What is Growing To Give?

Our mission is to empower marginalized, low income, climate vulnerable communities to grow their own fresh produce, thereby reducing reliance on traditional food distribution systems.

Where is Growing To Give located?

Growing To Give operates in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Marshall Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.

What is a Growing to Give garden?

A 'Growing to Give' garden, while similar in concept to a 'Grow to Give' community garden, often has a more specific focus on sustainable agriculture and the use of organic or eco-friendly growing practices. This type of garden emphasizes the importance of reducing environmental impact and promoting biodiversity, alongside the goal of providing fresh produce to those in need. It frequently involves educational components about sustainable farming techniques, such as composting, permaculture, or water conservation. In contrast, a 'Grow to Give' community garden may focus more broadly on the act of growing and donating produce, with a stronger emphasis on community building and participation, regardless of the specific gardening methods used.

What is a grow to give community garden?

A 'Grow to Give' community garden is a gardening initiative where participants cultivate fruits, vegetables, and other produce primarily for donation to those in need, such as local food banks or community centers. This type of garden fosters a sense of community and shared purpose, as local residents come together to grow food and support their neighbors. It often functions as a space for education and engagement, teaching participants about sustainable gardening practices and healthy eating. Additionally, 'Grow to Give' gardens can help address food insecurity in the area, providing fresh, nutritious produce to individuals and families who might not otherwise have access to it.

How do I become a Food Ambassador?

To become a Food Ambassador with Growing To Give, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating across all 50 states in America, an individual begins by making a charitable donation of $1,000 to the organization. This donation not only supports the nonprofit's mission but also enrolls the donor in the Food Ambassador program. In return, the new ambassador receives a Food Ambassador kit, which includes three innovative Crop Circle Gardens. These compact, water smart, highly efficient gardens are designed for easy use and impressive yields. The program is structured to foster generosity and self-sufficiency: one of the Crop Circle Gardens is intended to be given away to someone in need, enabling them to grow their own food at home. The remaining two gardens are for the ambassador’s use, one for their personal food production and the other to continue the cycle of giving by growing additional food for those in need. This initiative not only helps in addressing food insecurity but also promotes sustainable gardening practices, creating a community of caring individuals dedicated to making a tangible difference in the fight against hunger.

What technologies does Growing To Give use to grow more food with less?

Growing To Give employs innovative technologies to maximize food production while minimizing space requirements. A key feature of their approach is the use of Tomato Volcanoes, which come in two variants: one tailored for community gardens and the other designed for home use. These structures are specifically engineered to optimize the growth of tomatoes, producing abundant yields in a compact form. Additionally, the organization utilizes versatile Crop Circle Gardens, which are remarkably efficient in growing a wide range of vegetable varieties within just a five-foot radius. This makes them ideal for personal use in limited spaces. For larger scale production, they offer solutions suitable for commercial market gardens and farms, capable of covering several acres. These technologies collectively enable Growing To Give to effectively address space constraints while significantly boosting food production, aligning with their mission of sustainable and efficient agriculture.

Cultivating a World Free from Hunger: Join the Growing to Give Movement

Imagine a World of Possibility: Imagine a world where the most resourceful and productive community farms and gardens thrive, nourishing communities with fresh and sustainable produce. Now, imagine those farms and gardens being gifted to communities passionate about sustaining them for years to come. That's what we're all about at Growing to Give — creating a movement of generosity and empowerment through innovation in agriculture.

Agriculture with Purpose: Agriculture is more than survival for people in need. It’s a source of pride and purpose, a way to connect with the land and with each other. It’s a means to grow, give, learn new skills, and contribute to the common good. By promoting sustainable farming and gardening practices, Growing to Give is working to free millions from hunger and build resilient communities across America and around the world.

Our Mission

Growing to Give aims to combat hunger, improve food security, and promote environmental stewardship through agricultural and plant-based nutritional development. We support community food-growing initiatives, gardens, and urban small-scale farms. Our mission is to empower marginalized and climate-vulnerable communities to grow their own fresh produce, reducing reliance on traditional food distribution systems and enhancing food security, health and well-being, nonprofit partner and farm revenues, and self-sufficiency.

Our Vision

We envision a world where sustainable food sources free people from hunger and the devastating effects of poverty. Together, we can transform lives through the power of agriculture and community.

Food Programs:

We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to grow nutritious food in any setting. Our Root Tube Gardens program specializes in creating productive gardens using containers, perfect for those with limited space. For those fortunate to have a backyard or community garden plot, our Crop Circle Gardens offer a high-yield approach that makes every inch count. Click on the images below to learn more about each of these programs and how you can get involved.

Root Tube Gardens

Crop Circle Gardens

Initiatives:

Growing To Give project initiatives are designed to create impactful, lasting impacts for both communities and the environment. By combining innovative approaches to sustainable land use, community empowerment, and ecological restoration, these initiatives aim to address pressing global challenges such as habitat loss, climate change, and food insecurity. Through education, sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration, our Growing To Give can make a meaningful difference for both people and the planet.

The Spiral River Project

The Spiral River Project is a Growing To Give initiative designed to reclaim abandoned landscapes. The project features rewilded natural landscapes between the loop of a spiral-shaped river stocked with indigenous aquatic species. Click on the image below to uncover the full story and find out how you can support this innovative project. The Spiral River Project is a Growing To Give initiative designed to reclaim abandoned landscapes. The project features rewilded natural landscapes between the loop of a spiral-shaped river stocked with indigenous aquatic species. Click the image below to uncover the full story and find out how you can support this innovative project.

Growing to Give: Sowing Seeds of Hope

Growing to Give is a movement dedicated to transforming lives through innovative agricultural practices and community empowerment. It envisions a world where sustainable community farms and gardens flourish, providing fresh, nutritious food and fostering self-reliance in marginalized and climate-vulnerable communities. By promoting sustainable farming and plant-based nutrition, we aim to combat hunger, improve food security, and nurture environmental stewardship. Through initiatives like the Root Tube Gardens for limited spaces and the high-yield Crop Circle Gardens, Growing to Give empowers individuals to grow their own food, enhancing health, well-being, and self-sufficiency. At its core, the movement emphasizes agriculture as a tool for building resilience, cultivating pride, and strengthening connections between people and the land.

Cultivating a Better Tomorrow

Growing to Give drives impactful initiatives such as the Spiral River and Spiral Farm Projects, blending ecological restoration with sustainable agriculture. The Spiral River Project reclaims abandoned landscapes, creating rewilded natural environments that support biodiversity and indigenous aquatic species. Similarly, the Spiral Farm Project provides fresh produce to those in need while serving as a vibrant community hub for education, collaboration, and sharing life experiences. These initiatives address pressing global challenges like climate change, habitat loss, and food insecurity, demonstrating how thoughtful land use and community engagement can create lasting environmental and social benefits. Together, Growing to Give’s programs and initiatives inspire action, empowering people to join a global movement of generosity and sustainable living.

Collaborative Partners

Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us.

Since its beginnings, Slow Food has grown into a global movement involving millions of people in over 160 countries, working to ensure everyone has access to good, clean and fair food.

Slow Food believes food is tied to many other aspects of life, including culture, politics, agriculture and the environment. Through our food choices we can collectively influence how food is cultivated, produced and distributed, and change the world as a result.

Slow Food
We’re the first and ONLY Chamber of Commerce located in hundreds of metro areas that is focused on growing cross-border trade and investment in a collaborative way... everywhere!

Doing business in one metro? Join a local organization. Wish to grow in more than one metro? Join the Global Chamber® to reach new opportunities anywhere in the world.

Our mission is to accelerate cross-border business, trade and investment in every region of the world by engaging top executives and leaders with warm connections and timely information to grow their businesses and create more success.

Our vision is to create a business reality where it's as easy growing across regions anywhere in the world as it is selling across the street.

Growing To Give is proud to welcome Global Chamber as a sponsor and we are eager to see what we can accomplish together.

Global Chamber of Commerce
The Pan African Chamber of Commerce is an advocate for a business environment conducive to enterprise creation and development, generating employment and contributing to the socio-economic development of Africa.

Africa is full of promise. Boasting seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies of the world over the past decade, it has one of the largest populations of working-age people, vast untapped natural resource wealth potential, and an increasingly stable community of democratic governments that are eager to trade and welcome international investment.

Pan African Chamber of Commerce
Tree Plantation and Growing To Give have joined forces to combat climate change and save endangered tree species from around the world and we can do this quickly and at scale.

Tree Plantation grows trees in circles instead of in rowed plantations. Circular tree plantations grow trees 20% faster, provide unparalleled protection from the elements and quickly develop under canopy forest ecosystems that transform the forest floor.

Circular tree plantations retain moisture and humidity: vital for land areas affected by changing rainfall patterns. Indigenous flora, some of which are scarce and endangered, thrive in these circle-shaped, high humidity forests.

Intermingled with commercially valuable timber trees are flowering trees to support the bird and insect pollinators that occupy the forest. Endangered trees can be planted as well using the tree canopy of the main forest for protection from the elements.

Tree Plantation and Growing To Give are currently collaborating on a 1,000 acre spiral forest project that will be funded entirely by donors and sponsors.

Tree Plantation
Patented and trademarked in over 40 countries, Crop Circles® is a minimum resource use, high-yield, climate adaptable technology set to disrupt global agriculture. Crop Circles® use less water, less land and grows more food in less time in any climate, anywhere!

Crop Circle Farms® was created to address four critical issues facing the world today: water scarcity, food insecurity, broken supply chains, and the high-cost of fertilizer.

Crop Circle Farms has developed technologies that address these issues head on; and we have done this at scale. Crop Circle Farms can grow food on just about any landscape regardless of soil quality.

Low cost, low water use, and zero import fertilizer use are just some of the reasons that Crop Circle Farms may be the best controlled agriculture approach to addressing food production, particularly in a world were half the population is dealing with some level of food crisis.

Growing To Give has partnered with Crop Circle Farms to provide small space, low impact agricultural systems to small plot farmers challenged by the rising cost of production and low outputs.

Crop Circle Farms and Growing To Give are currently collaborating on a 1 acre food spiral project that will feed 3,000 people a year on the island of St. Martin.

Crop Circle Farms