Our Mission

Farming’s Future is a 501(c) 3 educational nonprofit providing experiential programs with STEAM discipline focus: Agriculture, Horticulture, Aquaponics, Nutrition, and Environmental Art and Design.

STEAM is an acronym for the educational disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Design, and Mathematics.

Programs

Farming’s Future incorporates STEAM disciplines into each program we design. Additionally, we integrate students with their local community. The results of STEAM focused programs combined with civic participation leads to stronger, safer, healthier and happier communities. Initially targeting students grades K-12, Farming’s Future designs and conducts community workshops and programs that includes public schools, secular and non-secular private schools, senior centers, and scouting organizations.

Community Programs

Our programs integrate communities horizontally and vertically. This integration maximizes awareness which leads to wiser, healthier communities.

School Programs

Programs on school grounds, private as well as public, are coordinated to campus guidelines and specific to teacher classroom requests. Since STEAM is integral in our mission, we work closely designing the modules.

Eat Local – Eat Smart – Eat in Season

Farming’s Future programs are changing lives through our focus on teaching students health benefits through fact filled and fun interactive activities; drawing them away from sedentary activities, learning about nutritional content of food, choosing snacks wisely, and addressing childhood obesity/diabetes. Students develop a consciousness leading them to making wiser decisions.

Our Director, Lisa Blomley, is a nurse specializing in childhood diabetes and contributes her expertise to these programs.

Seedlings

Programs just sprouting. Please ask.

Harvested Programs

Previous programs currently fallow.

Garden Buds and Perennials

Garden Buds and Perennials are affiliates who help Farming’s Future prepare and complete community and school programs. These generous partners donate their expertise, labor, materials, and facilities, that keep our garden programs running. Without the continuous contributions and support from our Garden Buds and Perennials, these programs could not continue.

Please consider joining this top shelf group – And in the meantime – Support Them Please

Armstrong Garden Center
California School Garden Network
Descanso Gardens
Do It Center
Foothill Hydroponics
Give with Liberty, Employees of Liberty Mutual
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Viticulture Academy
Mama Hill
Master Gardeners
MEND (Meeting Every Need with Dignity)
Ralphs
Mount Gleason Middle School
Lowes
Sepulveda Middle School
Rotary International
Rotary International La Canada Chapter
Theodore Payne
Trader Joes
Tree People
Tube Planters of Orange County

Support Us – Donate

Farmings Future is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational organization. Your generous contributions support these ongoing programs.

There are several ways you may donate to Farming’s Future. Online through GuideStar or PayPal; if you work for a corporation they may have a corporate match program; and by mail or phone.

Online

Donate online securely, via the following links:
www.GuideStar.org

or at Paypal by clicking the donate button

By Mail

We accept personal check, cashiers check and money order donations. Please include a letter with your name, address and phone number with your donation. Keep a photo copy and we will mail you a receipt for your tax deduction. Please do not mail cash or credit card information in your letter/mail.

Farmings Future
113 N Almansor Street, Suite 22
Alhambra, CA 91801

By Phone

Please feel free to contact us by phone to make a donation, to volunteer your time, or to make special arrangements for in-kind donations. If you reach our voice mail, please leave your name and phone number – we will call you back as soon as we get in from the garden. Please do not leave credit card information in your voice mail message.

(626) 449-5529

Volunteers Welcome

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
– Margaret Mead

Come get involved with world changing activities, one community at a time.

Give the Gift of Time

The most valuable gift of all is your time.

We all benefit from the knowledge and expertise that you bring.. Our programs will continue to use a combination of professional facilitators and volunteers like yourselves; both are essential in keeping the gardens growing and the students’ and communities’ programs thriving. If you have expertise in an area where you see we could grow (pun intended) please contact us.

It is easy to get involved. Call us or download one of the forms below.

The Word document can be filled out on your computer. Email the completed form back to us. Or, print the completed form and mail it to us. Don’t have Word? Download and print the Adobe PDF document. Fill this form out by hand and mail the finished form or scan and email it to us.

Email us at info@farmingsfuture.org.

Volunteer Form (Word .doc) FarmingsFutureV.doc
Volunteer Form (Acrobat .pdf) FarmingsFutureV.pdf