FOOD & NUTRITION FELLOWS
University of Richmond CCE
Farm to Family / BusFarm
BusFarm is a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Richmond, VA whose focus is on sustainable urban agricultural initiatives, including an urban agriculture-training center that will train youth and adults how to grow healthy soil, food and communities. Striving to inspire and motivate people into action, BusFarm aims to provide the resources that help individuals take responsibility to sustain their communities. The BusFarm urban farm re-connects people back to the earth and their food through the hands-on processes of daily activities and seasonal rhythms including: planting, harvesting, cooking, preserving, construction, composting, soil building, bee keeping, vermiculture, aquaponics, retail marketing and entrepreneurship.
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Renew Richmond
Renew Richmond, is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to help empower individuals from all walks of life to cultivate healthier lifestyles through the growth and production of food. Founded in 2009, Renew Richmond is recognized as a growing not-for-profit organization providing research based programs where individuals learn basic life skills for propagation, preparation and consumption of healthful whole food, re-establish a connection between themselves and the environment in which they live, and gain beneficial working knowledge which gives them additional economic potential from increased employment or entrepreneurship.
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Partner Organizations
Richmond Regional Planning District
The Richmond Regional Planning District Commission is a regional planning agency with major emphasis in the areas of transportation, local technical assistance and information services including demographic, economic and geographic information systems.
The Commission, which was formed by local governments August 14, 1969 under the authority of the Virginia Area Development Act—revised and retitled the Regional Cooperation Act in 1995—is comprised of elected officials and citizens who address mutual problems and develop solutions for the local governments which benefit from intergovernmental cooperation.
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Shalom Farms
Renew Richmond, is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to help empower individuals from all walks of life to cultivate healthier lifestyles through the growth and production of food. Founded in 2009, Renew Richmond is recognized as a growing not-for-profit organization providing research based programs where individuals learn basic life skills for propagation, preparation and consumption of healthful whole food, re-establish a connection between themselves and the environment in which they live, and gain beneficial working knowledge which gives them additional economic potential from increased employment or entrepreneurship.
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Tricycle Gardens
Tricycle Gardens is a nonprofit organization with a mission to grow healthy food, healthy communities and a healthy local food system. Since breaking ground on their first garden, they have engaged thousands of neighbors and shown that the simple act of growing food is an incredibly powerful way to change the overall health of our community. Tricycle Gardens has done ground breaking work engaging individuals, community centers, non-profits, businesses and the city government to bring a collective effort to restore our urban ecologies and create beautiful public spaces throughout Richmond, Virginia. From hands-on experiential learning to more formal workshops and gardening programs, they are leading the way for a new understanding of how, by working together, we can create a healthier community for all.
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William Byrd Community House
William Byrd Community House began in 1900 when Sadie Cabaniss, Nursing School Superintendent at Old Dominion Hospital, organized a nurses settlement house. The staff moved into the Grace Arents Free Library on South Cherry Street in 1944 and remains there today. Their mission is to provide high quality educational, developmental and nutritional programs to children in the City of Richmond so they are academically, socially and emotionally prepared to succeed in school and in life. It is their vision to create an environment for Richmond’s children where reading is always an adventure, healthy eating is a way of life, and the child’s family is an integral part of the education process.
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