Permaculture gardens
Organic, low-cost practices like mulching, crop rotation and companion planting — no expensive chemicals.
Programs · Food & Farming · Coming soon
Tackling food insecurity from the ground up.
Coming soon: school gardens and farms that feed students, teach real science and earn income. Our permaculture pilot has started.
$3,000
funds a food garden and STEM kits at our Kenya partner school
$7,000
funds sustainable food production across our Ghana schools
Beta
permaculture program in research and piloting
2026 campaign
School Gardens That Feed & Fund
$10,000 pilot goal · Be one of the first to give
Where the money goes
- Kenya: school food garden & STEM kits$3,000
- Ghana: permaculture food production$7,000
The need
Why it matters.
Many students arrive at school hungry, which makes it hard to concentrate. Schools also struggle to pay for repairs once donors move on. A productive school farm helps with both.
In beta and research. Our permaculture program is still being researched and piloted with our partner schools and Thirsty Earth. We will share results as we learn — and scale what works.
“Donors rarely fund projects indefinitely.”Why every school we partner with plans its own income — DWF Field Assessment
Our approach
What we do.
School agri-business
Selling surplus crops at the village market to pay for school maintenance. Our cassava is planted for a cassava processing business, and a poultry business is coming soon.
Water for farming
Rainwater tanks and reservoirs that water crops year-round.
Living classrooms
Gardens where students learn biology, math and entrepreneurship hands-on.
From the field · Ghana, Nov 2025
Learning to grow, right at school.
Our permaculture pilot has started. Students learn to prepare garden beds, plant in rows and care for crops, guided by a farming instructor. Raised garden beds are going in too, and the school's own crop field shows what's possible.
What your gift does
Choose your impact.
Real costs from our 2026 program budget. Every gift is tax-deductible, and Zeffy charges us no fees.
Ghana
2026: permaculture food production at our partner schools.
Kenya
2026: a school food garden at Mijomboni Primary.
Utah
Guidance from our Governance & Permaculture Director and partner Thirsty Earth.
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