We’re ready to make our beds…raised beds for growing! We’re bringing urban agriculture and small farms to low-income residents in South Los Angeles, as part of our Original Green Community Food Plan.
Making Our Beds
Los Angeles, USAOriginal Green Community Food Plan
$1,510
Raised of $1,500 USD
Successfully funded on Apr 21, 2011
17 supporters
About This Project
Use Of Funds
$1,500 Tipping Point Goal
We have recently received and started preparing two growing sites -- and they need to be planted! Our tipping point gets us materials for 12 raised beds at Site Two (wood, mulch, compost, amendments, plants), basic development of the site as a creative social space for communal gatherings (including materials for kids to make sound and visual garden art; pathway gravel) and 10 hours of resident food production training. The total goal gets us 12 more raised beds for Site One (which includes concrete removal), integrated tables and seating for both sites, establishment of our neighborhood fruit gleaning program and an awesome delivery bike to bring food to others in the community. Yes, all this!
Certainly, our goals are ambitious, but we know they’re not only doable, they’re sustainable! Your support is a major part of a larger goal to establish a wholly integrated food system that we hope will serve as a model for other small farms in urban communities. Learn more about our spirit and outlook at --http://homeandcommunity.wordpress.com/
$3,500 Stretch Goal
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Rewards
$5.00
Set of 4 "Resistance is Fertile" or "Making Our Beds" postcards. Add some slow living, snail mail to your life and sit down and just write someone. They've already got stamps, so you'll have no excuse not to connect with someone!
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$20.00
Your name and your (G-rated) message creatively and permanently inscribed in a raised bed at one of the sites...along with postcards from the above reward.
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$50.00
A bottle of local, homemade wine, with a personalized label. Yes, kind of moonshine-y but better than running it out of the '40 Ford coupe. PLUS receive the raised-bed message and postcards rewards.
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$100.00
Name one of our community raising events in 2012. You get to decide -- within reason and possibility -- the vibe and theme of one of our well-reviewed events. Regional dishes? Surf and turf? Vegan? You tell us. We'll Skype your event to you, or you can attend with a guest if you're local. PLUS receive the raised-bed messaging and personalized bottle of vino.
$150.00
Attendance for two at ALL four of our much-loved community raising, communal dinner events for 2012. PLUS you'll receive the raised-bed messaging reward. ($30 of this reward is tax-deductible.)
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$200.00
Receive naming rights on the batch of local, homemade wine included in these rewards and along with two bottles. Remember, these bottles are headed out to people all over, some you don't even know! They'll wonder who this witty, urban and creative person is. PLUS attendance for two at one event in 2012. ($100 of this reward is tax-deductible.)
$300.00
Weekly delivery of shares from the farm sites, from July to December (local to Los Angeles, naturally).
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$400.00
Private "Yes We Can Can" or "Jam Session" canning event in your home (or our beautiful venue). We'll provide dinner and some of that homemade wine for up to 6 people, while canning some of your favorite produce! (Local to Los Angeles, naturally.)
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$500.00
Let us make *your* beds! Two raised beds in your garden. That includes all soil, compost, and amendments. (Local to Los Angeles, naturally.)
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