Reunity Resources

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE USE OF RECYCLING, SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC AT LARGE.

FARM REUNITY RESOURCES FARM SERVES A BROAD SPECTRUM OF OUR COMMUNITY, CREATING CONNECTIONS, DIALOGUE AND MUTUAL LEARNING AROUND FOOD AND SUSTAINABILITY. OUR FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS SERVE LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORS, WHILE BI-LINGUAL COOKING AND NUTRITION CLASSES ARE ADVERTISED AT NEARBY CLINICS LIKE PRESBYTERIAN, LA FAMILIA AND TO ALL SNAP USERS. AT-RISK YOUTH WORK ON THE FARM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUTHWORKS. SFCC SUSTAINABILITY STUDENTS INTERN HERE. SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS LEARN ABOUT US THROUGH COOKING WITH KIDS DEMOS, MEET-THE-FARMER VISITS AND FREE FIELD TRIPS. CUSTOMERS REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY FROM RECENT IMMIGRANTS TO RETIREES. OVER 2,000 SUBSCRIBERS WERE ON OUR FARM COMMUNITY EMAIL LIST IN 2021, WITH 50- 150 VISITORS AT EACH OF 96 FARM STANDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. VEGETABLES WERE ALSO SOLD WHOLESALE TO RESTAURANTS AND DONATED TO LOCAL HUNGER EFFORTS WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO GET FRESH VEGETABLES TO THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. FARM CAMP WE BEGAN A SUMMER DAY CAMP IN 2021 AND SERVED 270 CHILDREN OVER ELEVEN WEEKS PROVIDING OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND ESSENTIAL CARE FOR WORKING PARENTS DURING THE WEEKS OFF OF SCHOOL. TWENTY OF THESE CHILDREN RECEIVED FULL SCHOLARSHIPS WITH GRANTWRITING EFFORTS TO INCREASE THIS NUMBER IN 2022. COMMERCIAL COMPOST PROGRAM OUR COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING PROGRAM DIVERTED OVER 2 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL. THIS PREVENTS THE METHANE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD WASTE IN LANDFILLS, WHICH IS THE 3RD LARGEST METHANE PRODUCER GLOBALLY. RESIDENTIAL COMPOST PROGRAM NEARLY A THIRD OF THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS TRASH MAKE-UP IS ACTUALLY COMPOSTABLE, AND OUR DOORSTEP PROGRAM MAKES HOME COMPOSTING EASY AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM HAD AN AVERAGE OF 350 SUBSCRIBERS IN 2021 SOIL YARD PROGRAM OVER 2,500 CUBIC YARDS OF COMPOST WAS SOLD AND DONATED INTO THE COMMUNITY. WHEN COMPOST IS AMENDED TO DESERTIFIED SOILS, IT CAN CAPTURE UP TO 20,000 MORE GALLONS OF WATER PER ACRE (WITH ONLY ONE INCH OF COMPOST AMENDED OVER THAT ACRE), AND SETS UP AN ONGOING POSITIVE FEEDBACK CYCLE SEQUESTERING INCREASING AMOUNTS OF CARBON OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE WHERE IT IS HARMFUL AND BACK INTO THE SOIL WHERE IT IS HELPFUL. USED COOKING OIL TO BIODIESEL OVER 30,000 GALLONS OF USED COOKING OIL WERE COLLECTED FROM AREA RESTAURANTS FOR CONVERSION INTO CLEAN BIODIESEL.