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Renew Richmond, is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to help empower individuals from all walks of life to cultivate healthier lifestyles through the growth and production of food. Renew Richmond envisions a community in which all members living in areas where healthy, affordable food is difficult to obtain have access to fresh produce and nutrition education they require to sus

tain healthy and productive lifestyles. While Renew Richmond’s programs serve individuals of all socioeconomic backgrounds, the nonprofit’s primary focus is low-income populations with increased statistical risk for nutrition related health issues such as diabetes, heart disease and chronic obesity. With rising rates of heart disease, obesity and diabetes directly linked to industrially produced food products including packages and fast foods, Renew believes that the best way to combat these preventable conditions it to engage children and their families in fun, educational projects to develop enthusiasm about healthy, great tasting natural foods.

11/03/2024

Recently this amazing group of students and staff VCU Athletics dropped by to help out on our farm! We're grateful for their support!

11/16/2023

Many thanks to the kind folks at Richmond Association of REALTORS for coming out recently to help spread mulch for our fruit trees! We truly appreciate your support!

02/13/2022

Huge shout out to Richmond Grows Gardens for organizing these student volunteers from Maggie Walker for a huge work day at G.H. Reid Elementary School! And as always, shout out to Communities In Schools of Richmond and Richmond VA Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities for supporting this work!

The students worked with us to construct some fancy raised beds, cleaned out the weeds in the high tunnel, and spread a huge pile of mulch around the outdoor classroom space. They even got a head-start on filling the raised beds with soil!

The adrenaline's still pumping and the marathon continues. Thanks to hard work of these amazing volunteers, we're almost at the finish line! Stay tuned!

12/11/2021

The outdoor classroom at G.H. Reid Elementary School is taking shape! This will be an amazing addition to the garden, and an invaluable asset for the students. Stay tuned!

11/30/2021

Hey everyone! Today is and we hope you can support the work we are doing to renovate and revive our 1.5-acre farm to support the aspirations of young people throughout Richmond. Click the link to give!

Several years ago, Renew Richmond worked with community members to transform a 1.5-acre parcel of land into a youth farm, which we call Farmstrong. Today, we are expanding the farm, and your support will help unlock its full potential.

11/19/2021

Amazing news! We're thrilled to announce that Virginia Outdoors Foundation has awarded Renew Richmond a grant of $25,000 to support Farmstrong, the 1.5-acre farm that Renew Richmond has stewarded since 2015 . We are thankful to them for supporting this work, this mission, and this small but mighty organization!

If you are able, we would appreciate any donations to our farm fund at https://givebutter.com/renewfarmfund. We are now halfway to our goal to acquire the farm, and significantly closer to being able to install crucial infrastructure, including a new well and storage! As we look to strengthen our youth engagement, these improvements and developments will take our work to the next level.

11/15/2021

Major thanks to Richmond Community ToolBank for these picnic tables! These will be a very welcome and much needed addition to Reid Elementary's outdoor classroom! Special thanks to Amanda from Communities In Schools of Richmond for coordinating this!

11/04/2021

We were fortunate to have a supporter help us rent a skid steer to do some much needed clearing at Reid Elementary School! We also had a community volunteer who let us use a dumpster from their business! And a special thank you goes to Richmond VA Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities for helping to transport the skid steer. With their support, we were finally able to clear out some debris that had accumulated there for far too long.

This was by far the biggest obstacle keeping us from moving forward, and now it's done. The renovation of Reid's garden is moving forward! We'll be working with the kids to lay down some cardboard and mulch for an outdoor classroom. That's just the beginning. Stay tuned!

10/12/2021

Thinking back to when we put this circular garden together at Obama Elementary School. The available space was limited, and we felt as though the shape fostered togetherness - making it a great place for students to gather. It also inspired us to be a little more creative. Shake things up some times!

10/04/2021

Huge thanks to Richmond VA Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities for donating these two picnic tables to G.H. Reid Elementary School. For the longest time there was no seating around the garden, so this is a game changer. It didn't take long for the kids to make good use of them!

10/01/2021

Congratulations to G.H. Reid Elementary School for being awarded a grant from Big Green . As you get ready to renovate your garden, you know we'll be there to support!

08/05/2021

We're happy to announce that we've been awarded a garden grant by Whole Kids Foundation to support the garden at G.H. Reid Elementary School! Let's get to work!

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Richmond, VA
23223

Website

http://www.renewrichmond.org/

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