfannebeckerSteven Pfarrer and Joyce TouseyCraig PhelonCorey PluckerHelen A. PodlesnyStephanie PodlesnySean PollockDenise PopeElizabeth Powell and Paula Pannoni

Barbara PracknekJoseph PriorIrene ProvoatEvelyn PyeJames RaderVanessa RaditzSheila RainfordOmar RamirezCasey RavenhurstDouglas RaymondRobert and VirginiaRechtschaffen

Jeanne ReedNancy and Eric ReevesWallis and Cornelia ReidRachel RheinCelia RiahiSusan N RiceSara RiddlesKate Rindy and Penelope Tarasuk

Julie Riseman and Nicholas Horton

Bianka RiveraJonathan RobergeKenneth RobinsonSusan and David RoitmanDavid Rosenmiller and Rae Korengold

Catherine RossiKayleen RossioEleanor RothmanDanielle Saint LouisKailee SanchezJudith and David SandersKaren SandersonJames Sands

Whitty Sanford and Tom MinerWarren J. SavageEileen and Thomas SavoyAnnie Scarff and Peter SnedecorEarl G. SchachtJudy SchererKristine and James SchramelPaul SchroederLouise SchuhlenPenny Schultz and Jody Nishman

Susan SchumanBruce and Kathy SchwartzAriella Schwell and Roger Magnus

Judith SeeligLaura SeftelMary and Scott SeifelGerard Senecal Jr.Ann and Ed ShanahanJohn SharpeEllen Shaw-Smith and Robert Smith

Sarah ShepardsonNancy ShermanStan ShorePeter ShukesSamantha SkillinsPatrick SlaneyMatthew SmelcerAndrew SmithArlana SmithKeri SmithSuzanne Smith and Christine Parrish

Beverly SmitsDiedrick SnoekBetty Snow and Robert CareyMatthew SnowElizabeth SorensonKristina SorgeLisa SpaldingMike SperaDiann and Bob SpethMary Lou and Jim SplainRobert StehlinDavid Stevens and Jeffrey Rankin

Diana StilesConstance SumbergElizabeth Suozzo and Chris Gole

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Kamilah Weeks (CISA intern) & Risa Silverman (board member)at Northampton Brewery’s 25th anniversary, CISA photo.

Andrea SzylvianJoan Tabachnick and Jane Fleishman

Naomi Tannen and Joe MahayFelicia TherrienR. Brooke and Shirley C. Thomas

Sandra and Russell ThomasLaura Tilsey Garcia and Velma Garcia

Allison ToddLiz ToffeyMadgalena and Stephen TomiPhilip and Nancy TorreySusannah Tracey SmallAnn TracyMichael TsapakosAdam TuftsGeront TurkuElvan UysalLisa van Gordon d’ErricoFran Van TreeseJessica VinciSarah VoilandFran Volkmann and Joan Cenedella

Dorothea von GoelerLauren Voyer and Daniel GroseEmily V. WadeJanice WalkerSusan Waltner and Nick DinesAmy Wang and Ruth LehrerNicholas WarrenCarol Wasserloos and Peter Allison

Heather WatsonWendy Watson and John Varriano

Joseph WattersRay and Eve WebsterBeverly WeeksTinky WeisblatAmy WeissbachStuart WetherbeMelody WheldenJennifer and Richard Whiting Jr.Scott WhitneyDavid and Pamela WicinasDonna Wiley and Neal AbrahamKeitheley WilkinsonAshley WilliamsJennifer and Thomas WilliamsLaura WilliamsSarah WilliamsJames WilsonSherry WilsonCorinne WingardBob and Janet WinstonKatrin WintererPeter WintheiserAndrew and Nancy WissemannMichael and Sara WolffPeggy and Tom WolffApril Woodard-McNiffMichael and Amy WoolfMeg and Jonathan WrightBarbara WroblewskiPatricia Youmell

Zulfiqar YusufMatthew ZajchowskiSusan ZarchinJayne ZedonSteve ZigmontTravis ZimmermanAdam Zucker and Heather AbelMichael Zyla

ANNUAL FUND DONORSAnonymous (3)Chris Abel and Mary Dingman-Abel

Richard and Judith AbuzaTom Accomando and Jeff StoneRon Ackerman and Cleo Gorman

Melissa AdamsJuan Carlos AguilarBeth Ann and Benjamin Albro-Fisher

Ibrahim AliDon and Edith Adams AllisonJeff and Jean AnlikerAnnino, Draper & Moore, PCRobert Antil and Claudia VielePatty Arbour and Chuck Stern Eric and Christine ArceseClaudia AttardiNancy AugustGina Ayvazian and Marcel Walters

Carrie Baker and Harvey HillKatharine Baker and Peter Titelman

Ann E BarkerBart’s Homemade/Snow’s Nice Cream

Hosea Baskin and Sarah Buttenwieser

Lisa BaskinClaire BatemanLouise BeckettLarry and Beth BeedeSanford and Betsy BeldenJanet BennettDianne Bensen and Alan Stefanini

Pam and Ben BensenOlivia BernardJustine and Harry BertramDennis Bidwell and Mary Ann Kelly

Russ Billings and Amy Wehle Blaise and Linda BisaillonAmber BlackJudd and Beaty BlainMarilyn and Jeffrey BlausteinBruce and Rita BleimanMarilyn BobetskySteven Botkin and Joan LevyGeorge Bowers and Shayne Beede

Meg Bowman and Douglas McCarroll

Andrea BurnsCheri and Stephen ButlerDeborah Cahillane

Claire E CampbellHenry CanbyCynthia CanhamJeff CanterSean Capaloff-JonesJay Caplan and Marie-Hélène Huet

David Carlson John and Sheila CarpenterLeslie Chaison and Sam Stegeman

Cindy Chandler-GuyMadeleine Charney and Rudy Perkins

Stuart and Monie ChaseAnnie Cheatham and Ann Gibson

Carol Christ and Paul AlpersMargaret Christie and Nicholas Jones

Peggy and John ChristiePeter Cinner and Susan Weinstein Cinner

Ben and Lori ClarkDonald Clark and Ruth BellowsConnie ClarkeDrs. Clayton, Kleinman & CanbyWade ClementSue Clopton and John LevineSara CoblynKathy and Rick CodyJoseph and Cathy CohenMichael Cohen and Chia CollinsRoy CohenKelly Coleman and Amir FlesherJessica CollinsPatrick ConnellyGlenn and Jacklyn ConnlyConway Snowmobile ClubDeanna Cook and Doug McDonald

Sara Cooper and Jonathan Chamutka

Carol CostinSara CrawleySarah Creighton and Phil Lawrence

Sue CrimminsAnita Dancs and Bill SweeneyPeter and Mary Lee DanielloScott and Joanie DanielsJohn DauerDebra Davis and Grace Del Vecchio

John DavisKaren and David DavisDeborah and Brett DenheartSandy Dennis and Marty Knieriem

Sheila Dennis and Tom HenrySheryl Derderian and Wraye Dugundji

Florence and Peter DeRoseTom and Sheila DeSellierJohn and Patricia DiBartoloJen Dieringer and John FreyLori Divine-HudsonJan and Robin DizardMichael Docter and Lynn Bowmaster

Christa DrewTim Duchesne and Eric HowardDawn Duncan and William Bedard

Jean H. Dunham Sr.Easthampton Congregational Church

Meggin and Donovan EastmanRita Egan and Rosemary Egan Huggard

Leslie and Lou EkusVahram ElagozJamie ElkinWilliam EnnenLaurie EstesKent and Scottie FaerberBarry Feingold and Marci YossFred and Eva FierstAnne Fine and Jonathan Liebman

First Congregational Church,Southampton

David Fisher and Anna MaclayTara Fitzpatrick Jerry and Marcia FixMaureen FlanneryYvonne FrecceroDorothy and Hugh FrielJames and Marianne GambaroJohn GarveyDavid GenglerJoseph and Linda GianesinDavid Glassberg Larry and Susan GodardEllen Goldsmith and Sam LevittLeslie Goldstein and John Mosimann

Nancy and Bruce GoldsteinSteve GoodwinJennifer and Seth GottliebKathie GowGranite State P & H, LLCMoira and Andrew GretoAsheley Griffith and Marcia Curtis

Al and Sally GriggsLW GriswoldTamara GroganJim Hafner and Kelly AikenSherry and Chip HagerLisa Hahn and Regina FigueroaMary HallAnn HallsteinNancy HansonDonna HarlanFaye and Ed HarrisLinda Harris and Alan Eccleston Wil HastingsAnne HazzardEllen Heffernan and Paul GibsonJames HeintzHenion BakeryJames and Portia Henle Peter and Margaret HeplerAnne Herrington and Christine Plette

Melissa HessionCarol Hillman and Robert Colnes

JoAnn and Richard HinckleyBarry Hirsch and Eileen Aburke Hirsch

Jane and Kenneth HirschRuth HoffmanDave Hopkins and Joanie Dickson

Jack Hornor and Ron SkinnMary HoyerEsther and Dave HustedClaire HutchinsGaby ImmermanBarbara Jenkins and Eli KwartlerEllen JenkinsJewish Community of AmherstKarin JohnsonColleen and Jack JohnstonRebecca Jones and Scott WadeJoel Kaminsky and Jody Rosenbloom

Jim Kan and Jutta SperlingRuth Kane-Levit and David LevitElizabeth Katz and Leticia Munoz

Alix Kennedy and James HaugCynthia KennedyDeborah KochLewis and Sharon KormanPhilip Korman and Nora Israeloff

Rochelle Korman and Richard Friedman

Anne Kornblatt and Deborah Stier

Jean Krogh and Bob SoloskoNeil Kudler and Nancy Flam Stephen and Suzanne KulikBonnie and Eugene L’EtoileNathan and Elizabeth L’EtoileMarianne LaBargeBeverly LaBelle and Janet RogersHelen LaddJennifer LaddElizabeth and Nathanael LarsonJoe and Wendy LarsonKathryn LearyPatricia Lee Lewis and Don Wukasch

Judith Leeds and Richard Stonberg

Elise LennonCarol and Peter LetsonMark D. Marshall and Helen O. Leung

Jim Levey and Christine OlsonRobin Levine and Greg KlineGeorge and Ann LevingerRachel LindsayPaul and Marcelle LipkeKimberly LongeyCharles and Mary LongsworthElizabeth LoughranKathleen LovellJames Lowenthal and Mary Beth Brooker

Nancy Lustgarten and Ned DeLaCour

Todd and Janet LynchDaniel and Marlene LyonsCarol MacColl and Don Michak

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Bonnie MacCrackenSue and Fred MacklerPeggy MacLeodEileen and Robert MaharLeda MahmoodiEd Maltby and Nora OwensKelley MansonClare ManzMarcy MarchelloJudy Markland and William Saunders

Steven and Jennifer MarkowMichele and Mike MarottaHarriet Marple PlehnBob MartinSusan and Chris MastroianniKim Matland and Linda FarmerSue K. McFarlandMicky McKinleyRosemary McNaughton and Gary Felder

Felicia MednickCarol and Craig MelinGreg and Claire MelnikGloria and Ervin MeluleniTamsen Merrill and Gregory Thorp

Stuart MieherMarion MillerMary Ellen Miller and John Pearsal

Loraine MillmanRachel Moore and Harry Dodson

Andrew and Adriana Morehouse

Sarah and Pierre MorenonSally MorganMarlene MorroccoJanet and Richard MouldingNathan MoynahanJames A. and SuzannahFabing Muspratt

Merry NasserKristi NelsonJenny NewHeidi and Gina NortonsmithTerrence NorwoodBelle Rita NovakGordon and Pam OakesMartin O’BrienElizabeth & Frank Odell FamilyFund of the CommunityFoundation of Collier County

Faye and John Omasta

Rachel Onuf and Richard Odman

Carolyn OppenheimLisa OramCarlene and Lawrence OsbornKatherine and Benjamin Osborne

Anne Ouimette and Dan MajorMax Page and Eve WeinbaumCaroline Pam and Tim WilcoxRuth Parnall and Donald L. Walker

Robert and Susan PasterisJohn and Margaret PayneAnn Pemberton and Jonathan Lipman

Penny Moore TrustRus and Jennifer PeotterJennie PerriniDavid and Clare PerryMarie PirainoWinton PitcoffStephen PlattMichael PollittNancy and David Pond Brooke Pooler Daniel and Laura PrestegaardLinda ProkopyLinda PutnamBob RakoffLisa RanghelliRay’s Cycle CenterReal PicklesPaul RedstoneNancy and Eric ReevesWallis and Cornelia ReidDeborah ReiterJon and Terry ReskeLin and Tucker RespessDenise and Robert RiggsAlexandra Risley SchroederEvelyn RobbJoan RobbDiane and Bill RoederSusan Carol RogersSusan Rosen and Doug AmyNaomi and Michael RosenfeldDaniel RossNed and Sharon Rudnitzky Richard Rumelt and Jean Erlbaum

Judith and David SandersLise and Eric SandersMitziko Sawada

Russell Sawyer, All Star DairyGary Schaefer and Barbara Fingold

Peter SchenckGus and Susan SchumacherPamela Schwartz and Joel Feldman

Mary and Scott SeifelJames Seltzer and Holly PerryAnn and Ed ShanahanLinda ShawAlice and David ShearerJoe Shoenfeld and Lynn Rubenstein

Alfred and Mary SianoRobin SilvaElizabeth Silver and Lee BadgettRisa Silverman and Ryan Hellwig

Andy and Nancy SmithLaurel and Gary SmithLeslie SmithPaige SmithSuzanne Smith and Christine Parrish

Winthrop and Anne SmithMichael and Jennell SorrellSouth Congregational Church,Amherst

South Congregational Church,Springfield

Debora Sperling and Robert Kanig

Kathryn Staples Irene and Norton StarrBarry Steeves and Rosemary Schmidt

Joan SteigerFreeman and Wendy SteinJane and Peter SteinRandi SteinRobert Stern and Judith GlaserCheryl StevensJohn StoffolanoLucy StroockElizabeth Suozzo and Chris Gole

MA and Alan SwedlundAlice SwiftMark and Sarah TannerJennifer TaubJane and Bill TaubmanJohn J. Templeton Sr.Millicent Thayer Cynthia Thomas

R. Brooke and Shirley C. Thomas

Dan and Carol ThurlowMartha and Ted TirkJohn Todd and Dorothy NemetzMaria and Nicholas TymoczkoMartin Urbel and Amy Leos-Urbel

Nicole VagetDel and Robert ViarengoPamela Victor and Jeff HausthorJohn Waite and Eve Brown-Waite

Joseph WattersBeverly WeeksHoward WeinJon Weissman and Joan GrenierRuth West and Carole KingGregory White and Patricia Reidy

Cheryl and Mo WillemsPatricia Williams and Thomas Swetland

Mike WissemannWest County InterfaithThanksgiving Service

Lyons Witten and Laura FitchJoel WolfeMichael and Sara WolffBetsey WolfsonCate Woolner and Dan CroteauSusan Worgaftik

BUSINESS SUPPORTAlternative Recycling SystemsBabson Capital Management LLC

Bacon Wilson, P.C.Coldwell Banker/Upton-Massamont Realtors

Cooley Dickinson HospitalDella Penna’s Trailside Realty, Inc.

Easthampton Savings BankFarm Credit East, ACAFarm Family InsuranceFinck & Perras InsuranceAgency, Inc.

Franklin County CDCGage-Wiley & Co., Inc.Greenfield Cooperative BankHadley Garden CenterHampden BankHampshire CollegeHillside Plastics

Innovative Business Systems, Inc.

Integrity Development & Construction, Inc.

Lightlife FoodsMassMutual Foundation for Hartford, Inc.

Northampton BreweryPfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Randall’s Farm & GreenhouseRiver Valley MarketRockridge Retirement Community

Seewald, Jankowski & Spencer, P.C.

Select Equity Group, Inc.Sinauer Associates, Inc.The Farm Table at Kringle Candle

Thomson Financial Management

UMassFive College Federal Credit Union

Whalen InsuranceWhole Foods MarketWohl Family Dentistry, LLCWright Builders

FOUNDATION SUPPORTCommunity Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Farm AidFrances Fund, Inc.Green Leaf FoundationHampden County Improvement League

Henry P KendallJohn N. Conyngham III & Lou C. Conyngham FamilyCharitable Foundation

Lydia B. Stokes FoundationPeace Development Fund/Wellspring Fund

Rose Community FoundationSchwartz Family FoundationSolidago FoundationThe Beveridge Family Foundation, Inc.

The Silver Tie FundVervane Foundation

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“CISA was way ahead of its time … The greatest success for any foundation is when a small seed grant ends up creating an organization with continuing positive impact in its community, even years after the grant is done. CISA is a wonderful example of this.”—Oran Hesterman, former Kellogg Foundation Program Director and current CEO of Fair Food NetworkOran Hesterman and Philip Korman,

Leslie Cerier photo

FARMERS/GROWERSAmherst Farm WineryAmherst NurseriesApex OrchardsAtkins FarmsAtlas FarmAustin Brothers Valley FarmAustralis AquacultureBalky FarmBarnum & Buckley FarmBarstow’s Dairy Store & Bakeryat Longview Farm, Inc.

Bashista OrchardsBear Path FarmBear Root Herb FarmBear Swamp OrchardBird Haven Blueberry FarmBlossoming AcresBlue Heaven Blueberry and Raspberry Farm

Bostrom FarmBoyden Bros MapleBree-Z-Knoll Farm

Bridgmont FarmBrookfield FarmBrook’s Bend FarmBuckboard VeggiesBug Hill Berry and Flower FarmBurnt Hill Farm, LLCButler FarmCalabrese FarmCarl Popielarz Pig FarmCarr’s CiderhouseChase Hill FarmChestnut FarmsChicoine Family FarmCiesluk Farm StandClarkdale Fruit Farms, Inc.Common Wealth CSACook’s Farm OrchardCooper Shop FarmCouch Brook FarmCoyote Hill FarmCrabapple FarmCraigieburn Farm AlpacasCranberry Moon Farm

Crimson and Clover Farm at The Northampton Community Farm

Dancing Bear FarmDave’s Natural GardenDeepening Roots FarmDeerfield FarmDevine FarmsDickinson FarmDiemand FarmDufresne’s Sugar HouseE. Cecchi FarmEast View FarmEcho Hill Orchards & WineryEchodale FarmEden Pond FarmEmerson Family Christmas Tree Farm

Enterprise FarmFalls Brook Farm—Mohair and More

Farmacy GardensFeldman FarmFlayvors of Cook FarmFlourish Farm

Four Star Farms, Inc.Foxbard FarmFreeman FarmFresh Life FarmFrizzell Hill FarmFrohloff FarmGardening the CommunityGoat Nook FarmGodard’s Red Hen Farm & Mineral Hills Winery

Goldthread ApothecaryGolonka FarmGood Bunch FarmGooseberry FarmsGran Val Farm/ScoopGraves-Glen FarmGray Dog’s FarmGreens TreatHamilton OrchardsHardwick Vineyard & WineryHartman’s Herb Farm

Harvest Farm of WhatelyHettie Belle FarmHickory Dell FarmHigh Lawn FarmHillman FarmIntervale FarmJ & J FarmsJ.M. Pasiecnik Farms, LLCJoe Czajkowski FarmJoe’s FarmJohnson Hill FarmJohnson’s FarmJuniper Hill FarmJustamere Tree FarmKenburn OrchardsKing Creek Queen’s GreensKinne Brook FarmKosinski FarmLakeside PYOLanali FarmLaSalle Florists

GOVERNMENTGRANTS

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

MDAR/Federal State MarketingImprovement Program

MDAR/Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

Massachusetts Executive Officeof Elder Affairs

Northeast Center for RiskManagement Education

Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

United States Department ofAgriculture/AgriculturalMarketing Service

United States Department ofAgriculture/National Instituteof Food and Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture/Risk Management Agency

United States Department of Agriculture/Rural Development

CISA EMERGENCYFARM FUNDDONORSAnonymousA. J. Hastings, Inc.Acadia Herbals, LLCEagle Hill SchoolFirst Church of DeerfieldPeoplesBankRiver Valley MarketThe Loose Goose Cafe

CISA VOLUNTEERSChristine ArceseAllen BelkinJoAnn BernhardJustine BertramTeri BillingtonLindsay Britt

Megan ButowErin BuzuvisJeff CanterMimi CarkonenAdam CaronCate CarulliJulia ChevanRobin ClaremontKenley ClarkWade ClementDeanna CookDenise CormierMary Alice CrimAnita DancsMichael DeChiaraJoanie DicksonPeg EzellCraig FearEric FiedlerDaniel FinnKaren GallikKatie George

Ritu GillMargie HafferJudy HallAdam HeintzMarie JonesEllen KelleherGreg KlineDeb LaPaireLisa LapradeAmanda LawallJim LeveyRobin LevineTaylor LloydCarleen MadiganMichele MarottaAbby MartinChristine McCarthyMike McCombSue McFarlandSarah MorenonPierre MorenonBelle Rita Novak

Faye OmastaMyra OrlenDonald PacherKate ParsonsDenise PopeRussell PowellSabine PratherRob Rechtschaffen Helen ScharberJulie SchliebnerNaomi Silverman Jackie SlocombeDoug SossaAlly SterlingLiz SuozzoBecky SwegerJoan TabachnickMarvin WarrenB. WilsonBen WinterBetsey Wolfson

CISA’s Be A Local Hero, Buy Locally Grown® public awareness campaign has resulted in increased sales

of local farm products at supermarkets and food retailers, farm stands and farmers’ markets, and in

restaurants and institutions. Look for the Local Hero logo at the following member establishments:

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Dickinson Farm, Rachel Chandler-Worth photo

“CISA’s Local Hero Program empowersboth consumers and producers. Local food isthe most sustainable, freshest, wholesomefood for all of us and the planet.” —Clifford Hatch, owner, Upinngil Farm

Leaping Frog FarmLeft Field FarmLeyden Glen LambLittle Brook FarmLong Plain FarmLyonsville FarmMalinowski FarmsManda FarmMany Hands Farm CorpsMaple Corner FarmMapleline FarmMartin’s FarmMayval FarmMcKinstry’s Market GardenMeadowbrook FarmMockingbird FarmMoss Hill FarmMountain Orchard, LLCMountain Pasture FarmMountain View FarmNatural RootsNew Lands FarmNew Salem Preserves, Inc.Next Barn Over FarmNorth Hadley Sugar ShackNorthfield Mount Herman FarmNourse FarmsNuestras RaícesOld Depot GardensOld Friends FarmOpen View Farm Educational Center

Our Family FarmsOutlook FarmPaddy Flat FarmPark Hill OrchardPaul’s Sugar HousePine Hill OrchardsPioneer Valley Farm & Vineyard, LLC

Pioneer Valley Growers CoopPioneer Valley Heritage GrainPioneer Valley PopcornPlainville FarmPlante FarmPop’s FarmPotash Hill FarmQuonquont FarmRainbow Harvest FarmsRaspberry Patch FarmRavenwold GreenhousesRed Barn Honey CompanyRed Fire FarmRed Gate Farm Education Center

River Bend FarmRiver Maple FarmRiver Rock FarmRiverland FarmRobert’s Family FarmRobinson FarmRock Ridge FarmRoots, Fruits, and GreensSangha FarmSapowsky FarmsSeeds of Solidarity FarmSentinel Farm

Shattuck’s SugarhouseShinglebrook FarmShoestring FarmSidehill FarmSimple Gifts FarmSmall Ones FarmSmiarowski Farm Stand and Creamery

Sojourner SheepSongline Emu FarmSouth Face FarmSpring Water FarmSteady Lane FarmStockbridge FarmStony Brook Valley FarmSullie’s Vegetable FarmSunrise FarmsSunset FarmSweetwater FarmSzawlowski Potato FarmsTanstaafl FarmTaproot Commons FarmTeddy C. Smiarowski FarmThe Atherton FarmThe Bars FarmThe Benson PlaceThe Bitty Red BarnThe Gill GreeneryThe Kitchen GardenThe PatchThe Pieropan Christmas Tree Farm

Town FarmTurkey Brook FarmTwenty Acre Farm and Greenhouses

Twin Maples FarmTwin Oaks FarmUpinngilW & W FarmsWalnut Hill FarmWandering Brook FarmWarm Colors ApiaryWarner FarmWells Tavern FarmWest County CiderWheel-View FarmWhitney AcresWilder Brook FarmWilder Hill GardensWilliams Farm, Inc.Winter Moon FarmWinterberry FarmYellow Stonehouse Farm

GARDEN ANDLANDSCAPE CENTERSAndrew’s GreenhouseAnnie’s Garden and Gift StoreFrances K. Pekala HorticulturistGardens for ChangeHadley Garden CenterMegan’s Valley Garden &Landscape Supply

New England Wild Flower Society

RESTAURANTS30 Boltwood/The Lord Jeffery Inn

Apollo GrillArise Farm to Table Pub & Pizzeria

Bistro Les GrasBlack Sheep DeliBlue Heron RestaurantBottega CucinaBridgeside GrilleBub’s BBQCarpaccioChandler’s RestaurantChez AlbertCocoCup and Top CaféDeerfield InnEastside GrillEighty Jarvis RestaurantEl Jardin BakeryEsselon CaféFitzwilly’sGill TavernGoBerry: Amherst & Northampton

Great Wall RestaurantHeirloom CateringHillside PizzaHope and OliveHungry Ghost BreadJake’sLa Cucina/3 CaféLattitude RestaurantLocalLone WolfMagpieMonarchs RestaurantNorthampton BreweryPaul & Elizabeth’sRistorante DiPaoloRoadhouse Café Roberto’sSage & Co.Sam’s Pizzeria and CaféSide Street CaféSpoleto GroupSylvester’s RestaurantTaylor’s Tavern & RestaurantThe Dirty TruthThe Farm Table at Kringle Candle

The Night KitchenThe People’s Pint

The Whately InnWagon Wheel RestaurantWest End PubWheatberry Bakery & Café Woodstar Café

SPECIALTY PRODUCERSForest Products AssociatesAppalachian NaturalsBlack Birch VineyardGreen River Ambrosia, LLCHedgie’s Hot StuffMother’s Inc.Ponders Hollow CustomMoulding & Flooring

Real PicklesRelish the HarvestRichardson’s Candy KitchenRoberts Brothers Lumber Compay

Tornado Firestarters, LLCValley Malt

RETAILERSBig E’s Super MarketAtkins Farms Country MarketBarstow’s Dairy Store & Bakeryat Longview Farm, Inc.

Big Y World Class Markets:Amherst, Greenfield,Northampton andSouthampton

Cornucopia FoodsFoster’s Supermarket, Inc.Fresh and LocalGreen Fields MarketGreenfield Farmers Cooperative Exchange

Hagers Farm MarketHarvest Delivery, Inc.

Keystone MarketLeverett Village CoopM & M Green Valley ProduceMaple Farm FoodsMcCusker’s MarketMillstone Farm MarketOld Creamery CooperativePortabella Fine Foods & Catering

Randall’s Farm & GreenhouseRiver Valley MarketSerio’s MarketSquash, Inc.State Street Fruit StoreValley Green Feast CollectiveWhole Foods MarketWilliamsburg Market

INSTITUTIONSAmherst CollegeBaystate Dining ServicesBaystate Franklin Medical Center

Baystate Mary LaneCooley Dickinson HospitalFarm to Preschool and FamiliesGreenfield Community CollegeHampshire CollegeLathrop Retirement Communities

Loomis CommunitiesMount Holyoke CollegeNorthfield Mount HermonRockridge Retirement Community

ServiceNet Prospect Meadow Farm

Smith CollegeThe Arbors at GreenfieldUMass Amherst

Andrew’s Greenhouse, Rachel Chandler-Worth photo

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“I wanted to express our gratitude toCISA for building such an amazingcommunity. It has been such a giftto our young business … Your workis truly inspiring.”—Molly Feinstein, co-owner of GoBerry

CISA strengthens local agriculture by building connections

between farmers and the community.

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Permit No. 8

Larkin Christie and Calla Jones picking blueberries in 2005, beforelocal yogurt was available in the Valley! (see page 7) CISA photo

Front cover: Northampton Winter Fare, Jason Threlfall photo