1. Grow Food
2. Eat Good
3. Donate Food
4. Feel Good
The staff at San Diego Co-Harvest are driven by a single goal: to make healthy-food affordable and accessible in all communities.
HOW IT WORKS
We transform your unused (residential, commercial, agricultural) space into an efficient micro-farm, which feeds your family and your community fresh and organic produce. When you become a member, not only does your space become a productive food garden, but you also join a network of 50 other farms, which contribute 50% of their harvests back to food-insecure families, food banks and community fridges. Our memberships are sliding-scale and flexible to different needs. Maybe you have a pre-existing garden that needs revamping, or you're a philanthropist with access to a commercial space?.
Get started by scheduling a free consultation. We'll determine the best plan for you based on the amount of space you have (minimum 10x10 ft), sunlight, irrigation, and your income eligibility. Then you'll pick your veggies, pick your membership plan, and we'll start co-harvesting!
WHERE DO YOU FIT?
The Four Categories of Co-Harvest Members
We offer a sliding scale membership plan for food-insecure members, and philanthropists. Membership levels #1 and #2 (Local Food Lover/Grower) are not paying members due to their respective levels of food-insecurity. Our private payment system means none of your neighbors or our employees know exactly how much you pay/don't.
LOCAL FOOD LOVER
Your food, grown in your yard. As local as it gets.
$0
As a Local Food Lover, SD Co-Harvest staff will install a Micro-Farm on your property free of charge.* We’ll take care of the weeding, harvesting, and maintenance, you just need to allow our staff to enter your yard.
Instead of collecting a bill you will collect a weekly produce bag filled with fruits and vegetables grown by your neighbors, all for free. (*Eligibility applies.)
- Free Bi-weekly Food Delivery
- Garden Installation/Maintenance
-Must be “Food Insecure” for eligibility
-Must have 100’ of space
*Upgrade to large Bi-weekly bag* $20/month (EBT accepted)
LOCAL FOOD GROWER
Your work grows your food.
$0
As a Local Food Grower, SDCH will set up your own personal Micro-Farm free of charge.* We’ll then provide you with training, so that together our combined efforts will yield yummy results right in your yard.
You will agree to attend a Free SDCH Grower Certification workshop, which will certify your homegrown produce to be shared in our community produced CSA bags. You’ll also be given bins to compost or collect food scraps for use on SDCH Micro-Farms.
- Free Large Biweekly Food Delivery
-Grower Certification Classes
-Garden Installation/Maintenance
-Must earn at, or be below, 180% of the federal poverty level to be "food insecure".
-Must have 100' of space
ACTIVE FOOD PRODUCER
Your hard work cultivates for your community.
$75/mo
These SDCH members help their neighbors through their hard work: weeding, harvesting, and maintaining their own Micro-Farms while continuing to donate the extra produce they’ve grown.
Many Active Food Producers already grow their own food and opt-in to our program by donating 50% of their home-grown food and paying a small membership fee to enter into our philanthropic network.
- Garden Upkeep
- Monthly Newsletter
- In-Kind Donation Receipts
- Garden Certification Classes
- Your Yard can have an Impact
-Composting Education/Planning
COMMUNITY FOOD SUPPORTER
We’ll turn your yard from passive to productive.
$100/mo
The Community Food Supporter is the most popular category for philanthropist members! This membership is for people who want to help end food insecurity in their community without making huge monetary or timely investments.
Through this membership, you sit back and watch as SD Co-Harvest transforms & cultivates your extra space to grow food for neighbors in need.
- Garden Upkeep
- Monthly Newsletter
- In-Kind Donation Receipts
-Garden Certification Classes
-Your Yard can have an Impact
- Composting Education/Planning
2021 GOAL
100K lbs of Fresh Produce
Generous Households
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Low Income Families
Excess Urban Space
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Smart Agriculture
Tons of Nutritious, Sustainable
Food for All
OUR MICROFARMS
We have Co-Harvest farms in Linda Vista, Point Loma, City Heights, Normal Heights, La Jolla, and Mission Hills/Hillcrest. We are always looking to expand our Co-Harvest edible landscapes across San Diego. Local Farming and urban agriculture brings both Social, Economic and Environmental benefits to our communities. Co-Harvest with us today.
