Help Crowdfund These 4 New Farm-Related Projects

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BiFrost Farms: Helping Others Earn Cheese Credentials in a Homey Place
Wisconsin requires its cheese makers to complete an internship before earning their licenses to make cheese on their own. The BiFrost Farms owners believe, from personal experience, that having that internship at a small or micro-facility is the most rewarding way to do it. Before they dive into the wish-granting business, however, the owners need to make critical renovations to their facility to become licensed as a dairy and farmstead cheese-making operation. Donate to earn goat-themed swag, a wine-and-cheese tour, or have a goat kid named after you this coming spring.

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VertiCrop: The Future of Urban Farming
VertiCrop is an agricultural apparatus that allows 16 acres worth of food to be grown in a warehouse of just 6,500 square feet, and it only uses 8 percent of the water conventional farming uses. For these reasons, Time magazine dubbed it one of the 50 Greatest Inventions of the Year in 2009. The company’s current landlord in Vancouver won’t renew their lease, so they need funds to move to a new facility. Donate to VertiCrop and you could score some of their delicious greens.

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Fund a Kenyan Street Kids’ Permaculture Farm
A husband-and-wife duo created a farm for street kids in Eldoret, Kenya – young boys cast away from their families, or ones who ran away from home – to help give meaning and direction to their lives. The Tumaini Center, as it’s called, has five fish ponds and fields for papaya, passion fruit, and other fruit. The Center provides kids with education and experience to potentially one day be an environmental educator within their community, as well as something else: fresh, delicious food. The Center is in need of more tools, more plants, and better equipment.

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Help Hackney City Farm Continue Helping Others
For 30 years, Hackney City Farm – the “busiest city farm in London” – has supported their community with fresh produce. The farm offers opportunities to learn how to plant crops and care for livestock, and is also a registered school for children excluded from mainstream education. After many years, an increase in operational costs has put Hackney City Farms in jeopardy. Donating could earn you a free pottery class (one of the many classes they offer) on their grounds, or even a ride on a donkey-drawn cart.