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Spotlight: Bountiful Hope Farms, 2014 grantee
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By Sheila Cassani
In Grantees
Posted November 11, 2014

Spotlight: Bountiful Hope Farms, 2014 grantee

Bountiful Hope Farms in Monroe, WI, was awarded a FruitGuys Community Fund grant of $2,750 in April 2014 for the installation of a drip irrigation system, hoop house construction, and printing of [...]

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Our 2024 grantees are now more than halfway throug Our 2024 grantees are now more than halfway through their project timelines! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿคฉ Check out our blog at the link in our bio to read the updates theyโ€™ve shared.
Welcome 2024 grantee YouthWorks Ranch! ๐Ÿฅณ A 20- Welcome 2024 grantee YouthWorks Ranch! ๐Ÿฅณ A 20-acre agricultural non-profit in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that educates youth on how to transform their communityโ€™s health by growing food and cooking with fresh produce.ย ๐ŸŒฑโค๏ธ With a $5,000 grant, they will purchase culturally relevant seeds, hand tools, and more! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more at the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee Tuba Farm Foundation Inc! ๐ŸŒŸ @tubafarm_cc is a women and BIPOC-led agricultural non-profit farm in New Jersey created to promote food sovereignty, reduce food insecurity and waste. With a $4,657 grant, they will cover necessary materials and supplies to improve its sustainable food forest. ๐ŸŒฑ Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee TNR Hills! A 13-acre women Welcome 2024 grantee TNR Hills! A 13-acre women and family-owned and operated sustainable farm in Kansas City. It produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables in addition to keeping chickens and ducks for eggs and goats for cheese. ๐Ÿฃ๐ŸŒฑ With a $3,524 grant, they will purchase a solar powered portable fencing system as well as pasture and pollinator seed. ๐ŸŒŸ Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee @ssfriendlyranch ๐ŸŒŸ @ssfri Welcome 2024 grantee @ssfriendlyranch ๐ŸŒŸ @ssfriendlyranch is a 10-acre, Black owned-and-operated ranch and agricultural non-profit educational program located in San Diego, California. It specializes in cultivating a variety of crops through regenerative agricultural growing practices. With their grant they will build a self-service, solar-powered refrigerated farm stand in order to provide consistent access to fresh, affordable food for customers. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee @rosybuckfarm ๐Ÿ’› A 15-acre Welcome 2024 grantee @rosybuckfarm ๐Ÿ’› A 15-acre, family-owned farm run by Holly Evans and Randy Buck located in Leasburg, Missouri, that grows a wide range of unique produce using sustainable farming practices. With a $855 grant, they will purchase eight heirloom fruit trees, tree guards, and organic fruit tree fertilizer. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Refugee & Immigrant Self-Empo Welcome 2024 grantee Refugee & Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE) Community Farm! ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒŸ @syrap_rise is a 180-acre agricultural non-profit, community-based farm located in Syracuse, New York, that serves as a resource for immigrants and refugees who are interested in farming. With a $4,825 grant, RISE farm will install deer fencing to prevent crop loss. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Pie Ranch! ๐Ÿฅง๐ŸŒฑ Pie Ranc Welcome 2024 grantee Pie Ranch! ๐Ÿฅง๐ŸŒฑ Pie Ranch is a Certified Organic agricultural non-profit, regenerative farm, and food system education center located in Pescadero, CA. Their mission engages and employs young people on the land; shares resources with emerging, primarily BIPOC farmers; and helps make healthy food accessible to San Francisco Bay Area communities. ๐Ÿคฒโค๏ธ With a $2,135 grant, they will create compost bins, install a drip irrigation system, and a pollinator hedgerow. ๐ŸŒŸ Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Mountain Echoes Farm/Soil Hue Welcome 2024 grantee Mountain Echoes Farm/Soil Hued Mojo๐ŸŒŸ @soilhuedmojo is a 20-acre, women-of-color and family-owned farm in Mathias, West Virginia, that grows medicinal maternal health herbs using Afro-Indigenous farming practices and creates small-batch products that support BIPOC and other vulnerable individuals. ๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿคฒ With a $3,097 grant they will purchase a hoop house, build a solar dehydrator, and add two beehives. ๐ŸŒฑ Learn more at the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee Lone Star Olive Ranch! ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ An 80-acre, women-owned and operated sustainable farm and olive orchard located in Madisonville, Texas. In 2021, Winter Storm Uri damaged 14,000 of its olive trees. Lone Star has been hard at work since, planting new olive saplings and diversifying its farm with the addition of new crops.ย ๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸŒพ With a $4,751 grant, they will expand their sustainable farming practices by planting heirloom varieties of fruit trees and plants, and adding two beehives. ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ Learn more at the link in our bio!
Meet 2024 grantee @lafincadehamberto a 28-acre non Meet 2024 grantee @lafincadehamberto a 28-acre non-profit, BIPOC-led farm located in Vieques, an island off of Puerto Rico. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’› La Finca de Hamberto is working to rebuild a community of farmers and ranchers to establish a sustainable and resilient island community. ๐Ÿ’ช With a $5,000 grant, they will install a caterpillar-style grow tunnel to increase their capacity to cultivate high-demand crops throughout the season. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Home! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿก @grow Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Home! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿก @growinghome is a 2-acre, organic urban farm, workforce development center, and BIPOC-led non-profit located in Chicago. It grows about 150 varieties of vegetables, which they sell at affordable prices at a weekly farm stand and other local markets during the growing season. With a $5,000 grant, they will integrate a pest management-focused project to increase crop yields and address struggles with pest pressure. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Communities Inc./ Cro Welcome 2024 grantee Growing Communities Inc./ Crop Swap LA! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ‘ @lacropswap is a majority BIPOC-and-women-led agricultural non-profit organization that operates micro farms in the urban neighborhoods of Leimert Park and Crenshaw in Southern Los Angeles, CA. Crop Swap LA is transforming underutilized spaces for efficient food production using rainwater harvesting and sustainable farming practices to bring food access, environmental, and economic benefits to local residents. With a $5,000 grant they will develop a new micro farm site that will allow them to increase the amount of food distributed across the 75 families currently on the organizationโ€™s member list.ย  Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Fox Haven Organic Farm & Lear Welcome 2024 grantee Fox Haven Organic Farm & Learning Center! ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’› @foxhavenfarmretreatcenter is a majority women and BIPOC-led non-profit farm and learning center. Their primary crops are medicinal and culinary herbs that are distributed through their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. With their grant, they will assemble an ergonomic post-harvest wash table, install drip irrigation to water crops efficiently, and buy a variety of flower and cover crop seed to attract pollinators and build soil health. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Finca Luna Buho! ๐ŸŒŸ @finca Welcome 2024 grantee Finca Luna Buho! ๐ŸŒŸ @finca.luna.buho is a primarily BIPOC-led agricultural non-profit organization located on 73 acres of unceded Mohican land in the northern Berkshires of western Massachusetts. They grow a number of heirloom and culturally-relevant ancestral crops using Afro-Indigenous ecological practices. ๐ŸŒฑ With their grant they will create a water catchment, storage, efficient watering system and improve soil health. ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿชด Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee @doliifarms ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’› A five- Welcome 2024 grantee @doliifarms ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’› A five-acre organic, women-owned and operated farm located in the Navajo Nation that grows Navajo white corn and Navajo white corn pollen. ๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ They will use their grant to convert an existing outbuilding into a solar-powered drying shed. โ˜€๏ธ Learn more at the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee Dear Native Grapes! ๐Ÿ‡ A f Welcome 2024 grantee Dear Native Grapes! ๐Ÿ‡ A family-owned and operated 44-acre vineyard and winery located in Walton, New York near the Catskill Mountains. @dear.native.grapes is committed to restoring Americaโ€™s native and hybrid grapes using winegrowing methods modeled after regenerative practices. ๐ŸŒฑ They will use their grant to sustainably manage pest pressure by installing a permanent 7-foot deer fence to protectย five acres of vineyard. Learn more at the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee @citygreennj ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฑ City G Welcome 2024 grantee @citygreennj ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฑ City Green is a nonprofit farming and gardening organization based in Clifton, New Jersey who practice regenerative and sustainable techniques to maximize food production and sustain soil health while increasing access for low-income families. They will use their grant to plant four pollinator hedgerows and install drip irrigation to increase water conservation efforts. Learn more at the link in our bio!
Welcome 2024 grantee Brittanyโ€™s Bees! ๐Ÿ๐Ÿซถ Welcome 2024 grantee Brittanyโ€™s Bees! ๐Ÿ๐Ÿซถ @honeyandhens2021 is a women-owned and operated apiary in Mitchell, Oregon, who will use their grant to implement a varroa mite-resistant bee breeding program. This will ultimately improve the genetics of the hives, leading to healthier bees that can produce more honey, pollinate more plants, and be more economically fit! ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿค“ Learn more via the link in our bio.
Welcome 2024 grantee @bluepearfarm ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿ A 44- Welcome 2024 grantee @bluepearfarm ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿ A 44-acre women-owned and operated farm in Huntsburg, Ohio, who will use their grant award to create and install a hedgerow to expand their efforts to support pollinators and increase crop yields. The funds will be used to purchase 51 native trees, 200 native shrubs, 100 native perennials, and five pounds of wildflower seed mix from their local native plant nursery. ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒธ
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