This program exists to:

To increase access to the wisdom and experience of growing healing foods

To grow food nutrient dense produce to create nutrient dense food

Any adult, or a minor with co-participation with an adult that resides with them, can participate as long as your time and space can accommodate the specified needs (see the program main page). We are limited to a certain number of grower and will increase spaces as we raise funding. Grower that are historically or socially disadvantaged are prioritized in our selection process for equity in access.

Googles top result say, “Socially disadvantaged individuals are those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within American society because of their identities as members of groups and without regard to their individual qualities. The social disadvantage must stem from circumstances beyond their control.”

We give priority to those that were historically and unfairly denied opportunities. Additionally, we value people that believe in and want to support this work — because it’s the right thing to do right now. Help to grow food and nurture the community regardless of skin color or bank account balance.

Participants grow food that contribute to sustainable and resilient communities. Over the course of the growing season, they watch videos created by Farmer Reci each week and follow along at home with and other program participants from seed to harvest.

We will be getting various items to you in a variety of ways. The raised bed will be delivered to your home directly from the manufacturer. Soil, tools and amendments will be dropped off to your home. Plants/seeds will likely be distributed from a central pickup location.

Some of the veggies that our Growers will be learning about and growing include: kale, collards, dandelion, bell pepper, chard, chickpeas, mushrooms and more!

During the growing season of May - October, participants agree to watch weekly videos on maintaining their garden. commit be being outside 1 -2 hrs each day with garden which includes daily watering. Posting photos and sharing questions, and challenges with Farmer Reci and enBloom followers.

Initially, each new grower is considered an enBloom Garden Steward, which means that you are volunteering to take care of the bed and it’s contents at the direction and advice of our instructor(s). During that time, growers will see what is involved in maintaining a garden while learning among a local peers of various skill level. This gives us time to access fit with each other. After the first season, you decide if you want to continue for a 2nd season. At the end of the 3rd season, if you want to keep the bed it is yours to keep! Regardless if you choose to continue to be a Food4RX Grower — which we hope you will!

Reci, our resident master gardener has got your back! She will be growing right along with you and will publish regular video content, walking you through the process from unboxing your bed to harvest time each step of the way.

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We want everyone that wants to grow healing foods to have that opportunity regardless of initial skill level or resources. However we can appreciate that growing food isn’t for everyone and sometimes you don’t know that until after you have tried.

If you decide not to continue to grow at the end of the first or second season, we will schedule after the last harvest in October to pick up your bed (and its contents) and identify a new Garden Steward.

We welcome growers of all growing levels. If you have a bed and supplies that you are willing to use, that opens up a space for a newer gardener to participate and learn valuable live-sustaining skills.

We absolutely encourage you to taste the fruits (or veggies) of you labor and enjoy some of what you grow! If you whip up some tasty and healthy dishes with your garden harvest, we encourage you to share a recipe, video or photo! One goal of the program is to create nutrient-dense, prepared foods for the community to heal from the inside out and we can do that through your demonstrations at home or giving that food to chefs and maker members to prepare for other members and the public.

We will schedule convenient local community drop off or pick up dates depending on what is ready for harvest.

The juices, smoothies, soups, salads, etc. will be share public events held at school gardens, festivals, and community events. At this time, samples and servings will be served at no cost but could be sold in the future to sustain the program.

Email us at be@enbloom.life.

We want this experience to be fun and as painless as possible for everyone involved. Posting should be things that you may naturally feel inclined to take a photo of regardless if you were in this program or not.

Here are some example of what you might post:

Scenario 1: You come home from grocery shopping and find your new new garden bed delivery waiting for you on your door step. We hope this will be an exciting discovery!

Post: Snap a quick pic with the line, “My garden bed from enBloom just arrived!”

Scenario 2: After watering your seedlings for 2 weeks, you see a baby bell pepper sprouting.

Post: "Welcome to the world baby Bell Pepper! Can’t wait to watch you grow.

Scenario 3: You went out of town for 3 days. You forgot to ask the Grow4FoodRx community to help make sure your garden gets watered on the 2nd day and when you return home, you see that your lettuce looks really sad.

Post: “Yelp! Will my lettuce make it? Help!"

Training Videos: The goal is for the videos to be but sized so that you can follow along without feeling overwhelmed. Our goal is to post 1 or 2 videos that are 10 minutes or less each week.

Garden Maintenance: Someone will need to water the garden daily for 5 to 10 minutes. Weeding will depend on where you place your bed and what trees/plants drop or blow seeds into the bed — you’ll want to check daily for weeds that are sprouting to keep them under control. Harvesting can take 15 to 30 minutes when the time comes but once a plant is harvested it is done.

Overall 1 to 2 hours total per week, 15 - 30 minutes a day, should be sufficient.