Noyo Food Forest

WHO WE ARE:

The Noyo Food Forest is growing community, one garden at a time. Founded in the fall of 2005 by 3 motivated women to create lasting, positive change on the Mendocino Coast, we teach the value and satisfaction of growing one’s own food. We support and promote local food sovereignty and independence.

We, the Community Garden People, are empowering local agricultural enterprise at our many community gardens. We welcome volunteers to work, to learn, to take organic produce home to their families, and to participate in the joy of cultivating a healthy local food system.

As our gardens grow, our vision grows too. We want to educate our community in sustainability, create and inspire more gardens everywhere, and improve the health and happiness of our citizens through the co-mingling of diverse people on common ground.

OUR MISSION: en espanol
The Noyo Food Forest cultivates a healthy local food system by providing opportunities for education, social enterprise, and community involvement.

Education: We offer free and low-cost workshops, paid internships and apprenticeships, and ongoing classes in organic, community-based agriculture to train a new generation of local farmers and gardeners how to feed our community.

Social Enterprise: We start small, garden-based business enterprises to support our educational center, provide vocational training, and catalyze the local food economy.  Almost half of our operating expenses are raised through the market garden and nursery enterprises at our flagship project, The Learning Garden at Fort Bragg High School.

Community Involvement: We organize and engage community volunteers of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds in the transformation of our local food system. Our gardens are spaces of common ground where all kinds of people come together to grow healthy food.

Nuestra Misión:
Noyo Food Forest cultiva un sistema local de comida saludable que provee oportunidades de educación, iniciativas sociales y participación comunitaria.

Educación: Ofrecemos talleres gratis o a bajo costo, prácticas y experiencias de aprendizaje pagados y constantes clases en agricultura orgánica con base en la comunidad para entrenar a una nueva generación de agricultores locales y jardineros en cómo alimentar nuestra comunidad.

Iniciativa Social: Comenzamos con una pequeña iniciativa de negocio basada en el jardín para apoyar nuestro centro educacional, para ofrecer entrenamiento vocacional y promover la economía local de comida. Casi la mitad de nuestros gastos de operación se juntan a través del mercado del jardín y las iniciativas del vivero en nuestro proyecto estrella: el Jardín de Aprendizaje de la Escuela Secundaria de Fort Bragg.

Participación Comunitaria: Organizamos y atraemos a voluntarios de la comunidad de todas las edades, habilidades y trayectorias a nuestro sistema de alimentación local. Nuestros jardines son espacios comunes donde todo tipo de gente se junta para crecer comida saludable.