State Employees, did you know that you can donate to Soil Born Farms through the annual Charitable Campaign? When the payroll deduction pledge forms are distributed this fall, please consider making a donation by entering our organization #18223 for your payroll deduction. Donations start for as little as $2 per month.

Learn more at www.csecc.org.

Soil Born Farms Urban Agriculture Project organization #18223

Join the delicious Revolution

A grassroots movement toward healthy food for all

When you support Soil Born Farms and the Healthy Food Fund, your money is used to build a more sustainable and equitable local food system. It will help establish urban farms and gardens; create cooking and gardening education programs for youth and adults; preserve and support family farmers; increase distribution of locally grown fresh produce to schools, food banks and underserved neighborhoods and develop a state-of- the-art education center at the American River Ranch.

You can make a difference
We have reached thousands of children, teens, and adults with our programs by obtaining public and private grants. But we cannot operate on program grants alone. We rely on your donations to be a strong organization capable of meeting the challenges and opportunities in the coming years. Put your money where your values are! Help us make our community a healthier place and create a local food system that is just, sane and sustainable.

Your donation will be used to grow more food, feed more people, plant more gardens, train more farmers, glean more fruit, teach more kids, mentor more teens, educate more families, offer more classes, create more urban farms and pay a living wage to our staff. Together we can transform a shared vision of healthy food for all into a local reality. Be part of the solution and help us create an edible city.

"Unlike many places around the world, we still have the unique capacity to feed ourselves and create sustainability around good locally grown food. Preserving and nourishing this rare opportunity now may be the most important long term health decision we make as a community."
– Shawn Harrison

Some of our Accomplishments

local organic food production

• Operate two urban farms and support the development of five additional urban farm sites on behalf of local Southeast Asian growers 
• Harvest over 200,000 pounds of fresh produce each year for a diversity of local markets including food banks, farm stands, stores, restaurants and weekly food boxes
• Train 4 to 6 new farmers each year during an eight month apprenticeship program

community education

• Run three youth program components engaging over 1,500 youth each year in hands-on activities that connect food, health and the environment
• Employ 15–20 youth ages 16–21 each year as part of our Green Corps job program focused on green career jobs skills, leadership development and community service 
  Engage thousands of youth and adults at our seasonal events designed to inspire people to learn, connect, and grow while having fun

food access for all

• Glean over 20,000 pounds of fresh fruit per year from urban trees for distribution to local food banks
• Produce and distribute over 20,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services and other area shelters
  
• Provide direct access to fresh produce for thousands of residents each year by purchasing directly from over a dozen local family farms and strengthening the local economy

Thank you!