Fund the Farm
DATE: May 14, 2020
TIME: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
PRICE: $100 per person
Fund the Farm is a festive party with a purpose, featuring a hosted bar, tequila tastings, field fresh hors d’oeuvres and lively music in Desert Botanical Garden’s beautiful outdoor setting. Ticket sales and sponsorships benefit Spaces of Opportunity and will help complete funding to construct a cool storage unit. You participation and support provides affordable access to healthy food, active living and promotes the vibrant agricultural roots of south Phoenix families.
About Spaces of Opportunity
Spaces of Opportunity is an incubator farm, community garden and farmer’s market that is transforming a food desert to a food oasis. Located on 18 acres in south Phoenix, Spaces of Opportunity is engineering a comprehensive, neighborhood food system where gardeners, farmers and farm workers are celebrated as artisans. The Harvest / Nuestra Cosecha Farmers Market and community supported agriculture (CSA) subscription is a cooperative dedicated to growing without chemicals, mentoring of farmers and marketing healthy produce to local residents.
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