From The Ground Up Farms, Inc.

From The Ground Up Farms, Inc. We're a charity organization dedicated to the well being of our community. We're also directly involved in Fire Recovery from the Camp Fire since 2018.

We grow nutritious, organic food to supply it to the hungry and teach life skills education workshops. Dear Supporter,

This unique program involves the entire community and ultimately produce a series of community gardens growing organic food at no cost to anyone hungry. The mission of the project is to reduce illness and improve the lives of Butte County residents by educating them in nutrition,

gardening, harvesting, cooking, preserving, and even marketing their own healthy organic food. From The Ground Up Farms, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded after realizing how critical good nutrition and organic food was. We realized that our community has a serious food security issue. We don’t believe healthy organically grown food should be a luxury only the wealthy can afford. A group of local farmers, educators, artists and activists have come together to establish a nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the nutritional gap through community gardening. Our organization’s mission is to heal our community by feeding them healthy nutritious food, but also by educating them which leads to self-reliance and food security. The following goals guide our efforts:

- To bring our community members together so that they can learn about nutrition through gardening and workshops, all for free. We will provide the volunteers and basic tools to establish new gardens, all for free. Landowners can enjoy the tax benefits that come by donating the use of unused lots and water on seasonal agreements.

- To provide quality workshops that will teach gardening, harvesting, cooking, preserving, and even marketing their own healthy organic food, all for free. We have a wide range of professionals donating their time to teach these workshops, as well as, a certified kitchen to cook in.

- To help fill the gap for programs that feed our young and old alike, for example, daycare's, after school programs, summer lunch programs, nursing homes, residential rehabilitation programs, and food pantries. These all struggle to obtain anything fresh and we would provide it all for free.

- The less fortunate could learn so much from “working for food” initially at a community garden. They could learn responsibility, self reliance, improved nutrition, how to grow and have fresh food (even while living homeless) by preserving, and even learn marketing from a farmers market type program. Those who earn it could work into possible paid part time maintenance positions in the future.

10/04/2025

Looking to refresh your garden with new and cool plants at no cost? Join us for the Library’s Plant and Seed Swap, an opportunity to exchange plants, seeds, and gardening knowledge with fellow enthusiasts. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just beginning, you will discover new varieties, share your own cuttings, and learn about sustainable gardening techniques. Come swap and socialize! At the Plant and Seed Swap, we’ll cultivate both gardens and connections.

10/02/2025
09/28/2025

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09/09/2025

Janette Brice....you are amazing! Thank you for your continued generous support!

09/01/2025

A special thank you to the generous support of the Guenther Foundation! We so appreciate you!

09/01/2025

Janette Brice....THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! Thanks to folks like you and your consistent support, Kentfield Kids continues. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

08/28/2025

Ever wonder what REISHI HOT COCO tastes like? Come join us this Friday for our mycology meeting, discuss our love for mushroom, mushroom tinctures, future forays, mushrooms that will be popping this fall and enjoy fresh wild foraged reishi hot chocolate(from the Sierra Nevada mountains)!
When: Friday August 29th @5:30
Where: Kentfield Gardens @ 1125 Kentfield Rd, Chico, CA 95926
Mush love!
Hope to see you there!

08/20/2025

Good morning! We could really use your help this Saturday. Due to health issues, I am lagging in calling volunteer days at our beloved Kentfield Gardens and it shows. We will be gathering at Kentfield Gardens Saturday the 23rd at 8 am to do a couple of hours of clean up.

We are purging all of the broken chairs, toys and tools and need folks to help carry it to the dump trailer at the curb. We have some w**ds to pull and a little w**d eating to do. Should be a quick and easy clean up with your help.

We will also be making some exciting announcements soon for some changes coming to Kentfield Gardens. Stay tuned for that and please come help Saturday if even only 30 minutes. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

We will be at 1125 Kentfield Road, off of First Ave near In Motion Fitness. Look for the red tile roofed condos. You can actually google Kentfield Gardens for directions. See you there.

Thank you Dolyn and Kentfield Kids for thinking of our neighbors at 6th Street Center for Youth. We are so proud that Co...
08/05/2025

Thank you Dolyn and Kentfield Kids for thinking of our neighbors at 6th Street Center for Youth. We are so proud that Community is front and center with these wonderful Youths.

07/02/2025

Hello community. Thanks to Paradise Rec and the Neighbor to Neighbor grant, we are holding Family Fun Day at Lake Concow Campground on Saturday, July 5th from 11 am to 5 pm. It is a free event.

The Konkow Maidu will open the day at 11 am with a prayer and some traditional dance. There will be a 35’ inflated slip and slide with water tunnel. There will be gunny sack races, egg on spoon relays, a craft area and a whole lot of fun. Irayz Movement will be performing at 1 pm and will have equipment set up for the kids, with her guidance, to play on. There will be face painting. Bring your own picnic and relax.

We decided to invite our local vendors to feel free to set up and no charge. Nothing formal, nothing fancy, just a chance to maybe make a couple of bucks while you play with the kids. The goal here is to continue to bring our community together to reduce loneliness and isolation. Grab that neighbor who doesn’t get out often. Don’t forget a chair or picnic blanket. See you Saturday.

No fireworks will be allowed….sorry.

Good morning! First day of Relations Gathering is in the books. Sipping my coffee and getting ready for day 2. Lodge wit...
06/28/2025

Good morning! First day of Relations Gathering is in the books. Sipping my coffee and getting ready for day 2. Lodge with Uncle Freddie at 9 am. Yoga with Raychel at 11 am. Kids talent show at noon. TEK with Ali Meders-Knight at 1:30. Good Fire with Hap Hathaway at 2. Irayz Movement Student Showcase, Kojomk'awi Dance group, lots of amazing door prizes to be given away and don't forget lots of amazing music from awesome artists. The gate is open.....see you soon.

What an incredible day we had. Kentfield Gardens is international again. We were blessed by incredibly hard working volu...
06/23/2025

What an incredible day we had. Kentfield Gardens is international again. We were blessed by incredibly hard working volunteers from 18 different countries. These were teachers, principals and education administrators from all over the world who came to help us while they were in Chico, through Chico States International Program. In 2 hours they got Kentfield ready for the kids to plant. Thank you Heather! We just love these groups! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

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1692 Mangrove Avenue, # 105
Chico, CA
95926

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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Dear Supporter, These unique Life Skills programs will involve the entire community and ultimately produce a series of community gardens growing organic food at no cost to anyone hungry. The mission of the project is to reduce illness and improve the lives of Butte County residents by educating them in nutrition, gardening, harvesting, cooking, preserving, and even marketing their own healthy organic food. From The Ground Up Farms, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded after realizing how critical good nutrition and organic food was. We realized that our community has a serious food security issue. We don’t believe healthy organically grown food should be a luxury only the wealthy can afford. A group of local farmers, educators, artists and activists have come together to establish a nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the nutritional gap through community gardening. Our organization’s mission is to heal our community by feeding them healthy nutritious food, but also by educating them, which leads to self-reliance and food security. The following goals guide our efforts: - To bring our community members together so that they can learn about nutrition through gardening and workshops, all for free. We will provide guidance and help you install new gardens, all for free. Landowners can enjoy the tax benefits that come by donating the use of unused lots and water on seasonal agreements. - To provide quality workshops that will teach gardening, harvesting, cooking, preserving, self reliance, food security and even marketing their own healthy organic food, all for free. We have a wide range of professionals donating their time to teach these workshops, as well as, a certified kitchen to cook in. - To help fill the gap for programs that feed our young and old alike, for example, daycare's, after school programs, summer lunch programs, nursing homes, residential rehabilitation programs, and food pantries. These all struggle to obtain anything fresh and we would provide it all for free. - The less fortunate could learn so much from “working for food” initially at a community garden. They could learn responsibility, self reliance, improved nutrition, how to grow and have fresh food (even while living homeless) by preserving, and even learn marketing from a farmers market type program. Those who earn it could work into possible paid part time maintenance positions in the future.