Fresh Future Farm (FFF) works to address the health, wealth, and quality of life disparities in the Chicora/Cherokee neighborhood. We grow healthy food to build strong communities through our programs: food access and grocery services, education, agro-tourism, workforce development, and entrepreneurship.
Our team's commitment to our North Charleston neighbors has never wavered. Kickstarter support in 2019 gave us the financial capacity to buy the Success Street property but we couldn't translate community support into an agreement with the City to close the deal.
We've operated under a month to month lease since October 2020. A recent plea to North Charleston officials to purchase the land or receive an extended lease was unsuccessful. We hope to apply our land resources to infrastructure needs at a new rural farm space.
While this change is bittersweet, it does offer a path to an urban/rural community food operation. It is our desire to keep Success Street as our headquarters as we begin the first phase of creating a 20-acre cooperative farm. We plan to stay connected to North Charleston until the City needs the land back.
This capital campaign hopes to match the $46,000 land investment in 2019. Expansion means starting over from the ground up but we have a support system and experience in place to succeed!
More details are available on our website, https://www.freshfuturefarm.org/support
In gratitude and justice,
FFF Team
Donate to our wishlist: https://www.myregistry.com/organization/fresh-future-farm-wishlist-north-charleston-sc/3632237/giftlist