Justice Activism

In America today, the system has setup for what some have termed ‘food apartheid’, or food deserts. These are areas, typically in urban centers but sometimes also in rural areas depending on the racial composition, where a grocery store carrying fresh fruit and vegetables does not exist. Most food outlets are fast food chains or convenience stores selling highly processed and packaged food mostly of the snack variety. These areas traditionally lacked a community garden or farmer market close enough to be a source of fresh, locally grown food. Often, the nearest source of fresh food is either too far away or too expensive to be accessible to people who are low or fixed income. We at the Good Tree Farm project believe this is food injustice.

Food Justice

To address this injustice Good Tree Farm offers faith based charitable 501c3’s the opportunity to access our production infrastructure on a yearly basis to produce food for those they represent or serve. It started in 2018, but we expanded it and added to the benefits with the advent of Covid-19, so we called it the Covid-19 Initiative for food security. Our Covid-19 Initiative aims to give 501c3 organizations access to our greenhouses and fields to grow crops for their congregation (if they are a church or mosque) or for their beneficiaries (if they are a charitable nonprofit serving economically disadvantaged individuals and communities). For more details please visit The Good Tree Inc website.

Socioeconomic Justice

1. Empowerment through Land Ownership:

   See details under ‘Opportunities’ tab.

2. Empowerment through our Agripreneurship Incubator:

   Details coming soon.

3. Empowerment through our Agribusiness Internships:

   Learn Agribusiness Startup and Operation. Engage in Practical Reverence - combining faithfulness and environmental activism. See details under ‘Opportunities’ tab.