CADE's vision is to build a vibrant local food system where small farms and locally owned agricultural businesses thrive, and where consumers have access to healthy, sustainable produced food.

CADE's projects & programs include:

• Agriventure Program
  Promoting successful farm and agricultural businesses in central New York.
• Grass-Based Meats Project
  An association of family farmers in Central New York, raising their animals naturally, on pasture, without the use of hormones or antibiotics.
• On-Farm Poultry Processing Study
• Innovative Approaches to Collaboration and Organization for Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives Project
• Agricultural Products Distribution Initiative
• The Upstate/Downstate Agriculture and Marketing Education Partnership