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Co-founded by Dr. Gail P. Myers and Gordon Reed in 2004

 

FARMS TO GROW, INC is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to working with Black farmers and underserved sustainable farmers around the country. Farms To Grow, Inc. is committed to sustainable farming and innovative agriculture practices which preserve the cultural and biological diversity, the agroecological balance of the local environment.

 

Farms To Grow, Inc. aims to increase the capacity of underserved farmers to keep their farm operations and establish farming as a viable career for future generations. Underserved farmers may include Native American, Hispanic, other minority groups, women, the physically challenged and limited access organic farmers.

 

Our mission is to assist African American farmers and other under-served farmers/gardeners maintain and create sustainable farms and spaces to grow food and motivate the next generation of farmers to grow sustainably and with the community in mind.

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT US

We Are Farms to Grow, Inc

Gordon Reed left Dr Gail Myers right,#FarmsToGrow

Gordon Reed & Dr. Gail Myers
Farms to Grow, Inc Co-founders

Majeedah, Mia, Dr Gail Myers,#FarmsToGrow

Volunteers Majeedah and Mia

Theresa Starks, #FarmsToGrow

Theresa Starks, Board President 

Etecia Brown, #FarmsToGrow

Etecia Brown 

Farms to Grow Inc Team at Food Chains 20

Dr. Myers and Elaine Smith

Dr Gail Myers, #FarmsToGrow

Dr. Gail P. Myers, Co-founder

#FarmsToGrow Intern Program, Oakland

SPECIAL THANKS

Special thanks to all the Black Farmers who laid the agricultural and community foundations we build upon today. 

 

And all of you that have contributed to keeping the legacy and tradition of the Black farming lifestyle alive.

 

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Dr. Gail, Iyalode Kinney, and Elaine Smith with interns Jazzy Johnson, Cheyanne Harris, and Danielle Smith at CURME Farm.

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