our values
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Food Justice
We are committed to addressing food injustice within our community. Those living below the poverty line and people of color are most impacted by food deserts, hunger, diet related illnesses and more. We are dedicated to providing access to healthy food and helping to address the structural root of these disparities including racial and economic injustice.
Ways in which we address food injustice:
*Collaborating with local organizations that are distributing food to those in need. A portion of our CSA shares is delivered to families with barriers to access fresh produce.
*Providing space on our farmland for other community organizations to learn how to grow their own food.
*Providing programming to teach others how to grow their own food, including children.
*Donating excess produce to pay what you can stores and cafes in Milwaukee.
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Healing
We are committed to the healing of mind, body, and spirit. We recognize that often in our struggle for peace and justice we must find reconciliation and healing.
We believe that all humans should have access to healing of mind, body and spirit regardless of their ability to pay.
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racial justice
We recognize that our world is broken, and in urgent need of change. Our agricultural food system has been built on the backs of those enslaved and the exploration of black and brown workers and migrant famers.
Indigenous communities and communities of color continue to be adversely impacted by food and other large corporations’ license to pollute land, water and air. Communities of color continue to have unequal access to fresh food due to food deserts.
We are committed to supporting and partnering with BIPOC organizations, providing programming and space on our land where possible to individuals and organizations or color, and doing our part to help dismantle racist systems in order to help transform our food system.
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Human Dignity
We believe that all of humanity has unimpeachable value simply because we are human.
We are a community that welcomes all, and strive to foster an environment of purposeful inclusion where all can feel safe, valued, cared for, and given the opportunity to be heard. We celebrate and cherish the diversity of humanity, a diversity which includes differences in sex, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity, range of abilities, financial means, education, and perspectives.
These beliefs and practices apply to all of the activities of our business; they inform all of our decisions, including our employment decisions, our market/event decisions and our partnership decisions.