Turning Premium Organic Produce into Humanitarian Relief

100% of our Proceeds in 2010 go to support the Victims in Haiti

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The BGF story Three years ago, our world had just undergone 5 cataclysmic catastrophes in just a short ten month time span.  We had the Pakistani Earthquake, The Box Cutter Day Tsunami, Hurricanes Wilma and Rita and of course, Hurricane Katrina.  Out of the outpouring of a sympathy for what the survivors of these events were left to cope with, some friends and I decided to create an organization that was designed specifically to help these victims' state of mind.  We figured that the Red Cross could handle the food, clothing and the cots and that FEMA could handle the portables and infrastructure issues but what good are cots if people can't sleep and what good is food if the people are unable to digest it?  So we started the Bountiful Garden Foundation to raise money specifically to treat post traumatic stress and we earmark our funds to organizations with scientifically proven stress reduction methods and techniques.  In our first year of operation, in 2006, we raised $10,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief and over the past three years, on top of money donated to treat trauma victims, we've donated thousands of dollars worth of produce and tomato plants to local bay area agencies, etc.

 

The idea is simple.  Sell excess produce at area Farmer's Markets and elsewhere and ear-mark 100% of the proceeds for Disaster Relief.  Rather than being the extravagant consumers that we've evolved to become over the years, at least we can provide some balance to the equation by becoming producers as well.

To help defray costs of booths, packaging, supplies, scales, equipment, etc. and to help ensure that we're able to maintain our 100% Farmer's market proceeds to charity guarantee, we have a tomato plant sale each spring (sign up on the left).  But we could always use more help so if you'd care to assist us, please donate.

We're Expanding

The Bountiful Garden Foundation is going nationwide and around the globe in 2009, and we hope to have at least 50 cities and over six countries with BGF operations running in them.   If you're interested in participating, please fill out the following form:

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