Live Urban is proud to spotlight the first of our four non-profit community partners, and 2014 Live and Give recipient, UrbiCulture Community Farms.
If you have ever driven around Denver's urban neighborhoods and seen a front yard or empty lot with a thriving garden where grass or weeds used to live, it's likely that you're looking at anUrbiCulture Community Farm!
We are so happy to support this awesome community program by donating a portion of our profit from each transaction to non-profits like this one through our Live and Give program....and we leave it up to our clients to choose which organization should benefit from their property sale or purchase!
If you would like to learn more about UrbiCulture Farms, plan on stopping by our Harvest Party on September 27th from 1-4, which will take place at one of their many community farms at 4226 Clay Street!
The amazing farmers will be there to share information about how you or your yard might be able to get involved, and there will also be a Pay-What-You-Can stand where you will be able to buy super-fresh produce straight out of the garden! You can also enjoy live music, and pick-a-pumpkin while they last!
From the UrbiCulture website:
Our Mission
UrbiCulture Community Farms is a multi-plot farm committed to providing food to people of all income levels by sustainably growing affordable, local food in the Denver metro area. We engage our community by educating our youth and neighbors on growing food and promoting healthy, active lifestyles, beautifying our neighborhoods with edible landscapes, and lessening the distance from farm to plate.
How We Carry Out Our Mission
Through our Yard Angels Program we turn donated plots of land, whether it is people's front yards, back yards, unused plots of land, church land, school land and
more into lush, beautifully designed gardens that grow food for the community.
A CSA member can literally get their families' produce from an UrbiCulture farm located across the street or from the former eye-sore vacant lot down the street.
We currently have fourteen plots of land or 32,300 square feet of farming land throughout Denver that feeds 100's of people each season. We offer a variety of memberships, including for people of low-income and for Denver nonprofits. Read more about our fabulous programs on ourProgram Page.
Why We Believe in Local, Sustainable Food Sources
There is an awakening occurring. This awakening acknowledges that our future is not sustainable if we continue to eat crops that are grown 1500 miles or more from where we live. In Colorado, nearby crops are mostly wheat and corn, which are not grown for human consumption.
This awakening has given birth to the local food movement in a variety of ways -- Community Supported Agriculture (CSA); farmers markets; restaurants committed to serving only local, sustainble and organic; and more people growing their own food. We at UrbiCulture Community Farms want to be a part of this important local food revolution. We also believe in food justice and want to ensure that people have access to fresh and local vegetables, eggs, and fruit, despite their income.
Additionally, we aim to become a Low Carbon Farm. By lessening the need for transporting food, the use of agriculture machinery, by not using toxic pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, UCCF is helping to decrease our collective carbon footprint. Furthermore, we build community by teaching people about where their food comes from, using water for food not lawns, and much more! We transform yards, vacant lots, and more into farm spaces that grow food, host chickens, beehives and foster spaces for the community to come together and learn about local food.
Visit the UrbiCulture Community Farms website for more information about this amazing program!
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