Movement Ground Farm is a 5-acre agricultural nonprofit in Tiverton, RI, that grows a wide variety of vegetables, with a special focus on crops catering to South East Asian and Chinese immigrants and refugees, as well as chickens for eggs and meat. They received a $4,741 grant to add 12 Katahdin lambs to their farm for grazing and meat. Lamb is relevant to many immigrant communities, and their CSA is the only one in Rhode Island with a majority BIPOC membership base.
Development Coordinator Mimi Budnick told us that their first flock of lambs was successful. Budnick said, “their presence on the land helped to fertilize new fields for future crop production, helped with weed management, and gave us a chance to educate the many people that came to the farm about the benefits of integrating livestock into a farming landscape.” The meat from the lambs was offered in their CSA and helped increase revenue.
