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Homeless Garden Project

CSA farm in Santa Cruz, California

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Visiting Homeless Garden Project

Address
601 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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Season
May to November
From the farm
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Shares offered
60
First box (as last published)
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Delivery
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Website
homelessgardenproject.org
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About Homeless Garden Project

We are a 3.5 acre organic farm on the West Side of Santa Cruz offering a 26 week CSA! We employ people experiencing homelessness to garden, and we also provide case management and job training! In May of 1990, the Citizens Committee for the Homeless, a Santa Cruz County nonprofit organization, began a new project by opening the gates of an organic garden on Pelton Avenue. The Homeless Garden Project would provide job training and meaningful work in a therapeutic environment. The Homeless Garden Project began as a place to provide sanctuary, refuge, and meaningful work within the healing space of the organic farm. Blossoming over time and furthering the project's benefits, the farm harvests have provided an opportunity to support our vision and community through our CSA program, farm stand, and crafts, which are sold at our local Santa Cruz stores & online. We are genuinely humbled by the profound transformations our trainees make in our job training program, and the generous support

In the farm's own words, from its USDA listing.

What Homeless Garden Project sells

  • Arugula
  • Beans (string)
  • Beans, other (lima, etc.)
  • Beets
  • Bok Choy
  • Broccoli
  • Broccoli rabe
  • Broccolini/baby broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Collard Greens
  • Cucumbers
  • Cut flowers
  • Green beans
  • Green onions/scallions
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Leeks
  • Lettuce (head, leaf, etc.)
  • Onions (pearl, red, white, etc.)
  • Peas
  • Peppers, hot
  • Peppers, sweet
  • Pumpkin
  • Radicchio
  • Radishes
  • Spinach: baby, regular
  • Squash, summer: zucchini, etc.
  • Squash, winter: butternut, etc.
  • Swiss chard
  • Tomatillo
  • Tomatoes (cherry, grape, etc.)
  • Tomatoes (plum, round, etc.)

How they farm, and how you pay

Growing practices

  • Certified Organic
  • naturally grown
  • transitional

Questions about Homeless Garden Project

Where is Homeless Garden Project?
Homeless Garden Project is at 601 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
How does the Homeless Garden Project CSA work?
You buy a share of the season up front and collect a box of what the farm harvests that week. Homeless Garden Project offers 60 shares. The season runs may to november. Contact the farm to check availability — popular CSAs sell out before the season starts.
Does Homeless Garden Project accept SNAP or EBT?
Its USDA listing does not record SNAP/EBT. That is not a "no" — many farms accept EBT without updating the federal directory. Ask directly.

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Listed from Homeless Garden Project's own entry in the public USDA CSA directory. We are not affiliated with the farm. Seasons and availability change — confirm before travelling.