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Sweet Wheel Farms / S.B. Agriculture & Farm Education Foundation
www.SBAFEFoundation.com
(805) 453-1465
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.
“Thanks to Sweet Wheel Farms, I can start each day with a smoothie and eggs alongside my little brother and savor nutritious meals throughout the week, thanks to their outstanding delivery service that happens every week. Affording groceries has always been a challenge, but Sweet Wheel Farms has made a significant difference, supporting both our mental well-being and physical health.
We Have to Do Much More Than Believe if We Want to See the World Change
With determination, community and foundation support, the farm was saved from development. Now, funding is needed to build the farm while maintaining the vital community food programs. The farm needs to be secured for generations to come, and basic innovative farm infrastructure has to be put in, like energy and irrigation. Now more than ever, food insecurity in Santa Barbara needs your help. Each and every donation, no matter the size, enables Sweet Wheel Farms’ to enhance community health, food and farm education.
By supporting Sweet Wheel Farms and the Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education Foundation, you are investing in a physically healthier and mentally stronger community. Farms are food. Local is best. Together, we can provide local food and seed stewardship. Sweet Wheels seeks to cultivate a thriving community farm.
Key Supporters
Manitou Fund
Ann Jackson Family Foundation
Geraldine McCulley/Wadsworth
Family Fund
Zegar Family Foundation
Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network
California Women in Agriculture
Santa Barbara Farmers Market
Santa Barbara Beekeepers
Association
Ford Foundation
Nora McNeely Hurley
and Michael Hurley
Battelle Memorial Institute
GA Fowler Family Foundation
James Bower Foundation