Meeting Critical Needs Directly
Home Base Initiative
Home is an essential foundation for us all. Affordable housing remains one of the most pressing issues in underserved communities and our workforce across America. With average rental costs consuming disproportionate amounts of middle to low-income earners’ wages, families often struggle to save, access healthcare, or contribute to their communities. Addressing this housing gap is essential to solving interconnected socioeconomic challenges.
Farmerseeds 4 the Soul Inc., based in Trappe, Maryland, addresses this crisis by acquiring and rehabilitating distressed, abandoned, government-owned, and foreclosed properties. We transform these assets into safe, accessible, and affordable homes for marginalized groups and the overleveraged workforce. Our commitment goes beyond brick and mortar. Through educational seminars and partnerships, we also empower those we serve to pursue home ownership, create safe spaces, support systems, and acquire new skills to achieve stability.
Food Distribution Program: Eat – Grow – Share Initiative
Farmer Seeds 4 The Soul has been able to distribute over 35,000 meals to children and their families in Montgomery county, who are suffering from food insecurity. Partnering with Manna food, parents and students volunteers through the Smart Sacks program. In July 2020 we partnered with City of Light Church, DC Fridge Collective, the Capital Area Food Bank, DC Natives distributing over 20 tons of food to seniors and families in MD and DC.
Access to fresh produce and nutritious food & beverage options are becoming more scarce, in a growing food apartheid. Our approach is disrupting that reality and creating a new Eco system. By targeting one community at a time to re-purpose food waste and establish urban gardens, we can quantify our impact on reducing food insecurity, while creating more green spaces. Urban Gardens help to plant strong roots of personal responsibility, empowerment, and self sufficiency. Providing invaluable skills and knowledge in agriculture, sustainability, and nutrition.
We partner with Commercial Property Owners to construct and maintain our rooftop or traditional urban gardens, helping increase green spaces and biodiversity, reducing our storm water run off, and urban air pollution. Donating 100% of the harvest to marginalized and neglected communities, local food pantries, organizations who support food insecure areas.
Level Up Initiative
We are dedicated to helping(16-24) year olds secure apprenticeships, experience and scholarships in trades and emerging fields.
Project Unity Initiative
Our continuous effort to unite and partner with local organizations. Focusing specifically on each community’s most relevant emergency needs. Coordinating with local farmers, schools, restaurants, churches, senior communities, municipalities and other non-profit organizations. We have established effective distribution channels for food rescue, food box donations, essential pantry pop ups and deliveries, winter clothing, and hygiene essentials. We have distributed hundreds of toys and electronics to kids during the holiday season and self care and winter clothes to homeless shelters.
Farmer Seeds Markets
Our commitment to engaging our senior communities.Setting up once a month at local senior facilities a fresh produce market, that seniors can look forward to shopping for free nutritious options.