Farmhands

When you join EarthDance Farmhands:

• You provide organic farming and gardening education for 25 - 30 Farm & Garden Apprentices, including scholarships for low-income participants, equipping all with the essential life skill of growing food.
• You support the farm team in not only growing an abundance of highly nutritious food, but also distributing it to people and organizations in need.
• You help us employ Ferguson-area teenagers on the farm and empower them with tools to lead healthier, more resilient lives.
• You enable us to act on behalf of and in alignment with nature, building healthy soil and stewarding a historic organic farm for generations to come.
• You support EarthDance’s new Pay-What-You-Can Farmstand (currently operating at the Ferguson Farmers Market).

Because we believe that everyone’s participation is essential to creating a healthy food system for all, we have created multiple levels for you to join at -- choose what works for you!

Buds (students/budding activists) - $5/month

• Invitation to ‘Farmhands Only’ events on the farm, including a post-shelter-in-place Picnic on the Farm, Saturday, September 12th
• Access to our online collection of EarthDance Farm & Garden classes
• Enjoy a 25% discount on all EarthDance merchandise on our online store
• Receive ‘call to action’ emails to advance the work of establishing healthy food systems

What Difference This Makes to Us Right Now:

Your contribution provides our food distribution team with masks and gloves to ensure safer distribution.

Shoots - $24/month

• Taste & Tour of the farm with the Executive Director
• Invitation to ‘Farmhands Only’ events on the farm, including a post-shelter-in-place Picnic on the Farm, Saturday, September 12th
• Access to our online collection of EarthDance Farm & Garden classes
• Enjoy a 25% discount on all EarthDance merchandise on our online store
• Receive ‘call to action’ emails to advance the work of establishing healthy food systems

What Difference This Makes to Us Right Now:

Your contribution supports our Youth Educator to carry out a flexible job training program for our Junior Farm Crew with on-farm opportunities, Zoom-based virtual cooking classes and personal development workshops, as well as helping each of the youth pursue their own food gardening project at home.

Fruits -$49/month

• Opportunity to forage and harvest many plants growing ‘wild’ on the farm: persimmons, black walnuts, chickweed, and more
• Taste & Tour of the farm with the Executive Director
• Invitation to ‘Farmhands Only’ events on the farm, including a post-shelter-in-place Picnic on the Farm, Saturday, September 12th
• Access to our online collection of EarthDance Farm & Garden classes
• Enjoy a 25% discount on all EarthDance merchandise on our online store
• Receive ‘call to action’ emails to advance the work of establishing healthy food systems

What Difference This Makes to Us Right Now:

Your contribution makes it possible for us to respond quickly to our neighbors’ needs, delivering produce to Ferguson food pantries serving families in our community.

Seeds - $150 or more/month

• Each month, May through September, pick up a share of fresh EarthDance veggies from the Ferguson Farmers Market
• Opportunity to forage and harvest many plants growing ‘wild’ on the farm: persimmons, black walnuts, chickweed, and more
• Taste & Tour of the farm with the Executive Director
• Invitation to ‘Farmhands Only’ events on the farm, including a post-shelter-in-place Picnic on the Farm, Saturday, September 12th
• Access to our online collection of EarthDance Farm & Garden classes
• Enjoy a 25% discount on all EarthDance merchandise on our online store
• Receive ‘call to action’ emails to advance the work of establishing healthy food systems

What Difference This Makes to Us Right Now:

Please contact our office anytime at (314) 521-1006 or support@earthdancefarms.org with any questions.