Find Farms with Social Missions Near You
Current total: 156 farms
Greater Newark Conservancy
Newark, NJ - Founded ?
Greater Newark Conservancy envisions each and every individual in our community living healthy, productive lives in harmony with nature. We commit to centering equity and opportunity in all our programs and throughout our organization.To advance this vision, we create opportunities for people to engage in community gardening and farming; to access locally grown, nutritious produce; to experience personal growth through environmental education, youth leadership training, and support for returning citizens; and to invest in our neighborhoods through collaboration with partner organizations to plant seeds, to grow community, to change lives.
Employment: Y,CI
Education: F
Community Programs: CG, DF
Green Village Initiative
Bridgeport, CT - Founded ?
GVI's mission is to grow food, knowledge, leadership and community through urban gardening and farming, to create a more just food system in Bridgeport. We have four programs: Reservoir Community Farm, School Gardens, Community Gardens, and a Youth Leadership Program.
Employment: Y
Education: F
Community Programs: CG, DF
Grow Dat
New Orleans, LA - Founded ?
At Grow Dat, people from different backgrounds come together to create a more just and sustainable food system. On our farm we work collaboratively to grow food, educate and inspire youth and adults, and build power to create personal, social and environmental change.
Employment: Y
Education: F
Community Programs: CG, DF
Gather New Haven
New Haven, CT - Founded 2005
Gather New Haven promotes health, equity, and justice for people and the environment by cultivating connections with each other and our local lands and waters, and by inspiring us to care for ourselves, our community, and the natural world. Gather New Haven promueve la salud, la equidad, y la justicia para las personas y el medio ambiente a través del cultivo de conexiones entre nosotros y nuestras tierras y aguas locales, y al inspirarnos a cuidar de nosotros mismos, nuestra comunidad, y el mundo natural. Our innovative programs center on the intersections of urban agriculture, public health, community development, education, and environmental stewardship
Employment: Y
Education: F
Community Programs: DF
Global One Urban Farming
Kansas City, MO - Founded ?
Global One Urban Farming is a 501(c) (3) non-profit that produces and distributes free organic vegetables to seniors, veterans, and low-income families with the goal of raising health levels throughout Kansas City. Our team converts unused land into sustainable organic community vegetable gardens. We also have partnered with the Kansas City School District where we teach Urban Farming Clubs in schools here in Kansas City, Missouri. We provide access to healthy organic vegetables made available in the food desert areas in our community to help raise health levels of our neighbors.
Employment: NA
Education: F
Community Programs: CG, DF
Green Heart Project
Charleston, SC - Founded 2009
The Green Heart Project builds garden-based experiential learning projects and school garden programs to educate students connect people and cultivate community through growing, eating, and celebrating food.
Employment: Y
Education: F
Community Programs: NA
Greens Grow
Philadelphia, PA - Founded 1997
Greensgrow is an educational urban farm and demonstration garden that provides an essential connection to food and nature in an urban community. We are a non-profit dedicated to promoting social wellness through community green space. Greensgrow reconnects city dwellers with rural food producers and promoting the greening of Philadelphia’s homes and gardens. Together we are building a better, more progressive and sustainable Philadelphia.
Employment: NA
Education: F
Community Programs: NA
Grow Good
Los Angles, CA - Founded 2011
GrowGood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been working in partnership with The Salvation Army since 2011 to transform and maintain a 1.5-acre parcel of land adjacent to The Salvation Army's Bell Homeless Shelter into an urban farm. The Bell Shelter is one of the largest homeless shelter's west of the Mississippi operating a comprehensive program that offers transitional care for up to 500 homeless men, women, and veterans.GrowGood's no-till, regenerative urban farm provides the Shelter’s kitchen with substantial quantities of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables as well as therapeutic and employment opportunities for residents. We are proud to report that in 2018, GrowGood's farm provided over $25,000 worth of organic produce to the Shelter's kitchen, which serves over 6,000 meals per week.
Employment: CI
Education: A
Community Programs: DF
