Sky High Farm is committed to community-centered research and action to contribute solutions toward urgent and long-term issues at the intersection of climate, agriculture, food access and education. Our work responds to urgencies in the food system by proposing a dynamic model – moving beyond a single issue to understand and address the interconnection of nutrition security, economic and health disparities, and the history of structural, racial, and educational injustice.

In the immediate, we deploy public health frameworks and the principles of co-production, all of which prioritize collaboration and dialogue with our community partners. Through direct engagement with those receiving our food, we identify critical gaps within the larger, urgent food system and have the flexibility to cultivate items that are important in cultural food ways though not always readily available. Using an agroecological approach, our farm cultivates nutrient-dense produce and protein, 100% of which is distributed in partnership with community-based organizations to individuals and families experiencing food and nutrition insecurity.

Sky High Farm addresses long-range issues through iterative work. We partner with ecologists, biologists and community-based researchers to investigate soil health, strategies for wildlife habitat preservation and restoration, and water and air quality monitoring to shift conventional farming’s impact on our ecosystem; we offer a 9-month, residential formal training and mentorship program for burgeoning farmers interested in regenerative agriculture and the larger food system; we offer grants to individuals and community organizations to catalyze and sustain work towards food sovereignty and food justice around the US and globally; and we develop and offer public programs centering youth to engage in broad-based conversations about food ways, climate change, and our collective futures.

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