Hungry Mother Organics is a partnership aimed at empowering citizens to grow their own food, targeting a goal of getting 1,000 individuals to participate in backyard farming. The initiative promotes various small-scale gardening techniques that enhance self-sufficiency and community food sharing. Examples from successful urban farms and local gardening organizations illustrate the potential benefits and educational value of these practices.

1. Hungry Mother
Organics
Being implemented by a partnership between
the Truckee-based non-profit F.O.C.U.S and
Hungry Mother
www.1000backyardfarms.org

2. ž Our
goal is to arm interested citizens with
the knowledge that will enable them to grow
their own food and, in turn, help their
neighbors do the same.
ž Ourfirst benchmark is to work to get 1,000
friends, neighbors, community centers, etc
to grow their own food. ~250 per year
(Is 1,000 too modest a goal?)

3. ž “Backyard Farming” is:
¡ Any amount of personal food growth
¡ Gardening, in your yard or windowsill, in large
raised beds or in small containers
¡ Small space gardening, container gardening,
square foot gardening, micro-farming….

4. ¡ It is fun and immensely rewarding
¡ Tastes great, is healthier & safer and provides variety
¡ It is educational!
¡ Saves you trips to the grocery store - saving you time
and money!
¡ Increases self-sufficiency
¡ Communities save by keeping production and
consumption local
¡ Others?

5. ž Thereare examples throughout the country
of communities coming together to grow
their own food and to share that food locally
with neighbors and other community
members

6. In the mid-1980s the Dervaes family started this urban garden in the
middle of Pasadena.

7. Urban Homestead at a Glance:
ž Location: Northwest Pasadena, one mile
from downtown Pasadena
ž House: Simple, wood frame craftsman
bungalow. Circa 1917. 1,500 sq. ft.
ž Garden Size: ~ 1/10 acre (3,900 sq.ft. / ~ 66'
x 66')
ž Garden Diversity: Over 350 different
vegetables, herbs, fruits & berries
ž Productivity: Up to 6,000 lbs harvest
annually on 1/10 acre***

9. Using a model of cooperative farming, the Living Lands Agrarian
Network is a non-profit organization that offers training and mentorship
to the next generation of farmers.

10. The city of Albuquerque is trying to get 2012 new gardens by 2012. Their
mission is to help new gardeners learn how to grow fruits and vegetables
in their backyards and on their terraces. They want to see growing
nutritious food become possible for everyone.

11. ž BarbaraKingsolver, author of Animal,
Vegetable, Mineral, calculated that the value
of the vegetables, chickens and turkeys her
family harvested during a year of labor on
their small farm was $4,410.
www.animalvegetablemiracle.com

16. ž Churchill Vineyards
ž Custom Gardens CSA
ž Full Circle Compost
ž Great Basin Basket CSA
ž Great Basin Community Food Coop
ž Grow For Me Sustainable Farm and Teaching Center CSA
ž Home Grown Nevada - organic grass fed beef
ž Hungry Mother Organics
ž Lattin Farms
ž Local Harvest
ž Mayberry Farm - an urban farm
ž Mewaldt's Organic Produce
ž NanaDew Herb Farm CSA
ž Nevada Grown
ž Nevada's Own Perennials (and veggies)
ž Reno Egg
Info from Local Food
ž Rise and Shine Farms CSA
Northern Nevada website.
ž River School - learn to grow your own
ž Shaw Family Farm
ž Sierra Valley Farms
ž Slow Food Lake Tahoe
ž Tahoe Ridge Winery

17. ž 4th Street Bistro
ž 775 Gastropub
ž Adele's Carson City
ž Back of the House
ž Bistro 7
ž Buckbean Brewery - local beer
ž Cheese Board
ž Daughters Cafe
ž Dish Cafe and Catering
ž Great Basin Brewing - local beer
ž Sezmu
ž Silver Peak Brewery - local beer
ž The Hub Coffee Co.

18. ž Mapping Project
ž Gardening Contest
ž Backyard Farmer Association
¢ Providing Volunteer Assistance to
Community Groups
¢ Food & Tool Swap / Sharing
¢ Hungry Kids Organic Foods
¢ You take turns teaching

19. ž Backyard Farm Tour
ž What topics would you like to discuss over
the next few months? (Ex: Protecting your
plants from the eternal wind)
ž ?