Grantees

Established in 2008, Olivewood Gardens is a 7.85-acre educational garden located in National City, CA. Our property acts as a resource for community members to explore health education, environmental stewardship, and community connection. Olivewood Gardens mission is to inspire youth and adults to be healthy and active citizens through organic gardening, environmental stewardship, and nutrition education.

By providing food as medicine, we nourish our clients and build community. Our Purpose: We create an inclusive and joyful community to provide high-quality medically tailored meals, nutrition education and hope to our clients.

Oregon Tilth is a leading certifier, educator, and advocate for organic agriculture and products. Since 1974, we have worked to build a brighter food future for all by balancing the needs of people and the planet. Our mission is to make our food system and agriculture biologically sound and socially equitable. Oregon Tilth shaped the first organic standards, created programs to support the adoption of organic climate smart practices, and directly works with thousands of farmers.

Organic Transition Trainer Program provides technical assistance to farmers throughout Kentucky as they apply for USDA organic certification. Trainers are organic experts and provide free one-on-one consultations, assisting farmers with: understanding the foundations of organic production and management; adapting farming systems to meet the National Organic Program regulations; developing the farm’s Organic System Plan; demystifying the application process; verifying approved inputs; developing recordkeeping systems; and connecting farmers with other useful educational, financial and market resources appropriate for organic producers. Trainers conduct on-farms visits, phone consultations and email correspondence for as long as is needed to help a farmer through the application and recertifying process. In 2015 Kentucky farmers identified a gap in organic transition support and so OAK created this program in the fall of 2016.  Through tailored informational meetings in the northern KY and western KY we will continue to convene conventional growers well as institutional partners and organic buyers for “Organic Transition” farmer meetings.

As a champion of organic farmers across the U.S., we work to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems by cultivating organic research, education, and federal policies that bring more farmers and acreage into organic production. Through these efforts, we are working to create a more resilient and sustainable agricultural system that values healthy environments and healthy people.

Organic Growers School is the premier provider of practical and affordable organic education in the Southern Appalachians.  After 30 years, we continue to build a vibrant food and farming community by boosting the success of organic home growers and farmers.

Organic Seed Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advances ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world. Our work ensures an abundant and diverse supply of ecologically grown seed, tended in perpetuity by skilled and diverse communities of seed stewards.

Pie Ranch’s mission is to cultivate a healthy and just food system from seed to table through food education, farmer pathways, and regional partnerships. We are on a mission to create a different pie that benefits everyone equally. Through our support for early-stage farmers, youth education, and food systems projects, we are developing a model of economically sustainable regenerative farms that honor the land, promote joy and healing, and will create abundance for future generations.

Via engaging, hands-on food education, Pilot Light uses food as a vehicle to teach, advance wellness, and build interpersonal connections. Our mission is to support students as they learn & advocate for informed choices by bridging the lessons they learn in their classrooms to the foods on their lunch trays, at home & in their communities. Through our model, we are helping a generation of changemakers build informed lifelong relationships with food and advocate for more sustainable food systems.

We prepare and home-deliver meals to neighbors living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, kidney/heart/lung disease, and other chronic illnesses throughout Colorado. The meals we provide are medically tailored as they are approved by a registered dietitian and use evidence-based guidelines to ensure positive health outcomes. We tailor our meals to meet the individual and medical dietary needs of our clients, combining medical diets (i.e. renal-friendly, heart-healthy), with modifications for allergies (i.e. gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free), side-effects, medications (i.e. low-vitamin K), and texture (i.e. pureed, fork-tender). Each meal we provide is made from scratch using fresh, locally sourced and organic ingredients, ensuring we never repeat recipes within a three-month period. Each week, each client and their dependents (i.e. children, elderly parents) receives a delivery to their home of either 7 or 14 frozen meals, as well as sides.