Bountiful Cities builds long-term food security through urban agriculture, education, resource sharing, and equitable food policy. We work for social justice, community resilience, and food sovereignty. We envision thriving communities where everyone has access to abundant fresh, locally grown food.
Bountiful Cities impact is rooted in building long-term food security by connecting people to food, education, urban agriculture skills, economic empowerment, and each other. We serve over 1,500 students annually through our FEAST program, bringing hands-on cooking and gardening education to K–8 public schools and equipping young people with lifelong skills to grow and prepare healthy food while connecting to core curriculum and objectives in reading, math, science, and technology. 100% of classroom teachers report that FEAST improves student learning and comprehension, and parents report a positive impact on their children’s eating habits.
Our Community Garden Network includes over 20 gardens, where we support neighbors in fresh food access, growing food collectively, building resilience in the face of climate change, and strengthening community ties. At the Pearson Garden Food Hub, we not only offer space for food production and educational workshops, we also grow out thousands of seedlings for distribution to our school gardens and community gardens in our network. Food distribution from gardens we manage and donations we solicit yield thousands of pounds of fresh produce each year—produce that is distributed directly to local families, school partners, and resource centers. Through this interconnected network of education, cultivation, and distribution, we are working toward a more just, equitable, and resilient food system.