Overview
Employees
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Cedar Creek, Texas
Farmshare Austin is a 501c3 that is accelerating organic farming knowledge to scale organic food access in Central Texas by offering on farm education and training to aspiring farmers, facilitating research for organic and sustainable farming practices, preserving land and natural resources needed for farming, and facilitating innovative giving programs that put organic food on the tables of those who are most food insecure in our community. Our work is guided by four key areas of focus: EDUCATION Our pilot educational program, Farmer Starter, will focus on giving aspiring farmers the knowledge they need to run a sustainable farming business. The program will emphasize sustainable and organic growing methods as well as practical business and financial skills to establish a successful market farm. We plan to donate yields from our inaugural Farmer Starter class to area food programs. FOOD ACCESS The result of all of our combined efforts will improve the availability of healthy, sustainability produced food, to portions of the population that currently have the least access to it. We will address cultural and cost barriers through programs and partnerships. LAND PRESERVATION We are committed to ensuring that careful natural resource management is a priority for Central Texas. We are working to develop strategies to improve (long-term) availability, access, and use of environmental resources required for farming. RESEARCH In order to compliment our educational programs, we will support, promote, and/or conduct on-farm and partnered research on sustainable and organic farming practices.
