ALMA Backyard Farms!

Happy Monday! Here’s a dose of inspiration to help you through the day and an opportunity to pitch in (start with a dollar and see how it feels) to make a difference!

We’re bringing back ALMA Backyard Farms as our Cause of the Week to spotlight their work and benefit from your donation coupled with our $500 match. We love how their model works to solve three distinct problems. At ALMA they help reclaim the lives of the formerly incarcerated, re-purpose urban land into productive urban farm plots, and re-imagine community as a place for people and plants to thrive.

“ALMA reconnects the lives of the formerly incarcerated back to the fabric of society. Our participants have the chance at attaining gainful employment and becoming self-sufficient. Urban Farming helps everyone involved explore the relationships between plants, animals and humans as a way of creating a profound connection to both nature and their community.” - ALMA Backyard Farms

Alma Backyard Farms was inspired by the voices and ideas shared by juvenile offenders and prisoners eager to transform their lives and communities by "giving back" to the communities they "took from" and were taken away from. We’re asking our community to join together to give a buck or two to help support their life changing programming, and we’ll match it!

Show your support and find out more about the incredible work ALMA is doing here. While you’re there, click on the links to follow them on social media. They’re a great reminder of good things that are happening in the world.

Thanks for making a difference this week!