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For the past 30 years, CADE has been working with entrepreneurs to build a more viable food system.

Photo: Collins Family Farm at SUNY Cobleskill

The Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit organization.

OUR MISSION

CADE's mission is to increase the number and diversity of successful farm enterprises and related businesses in New York.

OUR VISION

CADE works to build a vibrant food system, in which locally owned agricultural businesses thrive and consumers are nourished by healthy sustainably produced food.

OUR CULTURE

CADE is a community of agricultural entrepreneurs and specialists who value

Sustainability
Collaboration
Inclusion
Transparency
Innovation

OUR APPROACH

CADE works to increase the “Triple Bottom Line” of agricultural development by:

Increasing profit margins of farm business through efficient production systems, effective marketing and distribution programs and sound business principles;
Promoting sound environmental production practices such as low input, organic, grass-based livestock production, watershed runoff protection, and improved distribution of the lower “food-miles” thus reducing energy consumption; and
Engendering positive social outcomes such as job creation, generational farm transition, positive connections between farmers and consumers, health benefits of local foods, and locally circulating dollars.