A New Closed-Loop Food System!
Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education and Sweet Wheel Farm has announced that their new Closed-Loop Food Systems, Zero Emissions delivery service has launched!
A closed-loop food system is defined by consuming food in the same geographic location that it is grown. Thanks to Fernando Tessari, owner of e-Bikery, fresh food from Sweet Wheel Farm will be delivered via a fleet of donated electric bicycles to those who are food insecure. This project contributes to the planet and community as it reduces carbon emissions, but also addresses food insecurity in the community, particularly in areas known as “food deserts.”
This new delivery service is the brainchild of CEO Leslie Person Ryan and dedicated volunteer Ethan K. (a San Marcos High School sophomore). Sweet Wheel Farm provides fresh chemical-free food every day to Summerland, where there is no grocery store, and to those in critical need of food from Carpinteria to Goleta. For more information about this innovative program watch this video.
KEYT’s John Palminteri recently went along with the Sweet Wheel Farm crew to see how and to whom the food is delivered.
Check out Palminteri’s video coverage of the new closed-loop service here!
Sweet Wheel Farm / S.B. Agriculture & Farm Education Foundation
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CEO: Leslie Person Ryan
Mission
Our mission is to educate, promote and increase awareness on how our food is grown, propagated and distributed to minors and underserved, unrecognized, and fragile populations, particularly in the food desert areas of Santa Barbara County. We donate food to those in need, supporting individuals and other charitable organizations with natural and organically farmed products. The Summerland Sweet Wheel Farm will be a place to preserve, protect, and enhance life and spirit through organic farming and green space.
Begin to Build a Relationship
We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s director of development and/or Executive Director.
I have had cancer for twelve years. I have had the benefit of being a participant in the Farmed Food Solution Programs from the Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education Foundation. Since COVID, I have not been able to purchase all of the fresh, organic food that I am supposed to be eating. The food that I receive from Sweet Wheel Summerland Farm is better than any food that I could buy or get. This has made a huge difference to stay on my feet and help my body continue to fight cancer. Thank you Sweet Wheel Farm.
No Farms; No Food.
Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education Foundation has implemented a $3,000,000 campaign for better irrigation systems, innovative delivery, food and grain storage, and eco-utilities. The farm campaign seeks to deliver not only to Santa Barbara County, to be the first closed-loop food system; but, to be a national leader in donated pure foods. With a gift to the foundation, you can remedy community health and food insecurity with chemical-free food.
Key Supporters
Santa Barbara Permaculture
Kiss the Ground
California Women in Agriculture
Santa Barbara Farmers Market
Santa Barbara Food
Action Network
Santa Barbara Beekeepers
Association
Pierre Claeyssens Veterans
Foundation
Central Coast and Southern CA Farm Equipment Collaborative