Healthy food distribution: Via our Farm Stand and Ferguson Farmers Market Booth, EarthDance’s produce is sold on a Pay What You Can basis. 60% of customers are residents of North St. Louis County, considered to be a food desert by the USDA. EarthDance also donates produce to local food pantries and shares the harvest with volunteers, program participants, and staff.
Regenerative Farm Stewardship: EarthDance’s professional farmers, farmer-trainees, and volunteers practice soil stewardship, protect pollinator habitat, and support the biodiversity, land, and water of the 14-acre farm.
Spring Training for Gardeners: a five-week series of virtual and hands-on classes on small-scale food production. Classes include modules on soil health practices, crop selection, seedling production, bed preparation, and pest management. Since the program’s inception in 2021, 402 aspiring home gardeners have participated, 38% of them being North STL County residents.
Farm and Garden Apprenticeships: EarthDance provides paid training in organic production on a commercial scale via programs of varying duration for 4 to 8 participants annually. Over the past 15 years, nearly 500 individuals have participated in the Farm and Garden Apprenticeship.
Tours, Service Learning, and Outreach: are offered to demonstrate climate-smart agricultural practices to the general public and interested aspiring growers and to engage new agri-curious individuals by participating in events such as Earth Day, Veg Fest, pop-up markets at WIC offices, etc.
Workshops and classes: EarthDance hosts classes on a wide range of topics such as foraging, fermentation, and fruit tree pruning, open to the public or to university students or professionals in relevant fields.
Youth Programming: Through field trips, service learning, and classroom visits, EarthDance connects youth to fresh food and seed-to-table enrichment activities, so that the youngest generation of Ferguson residents may grow up to appreciate and expect access to healthy, fresh food, planting the seeds of disease prevention.
Our Mission:
EarthDance advances food justice by training organic farmers and gardeners of all ages, providing connection to healthy food and the land, and cultivating vibrant community.
Our Vision:
EarthDance envisions an abundance of farmers and gardeners nourishing healthy communities, learning from the land, and building a just food system.
Organization name
EarthDance Organic Farm School
Tax id (EIN)
27-4160056
Mission/Purpose
Community Improvement/Economic Development, Education - K-12, Environment, Food Insecurity/Access, Hunger, Nutrition, Health & Wellness, Social Justice
Operating Budget
Medium: $1,000,001 - $2,000,000
Service Area
St Louis County
Audiences Served
Children, Youth, Families, BILPOC, General Public
BILPOC Leadership
BILPOC Leadership
Address
233 S Dade Ave