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The mission of Tikkun Farm is to be a place of healing for hurting people.

There are many kinds of healing, and many ways to be healed. We are seeking ways to begin our work at Tikkun Farm using resources we already have: our garden and animals, with people living in the community around our farm: the children from low-income families and the homeless veterans living in transitional housing.

veteranMany farms around the country have established healing places for veterans. This quote from the founder of a farm called Veterans Healing Farm reflects the kind of experience we hope to offer at Tikkun Farm: “When you get out [of the military] and have just been inundated with death, to have the opportunity to cultivate life, to nurture it, to take a seed and put it in the ground, tend to it and then have it bear fruit — that heals your soul, your mind and your body,” Mahshie reflects. “With your feet touching the earth— the whole system creates this environment that is more therapeutic than any other.”
Many of the low-income children and youth in Mt. Healthy are African-American and live in rental properties. There is a very polarized relationship between them and the mostly white property owners in our town. Recent events in our nation highlight the need for environments that create reconciling experiences in racially divided communities. By inviting African-American children to our farm we hope be that kind of environment. In addition, many of these children also live in traumatizing households and experience a high level of powerlessness. Learning to grow and cook your own food is very empowering, and hence, healing

Because both of these communities will benefit from experiences in the garden, we are seeking funding to offer the following programs in 2016:

• Gardening for Veterans
Up to 10 veterans/week
3 hour drop-in session, once/week
Includes gardening and food fellowship

• Aterschool Farm to Table Series
10 children/session, 5 sessions
50 children
6 week sessions
3 hours a week (includes gardening, cooking, snack)
Concludes with students preparing a Farm to Table meal for 2 family members

• Farm Camp
10 children/week
One week session, 9am-4pm
Includes gardening, animal care, fiber arts projects, cooking, lunch & snack

If we can raise $30,000 we could do this:

• Part-time Farmer
(20 hours/week, $15/hour) – $15,000

• Chef/Cooking Instructor
(1.5 hours/week, $15 hour) – $675

• Camp Counselor
($600/week)

• Food
(Veteran Fellowship and Children’s program)
$3,000

• Crockpots for each child
$5,000

• Garden Expenses
$2,500

Please prayerfully consider supporting the work of Tikkun Farm.

 

 




 

 

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Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.

— Rumi

About Tikkun Farm

Tikkun Farm is an urban farm in the neighborhood of Mt. Healthy in Cincinnati. It hopes to be a place of healing, repair and restoration cultivated through meaningful work and spiritual practices for the restoration of the individual, the community, and creation.

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Tikkun Farm

7945 Elizabeth Street, Cincinnati OH 45231

Phone:215.630.1091

E-mail:tikkunfarm@gmail.com

Website:http://www.tikkunfarm.com

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