Invest in our mission to strengthen our local food system with a focus on supporting small scale producers and regenerative farming practices.

We do this through educating and cultivating a supportive community of food citizens.

  • Donations of this size help us do things like:

    Pay a farmer educator a stipend to present at a Cultivate Your Plate event

    Source a raffle prize from a local producer for an event

    Supply local food samples while tabling a community event

  • Donations of this size help us do things like:

    Source local ingredients for a community meal at a Cultivate Your Plate event

    Cover maintenance on our Blender Bike for a year

    Give a community presentation about local food

  • Donations of this size help us do things like:

    Create monthly farmer features to further promote local foods

    Share about local food by tabling 5-7 community events

    Train groups utilizing our online local food market platform, Shop. Eat. Local.

  • Donations of this size help us do things like:

    Keep our local food directory up to date for a year

    Create & print educational resources for a year's worth of events and tabling

    Contribute to coalition building work across the state of Iowa for the year

  • Monthly gifts add up!

    $10 a month would cover the stipend we offer farmers and producers to serve as educators for one Cultivate Your Plate series.

    $15 a month provides the maintenance needed to keep our blender bike in tip top shape so we can bring it to community events, providing local food education and a fun experience for all.

    $20 a month would cover all the delicious local food ingredients needed for 4 community meals.

    $30 a month would sponsor our staff to share about local food by tabling 5 community events.

    $50 a month allows us to keep our local food directory and local food resources up to date so community members can find local food more easily.

  • Investing in a corporate sponsorship with Cultivate can help your business thrive. Learn more about all our sponsorship perks here.

We are people powered!

With low operational costs and few supply related needs much of our budget goes towards paying our staff to make things happen through relationship building, coordination and education.

Supporting Cultivate means investing in our goal of helping local farms thrive & supporting a team of local people who are personally invested in seeing our local food system flourish!