Programs

Womens’ Organic Flower Enterprise

Where trainees learn to dry a wide variety of herbs and flowers and design beautiful, long-lasting arrangements. The Women's Organic Flower Enterprise is our value-added enterprise and extends the farming season for our trainees.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Community Supported Agriculture programs improve on traditional marketing models by forming a direct relationship between the farmer and consumer. Community members purchase a “share” of the farm in the Spring, then every week during the growing season they pick up their portion of the harvest. At our farm, the shareholder’s commitment allows us to grow with confidence, knowing that our crops have been purchased by someone who cares about the community. A quarter of our income each year comes from CSA purchases and from sales at our store, From Our Garden. This revenue directly supports HGP’s training and employment programs by helping those in need achieve a stable productive place in society.

Cultivating Community

Cultivating Community, our educational program is open to anyone wanting to learn about environmental issues or sustainable agriculture techniques. Individuals or groups, young and old can attend lectures and workshops or learn through hands-on experience at our farm.

Youth groups (classrooms, clubs, and troops) come to Natural Bridges Farm to learn about ecology, nutrition, and civics. We offer a variety of sessions and depths of information. Our lessons are vibrant and memorable because of the direct interaction with the farm.

Connecting With Community

Our Connecting with Community program links job-training participants with appropriate local resources for housing, food stamps, drug rehabilitation, long-term counseling, and free to low-cost physical and mental health services.

As a trainee nears completion of our employment program, Connecting with Community engages the individual in one-on-one job searching techniques, application review and coaching, and interview role-playing.