The Free Farm Stand

About The Free Farm Stand

The Farm Stand grows as much food as they can in San Francisco and distribute it for free at their stand. The stand acts as a gathering place in the Mission to encourage community growth and involvement. This effort revolves mostly around gathering surplus food from neighborhood gardens, various farmer’s markets, community gardens, public and private fruit trees, and hosting a space where this bounty can be shared with all. They also work with Produce to the People who harvests organic fruit from backyard fruit trees and public spaces and brings it to our Free Farm Stand. They are also part of a small constellation of non-profit organizations in San Francisco that run The Free Farm, an urban farm founded in January 2010. They have built a farm, grown and given away in 6 months over 1,000 pounds of fresh organic produce, convened gardening and urban homesteading workshops, and hosted community, school, and religious groups. The Free Farm Stand also acts as a community garden center where plant starts and gardening advice is given freely with the hope that surplus harvests will return to the farm stand to be shared.