South Central Farmers Pledge Form
SOLICITATION FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES CARD
The purpose of this Corporation shall be to preserve, maintain, acquire, and cultivate farm land in for the purpose of improving the health and welfare of individuals, families and communities. In the context of these general purposes, the services, activities and support provided by the Corporation will include, but not be
limited to, educational programs and activities related to urban farming techniques and strategies, healthy
living and nutrition programs, services and activities to raise public awareness of the health and environmental benefits to local communities resulting from farming, the agricultural cultivation of farm land, the acquisition
of property for the creation of farms, and other charitable activities.
The South Central Farmers Health and Education Fund is requesting a donation.
The donation will be used to further the following charitable purposes:
Support the Farm Development:
Your support will go to subsidize our mortgage, installation of our water well diesel pump that will run on
waste vegetable oil, subsidize our mobile homes at the farm, and help with costs to put our organic farm
into production.
Community Based Agricultural Incubation:
From August of 2006 till August 2007, the South Central Farmers Cooperative, (an economic incubation sponsored by SCFHEF) was farming in Fresno. Over 30 tons of organically grown produce was brought back
into the communities of South Central, Hollywood, and Atwater. They have relocated and are currently
leasing land in Bakersfield to continue this very successful project that involves families from the community.
Tianguis -- Bringing Food to the Hood Campaign:
Tianguis comes from the Meso-American concept of community moving market (similar to how they have
been done for thousands of years). We have been offering a community space for children, local community artists, artisans, and offering access to healthy, high nutrition produce not available in the communities of
South Central Los Angeles. This project links the goals of the SCFHEF and the economic incubator (SCFC) to offer access/education to healthy food and fight the battle against diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases, and obesity.