About Us
Who We Are
The One Hive Foundation is a private foundation that supports nonprofit research and community partners to promote pollinator health and ecologically responsible agriculture.
Mission
One Hive’s mission is to promote pollinator health and ecologically responsible agriculture.
One Hive's mission is to promote pollinator health and ecologically responsible agriculture.
We fund research and non-profits to:
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Increase available data on the impact of our actions on the environment
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Accelerate solutions that combine science, innovation, and respect for the environment
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Support the next generation of diverse farmers who will foster ecologically responsible agriculture practices into the future
We function as a hub of collaboration by:
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Sharing research findings
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Facilitating communication among partners and funders
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Raising public awareness
Vision
One Hive envisions a diverse ecosystem that human beings nurture to support the health, growth and sustainability of our planet Earth, and thus our collective survival.
Values
One Hive is driven by five organizational core values or operating principles. These beliefs guide the mission and strategic plan of our philanthropic organization. These values are shared by the founder, advisors, collaborators.
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Science-Based
Our mission is deeply rooted in evidence-based science. We aim to combat the spread of misinformation by bolstering the availability and communication of nonpartisan research findings and data as well as partnering with innovative groups, including farmers. We do not plan to use scare tactics, but instead base our credibility in sound science and ethics.
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Inclusivity
One Hive recognizes that our industrial agricultural system has perpetuated the marginalization of different communities. This often includes the people and communities that most directly participate and work in the agricultural and food systems. As a result, One Hive seeks to empower, support, and listen to these marginalized communities through research, education, philanthropy. We prioritize incorporating a diverse set of viewpoints and backgrounds into our collective identity and mission.
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Inclusivity
One Hive recognizes that our industrial agricultural system has perpetuated the marginalization of different communities. This often includes the people and communities that most directly participate and work in the agricultural and food systems. As a result, One Hive seeks to empower, support, and listen to these marginalized communities through research, education, philanthropy. We prioritize incorporating a diverse set of viewpoints and backgrounds into our collective identity and mission.
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Community
Given our roots in Vermont and rural agriculture, we understand the importance of supporting our neighbors as part of an interdependent community. The commercial commodities sector can make farmers feel disparate from each other and subject to distant market forces. By supporting the people and other living things most proximate to us, we can sustain our own growth and resiliency.
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Collaboration
We recognize the importance of partnering with others from different professions, disciplines, and perspectives through working groups and other networks.
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Collaboration
We recognize the importance of partnering with others from different professions, disciplines, and perspectives through working groups and other networks.
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Family
Advised and led by an intergenerational beekeeping family, the One Hive Foundation recognizes that families constitute the roots of community. A focus on benefiting the family as opposed to oneself forms an ethos that guides our culture. We believe in work that supports the collective benefit instead of individual gain. We support the work-life balance of our team members and partners.
Meet the Team
One Hive is managed by a team of advisors, scientists, and partners. Our team is supplemented by an extended network that brings further expertise, knowledge, and perspective.
Learn MoreWhat We Support
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Pollinator health
Understanding the threats to native and managed pollinators and pursuing efforts to improve pollinator health.
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Ecologically responsible agriculture
Advancing the responsible management of our agriculture and natural resources.
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Education & Advocacy
Nuturing a diverse collaborative, and well-networked generation of beekepers, farmers, scientists and advocates.