Growing Good at Green Thumb Farm
Making an Impact in our First Year
Green Thumb Farm is a pioneering model for an education-based community farm that connects and empowers people to grow and engage with seasonal and locally grown food.
Through hands-on learning and sustainable farming practices, the farm equips individuals and families with the skills and knowledge about growing and eating seasonal food. This empowerment fosters better food choices, enhances food security, and promotes improved health outcomes, particularly in the management and prevention of chronic diseases.
This model, with its focus on education and community involvement, can be replicated across Australia, particularly in vulnerable communities, to build resilience and ensure access to nutritious food for all.
Hands on learning opportunities
Connecting children with how food is grown
Cooking with seasonal food
Our Impact in 2024
Improving health outcomes for children, families and vulnerable groups
250+ children and adults
reached through our farm helper program gaining hands on experiences
209+ young families
families with children aged (0-5 years) participated in our Little Green Thumbs Program
169+ children
children aged (6-12 years( impacted with our school excursion program
150+ families
participating in our educational workshops on growing and eating seasonal healthy food
100+ families
consuming our locally grown produce each week through our markets
22+ people with disability
impacted directly with our disability farm program
Planting, Nurturing and Harvesting Seeds of Change
Planting, Nurturing and Harvesting Seeds of Change
Three UNIQUE ways we make a difference:
- We fill a knowledge gap with many schools unable to provide opportunities for students to get hands on in a school garden, and provide students with outdoor learning opportunities to meet the Qld Curriculum.
- We provide an opportunity for people with disability to experience hands on work at the farm that gives them real opportunities to learn and participate in meaningful work.
- We have waitlists for families with children aged 0-5 years to participate in our Little Green Thumbs Programs. With more funding and support, we can offer more programs.
B Corp, Pledge 2% and Businesses who Give Back.
We welcome partnerships with organisations across Brisbane to support us through sponsorship, in-kind support, and corporate volunteering programs.
Why Choose to Support Green Thumb Farm?
Your impact goes a long way with us.
We are in our early stage of growth as a charity and social enterprise and we have proven results doing good for people and planet. Our overheads are low, we have a great volunteer base, and we know how to make our funding stretch far.
When you partner with us, you make a real difference to a small, but impactful charity making an impact on both People and Planet.
Green Thumb Farm Association Inc. is a registered not-for-profit organisation,
an accredited charity with the ACNC, and proudly holds Social Traders Certification.
