Renewing America's Food Traditions - RAFT

Why RAFT?

There is and urgent need to maintain the incredible diversity of America’s edible plants, animals, and their food traditions because of the important ecological, gastronomical, cultural, and health benefits of biodiversity. 

Ecological Benefits: plant and animal diversity sustains healthy ecological relationships; sustainable agricultural practices which support plant and animal diversity encourage resistance to pest and diseases also ensuring food security.

Gastronomic Benefits: inherent in a diversity of foods is a variety of aromas, textures, and flavors.   

Cultural Benefits: preservation of traditional knowledge and sustainable production.

Health & Nutrition Benefits: resistance to disease including diabetes and heart disease.
 

• What is RAFT?

• The how of RAFT

• RAFT Publications:
  The RAFT Book
  Seafood Traditions at Risk in North America
  RAFT Regional Map of North America's Place-based Foods

• Regional workshops on traditional foods at risk

• What can YOU do? 

• RAFT in the News

• More about RAFT’s founding partners

• RAFT Main page

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