Feed Denver:
Urban Farms & Markets
Urban Farms & Markets
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Feed Denver: Urban Farms &
Markets is a project of the Colorado
Nonprofit Development Center
(CNDC). Feed Denver: Urban Farms
& Markets/CNDC is an equal
opportunity organization.
Markets is a project of the Colorado
Nonprofit Development Center
(CNDC). Feed Denver: Urban Farms
& Markets/CNDC is an equal
opportunity organization.
Feed Denver: Urban Farms & Markets is dedicated to
strengthening and securing Denver’s Urban Agriculture
food systems and helping transform Denver into a green,
sustainable, and productive city with thriving communities
and fresh, delicious, local food sources. Working with
The Urban Farm at Stapleton and Growing Power, we are
creating model urban farms and a Regional Training
Center. Learn more about us at www.feeddenver.com
and www.feeddenver.blogspot.com .
Interns play a key role in assisting in the creation and
operation of our model farms and urban agriculture
regional training. Our work provides the City of Denver
stakeholders - citizens and leaders – with the knowledge
and tools necessary to make Denver a leader in the
sustainable foodshed movement.
We are seeking individuals who want to build their work
experience and:
strengthening and securing Denver’s Urban Agriculture
food systems and helping transform Denver into a green,
sustainable, and productive city with thriving communities
and fresh, delicious, local food sources. Working with
The Urban Farm at Stapleton and Growing Power, we are
creating model urban farms and a Regional Training
Center. Learn more about us at www.feeddenver.com
and www.feeddenver.blogspot.com .
Interns play a key role in assisting in the creation and
operation of our model farms and urban agriculture
regional training. Our work provides the City of Denver
stakeholders - citizens and leaders – with the knowledge
and tools necessary to make Denver a leader in the
sustainable foodshed movement.
We are seeking individuals who want to build their work
experience and:
- Gain in-depth knowledge of urban agriculture and
the sustainable foodshed movement - which
includes healthy food access, environment, labor,
and small scale urban farming issues. - Make a critical and measurable impact on these
issues by leveraging the wave of public support for
urban farming and the creation of a sustainable
foodshed.
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Your tax-deductible donation will help fertilize Feed Denver.
It's your support that keep our programs nutrient rich!
Your tax-deductible donation will help fertilize Feed Denver.
It's your support that keep our programs nutrient rich!
Volunteer now!
If you want to be a part of our mission...or just get your hands dirty once
in a while...sign up below to be on our volunteer list.
If you want to be a part of our mission...or just get your hands dirty once
in a while...sign up below to be on our volunteer list.
Creating a model urban farm and training center is not an easy thing to do but we are blessed with a crew of dedicated volunteers and
angels assisting with everything from composting to building beds, event planning to grant writing, and seed selection to seed funding.
There are many ways you, too, can help Feed Denver. Here are just a few suggestions:
angels assisting with everything from composting to building beds, event planning to grant writing, and seed selection to seed funding.
There are many ways you, too, can help Feed Denver. Here are just a few suggestions:
| Our Volunteers Have Fun! |
$10 buys warm gloves for winter farming
$25 can provide one hour of English classes
for our New American refugee farmers
for our beds
vertical farming reach
program for our New American refugees program
scholarship to one of our urban farming
workshops
training to a Growing Power hands-on weekend
workshop in Milwaukee
can increase production three fold and make it
year round.
$25 can provide one hour of English classes
for our New American refugee farmers
for our beds
vertical farming reach
program for our New American refugees program
scholarship to one of our urban farming
workshops
training to a Growing Power hands-on weekend
workshop in Milwaukee
can increase production three fold and make it
year round.
We all understand how important local food production is not only to our
health but to our economy BUT where will all those new farmers come from?
At Feed Denver we are training urban farmers.
In Colorado we are only producing 0.1% (yes, that's POINT one percent!) of
the food we eat. That's a pretty scary number! I have another number for
you: 5.7. We spend $5.7 billion on food each year in Metro Denver. In the
middle of this recession we are sending all that money outside of our city and
state and economy...a city, state, and economy that is struggling with
unemployment and fresh food access issues. If we put that together...food,
farming, jobs in the city. Sounding interesting?
Feed Denver grows urban agriculture one farm and one farmer at a
time. We are not only creating urban farms to explore and research
how it can be done, but we are training farmers along the way. These
are the future farmers of America.
Our farmers are women and young people, refugees and immigrants, senior
citizens and mothers. The best way to create healthy fresh food access for
the children in our cities is to provide jobs in the fresh food growing industry
in our own community.
"Now that the Parking Lot Farm is here, I don’t want the work to end with
the season. We are coming up with new ideas and plans to keep the
farm going, and the community is behind us all the way!"
Paula Thompson, Community Steward, 42nd & Steele Parking Lot Farm
health but to our economy BUT where will all those new farmers come from?
At Feed Denver we are training urban farmers.
In Colorado we are only producing 0.1% (yes, that's POINT one percent!) of
the food we eat. That's a pretty scary number! I have another number for
you: 5.7. We spend $5.7 billion on food each year in Metro Denver. In the
middle of this recession we are sending all that money outside of our city and
state and economy...a city, state, and economy that is struggling with
unemployment and fresh food access issues. If we put that together...food,
farming, jobs in the city. Sounding interesting?
Feed Denver grows urban agriculture one farm and one farmer at a
time. We are not only creating urban farms to explore and research
how it can be done, but we are training farmers along the way. These
are the future farmers of America.
Our farmers are women and young people, refugees and immigrants, senior
citizens and mothers. The best way to create healthy fresh food access for
the children in our cities is to provide jobs in the fresh food growing industry
in our own community.
"Now that the Parking Lot Farm is here, I don’t want the work to end with
the season. We are coming up with new ideas and plans to keep the
farm going, and the community is behind us all the way!"
Paula Thompson, Community Steward, 42nd & Steele Parking Lot Farm