For more than 25 years Zenger Farm has been a place to build relationships with the land and neighbors. We shifted who gets access to local organic produce, and who determines what is grown.
When you donate you provide the farm with unrestricted funding. This means we can apply your support where it’s most needed. Here are some ways your dollar makes an impact…
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- We’re shifting the demographics of who manages and owns farms. Our beginning farmer training program prioritizes BIPOC, women, and non-binary farmers.
- We helped launch 24 farms and trained 48 apprentices. 79% of those apprentices are working in regenerative agriculture or food justice.
- We are shifting the food system from one of exploitation to one of care. By providing one of the nation’s few paid farmer apprenticeship programs we are changing the way we grow food from a form of extraction to one of healing.
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- Our Farm to School program inspires youth to take part in climate action by connecting students to their local natural resources and food systems. We educate every 5th grader in the David Douglas School District. Over 10 years that’s been 7,000 students, 81% of the entire student body.
- Our educators create curriculum that merges place-based knowledge with Next Generation Science Standards. We help other organizations do this as a way of standardizing curriculum that centers the student and the land.
- We teach people about plants, gardening, cooking, herbalism and land stewardship. In less than four years we’ve engaged with 4,000 people through community events and workshops.
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- We support food sovereignty through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). This model shifts power to community to control their food. Choosing a CSA means investing in a local farmer and sustainable farming.
- We make local produce more accessible to low income households by being one of the first farms to accept SNAP benefits for CSA payment. To expand this access we trained other farms to make this shift. Now over 80 growers in our region accept SNAP.
- We are leveraging the healthcare system to support farmers and community health. We do this by providing CSAs from organic small-scale farms to low income clients at Federally Qualified Health Centers. We’ve moved a total of $424,000 to support these local farmers.
– For more information on sponsorships, planned giving/giving options, or if you need to change your information, please contact Megan Owen at megan@zengerfarm.org – thank you!
– Support Zenger Farm while you shop with Fred Meyer COMMUNITY Rewards! Link your Fred Meyer rewards card to Zenger Farm, and we will start receiving donations, with absolutely no effect towards the rewards you already earn. Use this link to connect your card to Zenger Farm; our non-profit ID number in their system is 93666.
Your contribution is met by a network of support including our 2023 grant funders:
$400,000+
United States Department of Agriculture
City of Portland
$50,000-$150,000
Marie Lamfrom Foundation
Oregon Health Authority
East Multnomah Soil and Watershed
Conservation District
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Oregon Department of Education
$20,000-$50,000
The Collins Foundation
CareOregon
Harbourton Foundation
Lora L. & Martin N. Kelley Foundation Trust
$6,000-$20,000
Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation
Detwiler Family Foundation
Dudley Family Foundation
The Hampton Family Foundation
Big Green DAO
$5,000
Herbert A. Templeton Foundation
Swigert Foundation
Under $5,000
Jackson Foundation
Kate Svitek Memorial Foundation
NW Natural
Oregon Jewish Youth Community Organization
Whole Kids Foundation