Urban Roots - Own the Delwau Farm

Austin Youth & Community Farm, Inc. dba Urban Roots

Urban Roots: Who We Are

Urban Roots’ mission is to use food and farming to transform the lives of young people and inspire, engage, and nourish the community. The farm is a safe place where young people can experience first-hand the transformational power of meaningful hard work in order to become healthy, productive, civically-engaged community members. Each year we provide paid internships and fellowships to 75 young people ages 14-23. They work together with more than 1,000 community volunteers to grow more than 35,000 pounds of fresh food each year.
South Austin Interns (14-17) weeding the curly kale patch.
Summer Farm Internship Program (14-17) youth practicing public speaking at a community lunch.
Food & Leadership Fellows (18-23) taking a break from harvesting fresh produce for our hunger relief partners.
Food & Leadership Fellows (18-23) taking a break from harvesting fresh produce for our hunger relief partners.

Use of Proceeds: Purchase Farm

The funds are used to pay for half of the purchase price of the Delwau Lane farm they rent. The owner is offering 4.5 acres in East Austin, in the 25-year floodplain (only good as agricultural land) for $325K.

Gorgeous block of hot peppers planted by the youth.
Urban Roots Delwau Farm
Okra planted by our community volunteers.

Why support this program?

While the youth are the heart of Urban Roots, the farm is its soul – the land on which it all began. For more than a decade Urban Roots has lovingly tended the soil and in return it has nourished them and their community. Owning the farm secures their meaningful connection to the land and to their community for years to come.

South Austin Intern preparing to share the bounty from the farm.
South Austin Intern preparing to share the bounty from the farm.
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