Who Are We?
Garden Harvest, Inc. is a not-for-profit farm
run by
full time volunteers, assisted by seasonal staff & apprentices, and
supported by over 5000 enthusiastic volunteers each season.
Our mission is
the alleviation of hunger & the improvement of nutrition of economically
disadvantaged citizens worldwide. We accomplish this by the
establishment of community farms that teach people of all ages & any
ethnic background methods of organic, sustainable production of
fruit, vegetables, eggs, & wool , and in the near future milk &
cheese, so they can learn how to grow food for themselves & for others,
and in ways that regenerate the Earth's precious soil. All crops
produced at Garden Harvest farms are
given to the poor.
We
assist economically distressed individuals from the rural area of
Appalachia in the establishment of their own farms. We do this
by training them in animal husbandry and then giving them
livestock to take back to their homes where they can implement what
they've learned to produce their own food & bring in some income.
We teach disadvantaged youth highly marketable skills, so they can obtain permanent,
good-paying jobs, as well as methods of organic gardening/farming so
they can grow their own food.
We teach children of all ages methods of
organic food production so that they will know how to grow food for
themselves & their families.
By request, we teach community
leaders & landowners from different regions how to replicate the Garden Harvest model
in their communities.
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