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Raising Backyard Chickens
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By Sheila Cassani
In Sustainable Farming
Posted May 4, 2017

Raising Backyard Chickens

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Small Farms, Big Impacts

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Supporting #smallfarms in the U.S. with #grants for #sustainability projects🌱🌻🍊🐝🌎🌞

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We're seeking volunteers to help us evaluate 2024
We're seeking volunteers to help us evaluate 2024 farm-grantee applications. Volunteers participate in about 4 hours of group discussions with the review committee in February & March 2024, in addition to reading and scoring applicants’ grants on their own time Please see the link in our bio for schedule details and fill out our Volunteer Questionnaire. If you have additional questions, contact us at volunteer@fruitguyscommunityfund.org. #SmallFarmsBigImpacts 🌎🌱

This #GivingTuesday join us in supporting the futu
This #GivingTuesday join us in supporting the future of small farms and sustainable agriculture. Every gift amount matters, and each valued donation helps us continue providing grants that have big impacts on small farms: give.communityin.org/smallfarms

⭐️ 🌱 Meet Kahua Pa'a Mua, a 2023 FruitGuys
⭐️ 🌱 Meet Kahua Pa'a Mua, a 2023 FruitGuys Community Fund grantee in Kapaau, HI. This 2-acre nonprofit is dedicated to community development through agriculture, conservation, & education, primarily serving Hawaiian youth & adults. They grow crops, raise livestock, & provide food to those in need, focusing on empowerment & agricultural entrepreneurship. . With their grant, Kahua Pa'a Mua will create an affordable water catchment system to enhance local food production & teach participants about water catchment for home use. . Learn more about Kahua Pa’a Mua & other FGCF Grantees at the link in our bio. . #SmallFarmsBigImpacts

This #NationalFarmersDay join us in celebrating th
This #NationalFarmersDay join us in celebrating the work of small American farms like 2023 grantee, Prairie Hills Farm, a 7-acre family farm in Selma, IN that grows around 20 different fruits and vegetables using organic practices, in addition to raising pasture-fed goats, chickens, and turkeys. Farmers Sylvester and Sabrina Friend have partnered with local schools, youth groups, and agricultural organizations to share their gardening and farming knowledge with the community. . With their $4,945 grant from The FruitGuys Community Fund, the Friends will be able to extend their growing season by constructing hoop houses on their raised planting beds, reduce water waste by installing a drip irrigation system, and purchase gardening tools and supplies for a youth farming program. Hoop houses will extend their growing season by four to six weeks. The irrigation system will allow the farm to recoup about two hours a day during the primary growing season while reducing water waste by roughly 30%. Partnering with a local school, about 60 students will take part in their introduction to farming curriculum and have hands-on experience relating to farming. . Consider directly impacting a farm and supporting a sustainability project by donating to The Fruitguys Community Fund 2024 grant cycle. . Learn more at the link in our bio! . #SmallFarmsBigImpacts

We're so excited to introduce another 2023 Grantee
We're so excited to introduce another 2023 Grantee: Ballew Estates LLC. . A 27-acre, fifth-generation, multi-generational farm in Richmond, KY, Ballew Estates grows fruit, berries, vegetables, herbs, & seeds. They also produce medicinal herbs & honey for sale & frequently host educational workshops, retreats, tours, & school/community pollinator projects. . Farmer Jim Embry is a noted permaculture expert, Slow Food proponent, & was named a 2023 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award Winner. They will use their grant to purchase additional beehives, add new varieties of native pollinator mixes, install a combined solar & wind generating system to provide power for their micro-irrigation system & to their bee house, AND more. . Learn more about Ballew Estates & our other 2023 Grantees at the link in our bio. . #SmallFarmBigImpacts #FGCF #pollinators #agriculture #environment #support

The FruitGuys Community Fund 2023 grantees have su
The FruitGuys Community Fund 2023 grantees have submitted their interim report updates. Find out how their sustainability projects have progressed at the link in our bio. #SmallFarmsBigImpacts 🌎 🌱

Meet another 2023 FruitGuys Community Fund Grantee
Meet another 2023 FruitGuys Community Fund Grantee: Global One Urban Farming! . Global One is a 1.5-acre, non-profit farm in Kansas City, MO that produces & distributes free organic vegetables to seniors, veterans, & low-income families with the goal of raising health levels throughout Kansas City. Their team converts unused urban land into sustainable organic community vegetable gardens. They have also partnered with the Kansas City School District to teach urban farming. 🌎🌱 . With their grant, they will purchase an array of supplies & equipment including seeds, soil, mulch, & germination trays, to expand their production an additional 10,000 square feet. They anticipate that this will allow them to produce & distribute an additional 20,000 pounds of vegetables in 2023. . Learn more about Global One Urban Farming & other grantees at the link in our bio. #SmallFarmsBigImpacts

Meet 2023 FGCF Grantee, Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB
Meet 2023 FGCF Grantee, Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB), a 3-acre non-profit farm in Olympia, WA. GRuB empowers youth and young adults, aged 16-24, who have left school early, offering hands-on outdoor education & employment support. In 2022, they donated 85% of their to local hunger relief programs, while providing food shares to their youth to take home. With their grant, GRuB will be able to purchase a number of native fruiting plants and trees, as well as relocate & expand their perennial berry production. They'll also improve weed management with the purchase of a new steam weeder, which heats & treats any noxious plant parts before they go into their compost system, allowing for the weeds to be re-incorporated onsite, rather than offsite at the dump. Learn more about GRuB & other 2023 Grantees here: https://fruitguyscommunityfund.org/2023-farm-grantees-announced/ 🌎🌱#SmallFarmsBigImpacts #FGCF


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