To promote and provide education of the public regarding sustainable farming methods, food, nutrition, culinary arts, the natural environment, native eco-systems, sustainable land use practices, the arts and land preserved by the corporation. to lease, manage, acquire and steward undeveloped property containing natural habitat to combat community deterioration, and to improve the public's educational, cultural and environmental condition by preserving the land for education, public recreation and the enjoyment of nature. to preserve the natural environment by managing and operating ecologically significant undeveloped land, and maintaining the land with limited public access in its natural state to conserve natural resources for future generations. to provide relief of the poor, distressed or underprivileged, to lessen neighborhood tensions and to eliminate prejudice and discrimination. to defend human and civil rights secured by law.