Mountair Park Community Farm, by Sprout City Farms

Sprout City Farms is an urban agriculture nonprofit organization based in Denver, CO, started by a group of farmers, researchers, teachers, business leaders, and community members that came together in 2010 with a vision for increasing food access and community resiliency through farming underutilized urban land. Our farms serve as a platform for education, health, food justice advocacy, ecological stewardship, community wealth building, and neighborhood resiliency. We recognize thatNúu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute),Tséstho’e (Cheyenne),hinono’eino’ biito’owu’ (Arapaho), andOčhéthi Šakówiŋpeoples are the traditional stewards of the unceded lands we are farming. Denver Green School Community Farm (DGS), a one-acre organic vegetable farm established in 2011 in partnership with Denver Public Schools; Mountair Park Community Farm (MAP), a 1.5-acre organic vegetable farm established in 2014 in partnership with the City of Lakewood; Dahlia Campus Farm, a one-acre organic vegetable farm established in 2016 in partnership with Mental Health Center of Denver (now managed by MHCD); In 2020, we began working with Jack's Solar Garden in Longmont to plan buildout of a 5-acre agrivoltaics site, growing produce underneath solar panels and creating incubator farm plots.  We broke ground in spring 2021:learn more! We continue to manage the DGS and MAP sites, and we also partner with organizations to build farms that serve their mission and programming: we worked with Mental Health Center of Denver to build the farm at the Dahlia Campus for Health and Well-being in NE Park Hill from 2015-2018, and regularly advise other urban farm operations. If you have any questions about our organization, our programs, or how you can get involved, pleaseemailus, give us a call, or stop by one of the farm sites! Denver Green School Community Farm, est. 2011 The Denver Green School (DGS) Community Farm is a one-acre organic vegetable farm established in the spring of 2011 on the grounds of the Denver Green School in partnership with Denver Public Schools. DGS is a Title 1 neighborhood public pre-K-8 school in southeast Denver focused on teaching the concepts of sustainability, and serving diverse SE Denver neighborhoods.  In 2018, Denver Public Schools’ School Performance Framework rated Denver Green School as a top-performing school: #8 out of all 203 public schools in Denver, and the highest-rated middle school in the District. Not only that, but the student body is incredibly diverse, with 42 countries represented! From the time they opened their doors for the 2010-2011 school year, the DGS leadership team wanted to grow as much food as possible on their campus for their school meals—that’s why they invited Sprout City Farms in as a partner to accomplish this mission! The farm produces an average of 10-12,000 lbs of food a year—half of which is dedicated to food access efforts—and provides fresh produce to: the school cafeteria, where 71% of students receive Free/Reduced Lunch, through a first-of-its-kind on-site Farm to Cafeteria program, families of the school and community through a 70-share CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program (50% of shares are allocated for low-income households), a low-cost, donation-based weekly Youth Farm Stand manned by 6th grade interns on Wednesdays after school, cooking demonstrations and classes, and produce donations to the school food pantry and special school events. SCF also hosts numerous educational programs and community events throughout the year, including workshops, field trips, tours, vocational training through internships & apprenticeships, and weekly volunteer days for all ages. Mountair Park Community Farm, est. 2014 Mountair Park Community Farm is a 1.5-acre organic vegetable farm established in spring of 2014 in partnership with the City of Lakewood. It is located at the corner of 13th & Depew St. in the SE corner of Mountair Park, adjacent to the W line light rail tracks, bike path, and