Sprout City Farms

Fundraise

$580 raised by 13 donors

6% complete

$10,000 Goal

We began Sprout City Farms with the mission to transform underutilized urban lands into food-producing oases meeting the needs and wants of their surrounding communities.  Small-scale regenerative farms in city neighborhoods are how we connect people back to the land and food that sustain them, and equip them with the knowledge and skills to live with agency and dignity.  We train up the next generation of farmers and advocates, make sure kids know where their food comes from, and steward the land for future generations to connect with and nourish themselves.

Dig in with us today!  With your help, Sprout City Farms can stay true to our roots and:    

  • meet the skyrocketing needs in our communities by continuing to prioritize our food access programs– this year, we allocated 57% of food grown at DGS, and the entire harvest at MAP, to no-cost and low-cost food distribution;   

  • invest in education and training for youth and beginning farmers;  

  • expand engagement opportunities for our wider urban communities, as we have heard from community listening sessions (volunteering, events, classes, and work share programs)

Looking for more information on what we do? Check out our website or contact us at info@sproutcityfarms.org / 720-239-2714!


Mission

Sprout City Farms collaborates with communities to pursue food justice by cultivating innovative, restorative, and educational farms. We envision a thriving and equitable food system supported by a network of farms and partners that nourish, and are nourished by, our surrounding communities.

Background Statement

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.

Since 2010, SCF has built four community farms in the Denver-metro area:

- Denver Green School Community Farm, a 1-acre organic vegetable farm established in 2011 in partnership with Denver Public Schools,

- Mountair Park Community Farm, a 1.5-acre organic vegetable farm established in 2014 in partnership with the City of Lakewood,

- Dahlia Campus Farm, a 1-acre organic vegetable farm established from 2016-2018 in partnership with Mental Health Center of Denver and now managed by MHCD/WellPower,

- the Farm at Jack's Solar Garden, a 5-acre agrivoltaics site built in 2021 in Longmont, where we grew produce under solar panels and worked with researchers to study the results (farm closed at the end of 2025).

The farms serve as a platform for Healthy Food Access (over 70% of our total harvest is distributed to families experiencing food insecurity), Community Education and Farmer Training, and Youth Education. See "Programs" section below for more information!

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Sprout City Farms

other names

SCF

Year Established

2010

Tax id (EIN)

35-2415295

Category

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Education, Youth Development, Employment, Environment, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Human Services

Organization Size

Large Organization

Address

PO Box 7536
Denver, CO 80207

Other

6700 E. Virginia Ave
Denver, CO 80224

Other

5620 W. 14th Ave
Lakewood, CO 80214

Service areas

Denver County, CO, US

Jefferson County, CO, US

Phone

720-239-2714

Email

info@sproutcityfarms.org

Website

http://www.sproutcityfarms.org

Links