Forgotten Farms

IN THE YEAR 2020, WE ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING:- BIONUTRIENT FOOD DONATION PROGRAM - THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE ORGANICALLY-GROWN PRODUCE AND PASTURED MEAT AND EGGS THAT ARE BIONUTRIENT RICH TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLY-FARMED, ORGANIC, NON-GMO, HEIRLOOM PRODUCE AND MEAT AND EGGS FROM HERITAGE BREEDS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED TO COMBAT FOOD INSECURITY AND NUTRIENT-DEFICIENCY IN OUR COMMUNITY. FORGOTTEN FARMS HAS DONATED OVER 300 POUNDS OF BIONUTRIENT-RICH HEIRLOOM PRODUCE, ALMOST 1000 POUNDS OF PASTURED MEAT AND OVWE 200 DOZEN EGGS FROM HERITAGE-BREED LIVESTOCK TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS IN ADDITION TO ALMOST $1000 IN HEIRLOOM PLANT DONATIONS TO LOCAL GARDENERS;- HERITAGE LIVESTOCK BREED CONSERVATION PROGRAM - FORGOTTEN FARMS IS FOCUSED ON PRESERVING AND PROMOTING RARE BREEDS BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HERITAGE LIVESTOCK BREEDS AND LOCATING AND ESTABLISHING PRODUCTION HERDS OF HERITAGE BREED LIVESTOCK THAT MEET THE BREED STANDARDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR RARE BIODIVERSITY PROVIDING VALUABLE OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF FARMING. FORGOTTEN FARMS HAS PRESERVED OVER 20 RARE BREEDS AND ESTABLISHED OVER A DOZEN BREEDING LINES OF HERITAGE BREED LIVESTOCK LISTED AS ENDANGERED BY THE LIVESTOCK CONSERVANCY. FORGOTTEN FARMS SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS TO ENDANGERED HOGS AND SHEEP, GENERATING FUNDS TO ESTABLISH A BREEDING LINE OF THREATENED GLOUCESTERSHIRE OLD SPOTS PIGS, SENDING BREED STOCK TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA, PA, AND OH, AND ENDANGERED CVM ROMELDALE SHEEP. FORGOTTEN FARMS ALSO RAISES AWARENESS OF HERITAGE BREED SHEEP THROUGH OUR SHEEP SHARES BY EDUCATING FIBER ARTISTS ABOUT HERITAGE BREEDS AND THEIR VALUE AS FIBER SOURCES. FORGOTTEN FARMS IS CURRENTLY PRESERVING TWO CRITICALLY ENDANGERED CHICKEN BREEDS IN ADDITION TO OTHER THREATENED BREEDS;- HEIRLOOM SEED PRESERVATION AND HERITAGE HORTICULTURE PROGRAM - PUTTING CONTROL OVER SEEDS BACK INTO THE HANDS OF FARMERS ENSURES BIONUTRIENT-RICH FOOD FOR THE FUTURE THAT IS MORE RESILIENT AND JUST. OUR HEIRLOOM PRESERVATION AND HERITAGE HORTICULTURE PROGRAM AIMS TO PROTECT THESE OLD CULTIVARS FROM EXTINCTION. FORGOTTEN FARMS IS FOCUSED ON PRESERVING AND PROMOTING HEIRLOOM PLANTS BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HERITAGE SPECIES, LOCATING AND ESTABLISHING PRODUCTION LINES OF HEIRLOOM VARIETIES, AND SAVING SEEDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY, PROVIDING VALUABLE OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF FARMING. FORGOTTEN FARMS HAS DONATED ALMOST $1000 IN HEIRLOOM PLANTS TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, GROWN OVER 200 VARIETIES OF HEIRLOOM PLANTS, HOSTED ANNUAL SEED SWAPS LOCALLY WITH 50-100 INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE, SUCCESSFULLY SAVED SEEDS FROM OVER 200 ENDANGERED HEIRLOOM VARIETIES, AND CREATED A LOCAL VIRTUAL SEED BANK, FREE FOR PUBLIC USE. THIS YEAR FORGOTTEN FARMS PROCURED GRANT FUNDING TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL SEED LENDING LIBRARY WHERE SEEDS CAN BE SHARED BY THE COMMUNITY FREE OF CHARGE. IN ADDITION TO INCREASING LOCAL FOOD SECURITY, THE PURPOSE OF THIS SEED LIBRARY WILL BE TO DISSEMINATE SEED TO THE PUBLIC, PRESERVE LOCAL PLANT BIODIVERSITY THROUGH PROPAGATION AND FURTHER SHARING OF SEED, AND PROMOTE LOCAL AGRICULTURE IN GENERAL;- AGROECOLOGICAL FARMING PROGRAM - THE FORGOTTEN FARMS NETWORK IS COMMITTED TO SUSTAINING RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND ENVIRONMENTS BY INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION WITH LOCALLY-INFORMED PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT. PARTNERING WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, WELL PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, PROMOTE LOCAL CONTROL OVER FOOD PRODUCTION, AND EMPOWER OTHERS RESULTING IN STRONG WOMEN AND YOUTH, VIBRANT FOOD ECONOMIES, BETTER NUTRITION, FOOD JUSTICE, AND HEALTHY FAMILIES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ACTION AND EDUCATION. FORGOTTEN FARMS HAS ESTABLISHED OUR FIRST FARM TO BE IN OUR NETWORK WITH NEARLY 80% COMPLETION, PREVENTED OVER 2 TONS OF FOOD WASTE FROM ENTERING THE LANDFILL THROUGH OUR PERISHED PRODUCE TO PIGS PROGRAM, BEGAN RESTORATION OF APPROXIMATELY 14 ACRES OF PREVIOUSLY LOGGED LAND, INSTALLED A FOOD FOREST ON A LOCAL FARM IN OUR COMMUNITY, BEGAN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ON STATE SOIL HEALTH LEGISLATION, LISTED WITH LOCAL FOOD GUIDES AND PARTICIPATED IN LOCAL FARMER'S MARKETS, AND TAUGHT SELF-SUSTAINABILITY SKILLS TO OVER 100 LOCAL PEOPLE THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND SKILLSHARES ON SUSTAINABILITY.

IN THE YEAR 2020, WE ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING:- BIONUTRIENT FOOD DONATION PROGRAM - THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE ORGANICALLY-GROWN PRODUCE AND PASTURED MEAT AND EGGS THAT ARE BIONUTRIENT RICH TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLY-FARMED, ORGANIC, NON-GMO, HEIRLOOM PRODUCE AND MEAT AND EGGS FROM HERITAGE BREEDS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED TO COMBAT FOOD INSECURITY AND NUTRIENT-DEFICIENCY IN OUR COMMUNITY. FORGOTTEN FARMS HAS DONATED OVER 300 POUNDS OF BIONUTRIENT-RICH HEIRLOOM PRODUCE, ALMOST 1000 POUNDS OF PASTURED MEAT AND OVWE 200 DOZEN EGGS FROM HERITAGE-BREED LIVESTOCK TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS IN ADDITION TO ALMOST $1000 IN HEIRLOOM PLANT DONATIONS TO LOCAL GARDENERS;- HERITAGE LIVESTOCK BREED CONSERVATION PROGRAM - FORGOTTEN FARMS IS FOCUSED ON PRESERVING AND PROMOTING RARE BREEDS BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HERITAGE LIVESTOCK BREEDS AND LOCATING AND ESTABLISHING PRODUCTION HERDS OF HERITAGE BREED LIVESTOCK THAT MEET THE BREED STANDARDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR RARE BIODIVERSITY PROVIDING VALUABLE OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF FARMING. FORGOTTEN FARMS HAS PRESERVED OVER 20 RARE BREEDS AND ESTABLISHED OVER A DOZEN BREEDING LINES OF HERITAGE BREED LIVESTOCK LISTED AS ENDANGERED BY THE LIVESTOCK CONSERVANCY. FORGOTTEN FARMS SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS TO ENDANGERED HOGS AND SHEEP, GENERATING FUNDS TO ESTABLISH A BREEDING LINE OF THREATENED GLOUCESTERSHIRE OLD SPOTS PIGS, SENDING BREED STOCK TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA, PA, AND OH, AND ENDANGERED CVM ROMELDALE SHEEP. FORGOTTEN FARMS ALSO RAISES AWARENESS OF HERITAGE BREED SHEEP THROUGH OUR SHEEP SHARES BY EDUCATING FIBER ARTISTS ABOUT HERITAGE BREEDS AND THEIR VALUE AS FIBER SOURCES. FORGOTTEN FARMS IS CURRENTLY PRESERVING TWO CRITICALLY ENDANGERED CHICKEN BREEDS IN ADDITION TO OTHER THREATENED BREEDS;- HEIRLOOM SEED PRESERVATION AND HERITAGE HORTICULTURE PROGRAM - PUTTING CONTROL OVER SEEDS BACK INTO THE HANDS OF FARMERS ENSURES BIONUTRIENT-RICH FOOD FOR THE FUTURE THAT IS MORE RESILIENT AND JUST. OUR HEIRLOOM PRESERVATION AND HERITAGE HORTICULTURE PROGRAM AIMS TO PROTECT THESE OLD CULTIVARS FROM EXTINCTION. FORGOTTEN FARMS IS FOCUSED ON PRESERVING AND PROMOTING HEIRLOOM PLANTS BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HERITAGE SPECIES, LOCATING AND ESTABLISHING PRODUCTION LINES OF HEIRLOOM VARIETIES, AND SAVING SEEDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY, PROVIDING VALUABLE OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF FARMING. FORGOTTEN FARMS HAS DONATED ALMOST $1000 IN HEIRLOOM PLANTS TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, GROWN OVER 200 VARIETIES OF HEIRLOOM PLANTS, HOSTED ANNUAL SEED SWAPS LOCALLY WITH 50-100 INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE, SUCCESSFULLY SAVED SEEDS FROM OVER 200 ENDANGERED HEIRLOOM VARIETIES, AND CREATED A LOCAL VIRTUAL SEED BANK, FREE FOR PUBLIC USE. THIS YEAR FORGOTTEN FARMS PROCURED GRANT FUNDING TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL SEED LENDING LIBRARY WHERE SEEDS CAN BE SHARED BY THE COMMUNITY FREE OF CHARGE. IN ADDITION TO INCREASING LOCAL FOOD SECURITY, THE PURPOSE OF THIS SEED LIBRARY WILL BE TO DISSEMINATE SEED TO THE PUBLIC, PRESERVE LOCAL PLANT BIODIVERSITY THROUGH PROPAGATION AND FURTHER SHARING OF SEED, AND PROMOTE LOCAL AGRICULTURE IN GENERAL;- AGROECOLOGICAL FARMING PROGRAM - THE FORGOTTEN FARMS NETWORK IS COMMITTED TO SUSTAINING RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND ENVIRONMENTS BY INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION WITH LOCALLY-INFORMED PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT. PARTNERING WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, WELL PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, PROMOTE LOCAL CONTROL OVER FOOD PRODUCTION, AND EMPOWER OTHERS RESULTING IN STRONG WOMEN AND YOUTH, VIBRANT FOOD ECONOMIES, BETTER NUTRITION, FOOD JUSTICE, AND HEALTHY FAMILIES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ACTION AND EDUCATION. FORGOTTEN FARMS HAS ESTABLISHED OUR FIRST FARM TO BE IN OUR NETWORK WITH NEARLY 80% COMPLETION, PREVENTED OVER 2 TONS OF FOOD WASTE FROM ENTERING THE LANDFILL THROUGH OUR PERISHED PRODUCE TO PIGS PROGRAM, BEGAN RESTORATION OF APPROXIMATELY 14 ACRES OF PREVIOUSLY LOGGED LAND, INSTALLED A FOOD FOREST ON A LOCAL FARM IN OUR COMMUNITY, BEGAN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ON STATE SOIL HEALTH LEGISLATION, LISTED WITH LOCAL FOOD GUIDES AND PARTICIPATED IN LOCAL FARMER'S MARKETS, AND TAUGHT SELF-SUSTAINABILITY SKILLS TO OVER 100 LOCAL PEOPLE THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND SKILLSHARES ON SUSTAINABILITY.