GoFarm customers shopping at our Mobile Market,
Chuck the Truck. The Mobile Market makes food more affordable and accessible for children, families, and older adults who face barriers accessing local, nutritious food.
Our flexible pricing model where folks decide which level to use each week, along with partnerships with SNAP, WIC, and Double Up Food Bucks, allow us to get more food into the community.Incubator farmers go through a two year program learning everything they need to start their own farm business! The average age of farmers is high, and more are retiring every year. We are training the next generation of local farmers to use sustainable growing techniques and bring food into the community!
Featured: Myranda with Ibu Tierra FarmLocal Food Share customers picking up their weekly shares of veggies, fruits, and other goods from many local farmers and vendors throughout the 20-week growing season.
On the left, you can see one of our local businesses popping up at our market, a free offering we began this season for hyperlocal, small businesses.
GoFarm envisions a local food system that is equitable, resilient, environmentally sustainable, and inclusive.
One in which: Everyone has reliable access to food that is nutrient-dense, local, and sustainably grown. Community members are engaged in their local food system. Land stewards and farmers have the resources they need to farm safely and thrive.
At GoFarm, we use a system approach to strengthen our local food system (how food gets from Colorado farms to our plates). We focus on how we grow food, how we distribute food, how we can increase food access, and how we build community.
"Not only does GoFarm provide us with nutritious food that nourishes the land and soils, but they support the local community through working with local farmers and expanding food access to everyone in the community. GoFarm allows us to uphold the responsibility we have in caring for our environment and community." - Sara S.
GoFarm is a nonprofit organization with a mission to train and support local farmers, connect people with local agriculture, and increase equitable access to nutrient-rich food grown in Colorado.
GoFarm was founded in 2014 due to a growing need to build a robust local food system that secures fair prices for farmers, promotes environmentally-sustainable farming practices, and makes sustainably-grown food affordable and accessible to everyone in our community.
We have since expanded to three programs:
- Community Food Access Program: We reduce barriers around accessing and affording local food and invite everyone to be part of their local food system. We run a mobile market shopping experience at sites where there are greater barriers to access fresh food. We offer a flexible pricing model so people can pay what works for them. Market sites include the Arvada, Head Start in Arvada, Eaton Senior Living Community, Juanita Nolasco Residences, and Littleton Hospital. GoFarm also provides fresh produce to local food banks, school organizations, and other partners who are addressing hunger in our community. GoFarm welcomes SNAP Benefits, Double Up Food Bucks, and offers a discount program.
- Farmer Development and Support Program: FDS is helping to develop the next generation of farmers. We train and support new and aspiring farmers in regenerative agriculture, with a focus on people from historically marginalized groups like BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+, women and immigrants.
In 2024, FDS trained 25 beginning farmers and contracted with 40 established local farmers and subject experts to provide mentorship support.
- Local Food Share Program: LFS utilizes a multi-farm, membership-based community-supported agriculture model. Shareholders pay for a full 20-week season of food produced by local farmers and from our own Farmer Development Support Incubators. Members pick up weekly food shares, try new recipes, and interact with the GoFarm community. LFS also supports local vendors by providing free vendor space to community members to build their network even further with an established customer base.
In addition to building a more community-centered local food system, we are providing food with the optimal nutritional density and less of a carbon footprint, versus produce that is purchased by grocery stores that has traveled thousands of miles and has been ripened with artificial light. By supporting LFS customers are directly supporting local farmers, which supports our community at large.
Organization name
GoFarm
other names
GoFarm
2014
Tax id (EIN)
47-2823438
Category
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Education, Environment
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
1301 Arapahoe St, Suite 105Jefferson County, CO, US
Denver, CO, US