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Sheila Cassani

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Small Farms, Big Impacts

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

A donation now to The FruitGuys Community Fund can

A donation now to The FruitGuys Community Fund can help fund another small farm’s 2024 environmental sustainability project. It’s the last chance before grants are awarded to support more water catchment systems, beehives, hoop house season extenders, and solar power systems. 🐝 🌾 🌼

Give before March 29th and your donation will be doubled thanks to a generous sponsor, dollar for dollar, up to a max of $8,000.

🌱 Donate today at the link in our bio!

We are proud of our commitment to supporting small

We are proud of our commitment to supporting small, independent American farms and agricultural nonprofits as stewards of the land and key contributors to an equitable food system. 👩‍🌾🥕

We're pleased to share our 2023 Impact Report with you and dive deeper into our efforts to bolster the sustainability of small-scale agriculture! 🚜 🙌

🌱 Explore our 2023 Impact Report at the link in our bio.

Join us in congratulating Jack Rabbit Hollow Farms

Join us in congratulating Jack Rabbit Hollow Farms for all they've accomplished with their grant award! 🌞💧🌎

@jackrabbithollowfarm

2023 Grantee, Sowing Seeds of Change is an urban f

2023 Grantee, Sowing Seeds of Change is an urban farm in Long Beach, CA that grows organic produce, employs transition-age people with disabilities and fosters youth (ages 18-22) through a job-readiness program. See all they've achieved with their grant award!🌿

@ssc_urbanfarm

Our volunteer review committee has been hard at wo

Our volunteer review committee has been hard at work. This year, we’ve selected 26 finalists from over 300 applications. We’re pleased to announce the farms and agricultural nonprofits that have been asked to complete our finalist application process in hopes of becoming 2024 grantees. See the link in our bio. #SmallFarmsBigImpacts

Straight from the farmer, Sylvester Friend of @pra

Straight from the farmer, Sylvester Friend of @prairiehillsfarm in Selma, IN walks us through all they've accomplished with their $4.9K grant award. 🌱💪🌎

Take an active role in supporting the vital role s

Take an active role in supporting the vital role small farms play in our food system by making a donation of any amount to our Small Farms Big Impacts 2024 campaign. 🙌 👩‍🌾

🥕 Make a donation at the link in our bio.

Help support more small farms and agricultural non

Help support more small farms and agricultural non-profits across the country for sustainability projects that have big impacts in their communities and for the planet. Please give to our Small Farms Big Impacts 2024 campaign 💚🌱

➡️ Donate today at the link in our bio.

Our 2023 farm grantees have shared the final updat

Our 2023 farm grantees have shared the final updates.

Check out the link in our bio to enjoy the stories of their successes and challenges achieving their project plans. 🌱💪

🍎 When you bite into a juicy apple, it's easy t

🍎 When you bite into a juicy apple, it's easy to forget how much work, thought, and soul goes into growing it. Farmers care for the soil and work with it, the elements, and their local ecosystems to grow the food that nourishes us.

🤲 A donation to our Small Farms Big Impacts 2024 campaign will directly help fund more sustainability projects for small farms.

➡️ Donate today at the link in our bio.

We're hoping to fund 20 sustainability projects im

We're hoping to fund 20 sustainability projects impacting small-scale farms and their communities this Spring, but we're $7.5K away from meeting our budget goal!

Donate today at the link in our bio and your gift will be doubled thanks to a generous sponsor. 💚🚜

Our 2024 application window closes next week and w

Our 2024 application window closes next week and we've already received more than 200 applications from worthy farms across the country. Donate today and it will be matched dollar for dollar!

👩‍🌾💛 Help make a big impact on a small farm!

➡️ Make a donation today at the link in our bio.

Help us fund more sustainability projects for smal

Help us fund more sustainability projects for small farms in 2024! 👨‍🌾🌱

The FruitGuys Community Fund has a donor who has pledged $8,000 in matching funds. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation, 100% of your donation goes to the grants.

Make a donation at the link in our bio!

Our annual grant awards to small farms and agricul

Our annual grant awards to small farms and agricultural nonprofits support sustainability projects that have large positive impacts on the environment, local food webs, and farm diversity.

Apply today at the link in our bio!

Want to support small farms? Become a grant review

Want to support small farms? Become a grant reviewer! 🚜📝

Each year we seek volunteers for our participatory grant review process. From February to March, volunteers will spend about 4 hours in group discussions , in addition to reading and scoring applicants’ grants on their own time.

➡️ Learn more at the link in our bio!

Our 2024 grant portal is now open! 🙌 Small fa

Our 2024 grant portal is now open! 🙌

Small farms and agricultural nonprofits are invited to submit an application to be considered for a grant award up to $5K for sustainability projects.

➡️ Submit an application at the link in our bio!

THANK YOU to everyone who has helped support our w

THANK YOU to everyone who has helped support our work! 💙🌎

Consider a year-end donation to the success of small sustainable farms at the link in our bio.

Know a small-scale farmer or agrilcultural nonprof

Know a small-scale farmer or agrilcultural nonprofit? Encourage them to apply for our 2024 Grant Cycle before the deadline on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 11:59 p.m. PST.

Details at the link in our bio!

Small farms are critical stewards of the land and

Small farms are critical stewards of the land and key to an equitable food system. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the The FruitGuys Community Fund in support of our 2024 grant cycle. 100% of your donation goes to the grants.

🌱 Donate today at the link in our bio!

Each year, we host a participatory grantmaking rev

Each year, we host a participatory grantmaking review process with a volunteer review committee to help us evaluate farm grant applications. We believe that community participation in grantmaking is one of the core building blocks of the movement that connects people with their food system, communities, and the land. Want to join us?

Learn more at the link in our bio!

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