Supported Organizations
Yggdrasil was incorporated as a ‘supporting organization’ to support and work in association with three independent non-profit organizations.
RSF Social Finance (RSF) (www.rsfsocialfinance.org)
Since 1984, RSF Social Finance has been devoted to building the emerging field of social finance through investing, lending, and giving. RSF has been an innovator of new approaches in working with money that foster social and spiritual renewal. With the long-term view of transforming the way the world works with money, RSF funds social enterprises and other public benefit initiatives, and collaborates with other financial organizations and institutions to understand money and financial transactions in a new way that is direct, transparent, and personal.
Contact information:
RSF Social Finance
1002A O’Reilly Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94129
415-561-3900
www.rsfsocialfinance.org
Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association (BDA) (www.biodynamics.com)
BDA, established in 1938, is a non-profit, membership organization whose purpose is to foster knowledge of the practices and principles of the biodynamic method of agriculture, horticulture, and forestry in North American and advance the applications of this method through educational activities such as research, lectures, confernces and through publishing books and a quarterly membership journal, Biodynamics. BDA also provides consultation and extension services to farmers, gardeners, and foresters.
Contact information:
Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
25844 Butler Road
Junction City, OR 97448
541-998-0105
www.biodynamics.com
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) (www.michaelfieldsaginst.org)
MFAI, a public non-profit agricultural institute founded in 1984, strives to revitalize farming through research, education, technical assistance and public policy. MFAI is devoted to developing an agriculture that can sustain the land and its resources. MFAI offers educational programs in biodynamic and sustainable agriculture and gardening. It has been a leader in organic and biodynamic crop research as well as implementing research findings to audiences such as grain and livestock producers, agricultural professionals and beginning farmers. MFAI works to reform government state and federal policy that supports agriculture that is good for the environment, public health and rural and urban communities. MFAI is also working on urban agricultural initiatives in the city of Milwaukee to promote food security, economic growth, environmental restoration and consensus-building communities.
Contact information:
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI)
W2493 County Road ES
PO Box 990
East Troy, WI 53120
262-642-3303
www.michaelfieldsaginst.org |
