The Institute is currently serving as the coordinator of an ambitious collaborative project, the Farm and Food Policy Project (FFPP), aimed at advancing policies that create a more sustainable agriculture and food system in the United States. A unique collaboration jointly initiated by some twenty-five partner organizations including American Farmland Trust, the Community Food Security Coalition, the Congressional Hunger Center, Environmental Defense, National Council of Churches, the National Family Farm Coalition, and the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, FFPP has already launched a groundswell of support among environmental, sustainable agriculture, anti-hunger, faith-based, nutrition, health, and family farm groups across the country. Indeed, more than 300 organizations are already participating through a series of policy, communications, and governance committees jointly established to define and advance policy recommendations for the 2007 Farm Bill and other federal legislative and administrative vehicles.