Sustainable agriculture encompasses a wide range of farming systems that seek to balance the long-term goals of economic profitability, environmental stewardship, and quality of life for the farmers and their communities.

The Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) is a unique partnership between the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota; the Sustainers' Coalition, a group of individuals and non-profit organizations; and University of Minnesota Extension. The purpose of MISA is to bring together the diverse interests of the agricultural community with interests from across the University community in a cooperative effort to develop and promote sustainable agriculture in Minnesota and beyond.

Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
University of Minnesota

mailing address:    411 Borlaug Hall
                             1991 Buford Circle
                             St. Paul, MN 55108-1013

office location:      413 Hayes Hall

telephone:  (612) 625-8235
toll-free:  1-800-909-MISA (6472)
fax: (612) 625-1268
e-mail: misamail@umn.edu

MISA is housed on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota, in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics.