Imagine the sun warming your skin as a gentle breeze brushes past, carrying the earthy scent of freshly turned soil and sweet hay. In the nearby pastures, the cows graze and draft horses snort softly, and roosters crow intermittently, creating a steady animal symphony in the background. Your fingers sink into the cool dirt, wrapping around smooth, dusty potatoes, harvesting fruits from the earth. The air tastes clean and crisp, and the golden light paints everything in a warm, quiet glow. Time seems to slow—just you, the land, and the living heartbeat of the farm working together.
YOUR generous donation can help create this powerful experience for someone else.
Because of you:
A child will experience the wonder of farm summer camp, learning about draft animal power, growing food, caring for animals, and how to connect to the earth in a truly unique way.
A teen can find belonging and purpose while learning to plant, harvest, and make medicinal teas with healing herbs while building real skills, confidence, and a sense of belonging, instead of turning to screens or substances.
An adult who is in addiction recovery explores how the earth, like humans can be renewed and heal with nurturing, connection, and support.
A college student who is struggling with anxiety and depression can attend nature based group therapy and find grounding in the farm’s daily chore rhythms or caring for the animals and the gardens.
At Light Root Farm & Learning Center, we cultivate a heart-centered agriculture that weaves care, reverence, and mindfulness into the stewardship of land, plants, animals, and community. As a farm-based educational and mental health nonprofit, we offer hands-on programs for youth and adults to connect with the earth, each other, and themselves. Through meaningful work and engagement in the cycles of a regenerative farm, we nurture healing, deepen relationships with the natural world, and feed our community with connection, purpose, and belonging.
Light Root Farm & Learning Center was born to meet the communities need to connect to the farm. When we started the farm in 2014 we continually got requests from the community wanting to volunteer, or milk the cows with us, or just have the opportunity to to walk around the farm and see the animals.
Our modern day culture is mostly disconnected from the land and their food source, but there is a growing desire in our urban communities to learn and reconnect with these basic needs. A farm can provide a refuge and healing space for people. Kids especially crave the opportunities to get their hands in the dirt and interact with living animals.
Living Earth Agriculture Foundation, LEAF, was established in 2017 to hold the social and educational mission of Light Root Farm & Learning Center, by providing farm education programs, mental health programs, field trips, farm tours, volunteer opportunities, and gatherings on the farm.
Organization name
Light Root Farm & Learning Center
other names
LEAF
2017
Tax id (EIN)
82-3303110
Category
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
7715 Arapahoe RoadBoulder County, CO, US