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Mission, Vision, Values
Mission: To co-create a regenerative grow-to-donate farm and learning community community connecting food, fun, and farming.
Vision: A participatory network of open-source local grow-to-donate food systems and learning communities that reconnect people with the joy of growing, preparing, and sharing good food.
Values:
Who we are:
- Respectful and collaborative
- Ethical and caring
- Caretakers and stewards
- Mentors and supporters
What guides us:
- Embedding people as participants in secure and resilient local food systems
- Propagating inter-generational and trans-cultural learning among people, food, and farming
- Cultivating deep connections between food and community wellbeing
- Nurturing healthy relationships with food, the natural world, and with each other
- Feeding better life chances for everyone
- Supporting the environment, water, soil and food health using regenerative, sustainable, and organic methods (respecting a balance with nature).