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Kern Family Farm's New Healthy Market

Our farm is opening a mostly organic store in our small town featuring local produce and products.

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Kern Family Farm's New Healthy Market

Kern Family Farm's New Healthy Market

Kern Family Farm's New Healthy Market

Kern Family Farm's New Healthy Market

Kern Family Farm's New Healthy Market

Our farm is opening a mostly organic store in our small town featuring local produce and products.

Our farm is opening a mostly organic store in our small town featuring local produce and products.

Our farm is opening a mostly organic store in our small town featuring local produce and products.

Our farm is opening a mostly organic store in our small town featuring local produce and products.

Lisa Gilardi
Lisa Gilardi
Lisa Gilardi
Lisa Gilardi
1 Campaign |
North Fork, United States
$32,180 USD 202 backers
107% of $30,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Update Video #4


FEATURED PERK: Name that Chicken! When you donate $60, you can choose one of the four poor nameless chickens and one rooster below and give them an identity. We'll mail you a thank you with a photo of your chicken, and you can come visit him or her on the farm!


Update Video 3:  July 18

 

Update Video 2: June 2nd

Update Video 1: June 19th

Our Story

Hi there, we're Kern Family Farm. We're small farmers in North Fork, the exact center of California. For the past fourteen years we've been focusing on Farming and giving back to our community. We run our town's school garden, donating one day a week there, and we also help hand out food once a month to the less fortunate. In addition, we run a year round internship program where we teach up to eight people from all over the world farming and homesteading skills.

Our little town needs a lot more TLC. Most of the buildings in our town are vacant, and there are very few options for healthy food. Most people drive out of town to grocery shop, sending money out of our local economy.

That's why we're opening a new, local, healthy market. We want our community to have access to (mostly) organic food, and we want to have an outlet for other local farmers and artisans to sell their produce and products. This will keep more money circulating in our town, and build our sense of community.

We want to move to main street so we can have a better connection to our community, and so we can start including them in events and workshops we hope to host at our store and on our farm.  Right now we have a shop in a basement downtown, but most people don't know it exists. We don't have a shop keeper, so it's run on the honor system. Because of this, we restrict access to members who have to unlock the shop, fill out their own receipts, and lock up afterwards.

Our new store will be much larger, so we can carry more products, have seating, and maybe even a smoothie bar, and yes, a shopkeeper! The building we're moving into is actually no longer an entire building. We're in the process of remodeling the entire structure. Where we need your help is fixing up the interior to create a welcoming environment.

We'll need to buy:

Paint: $250
Shelving: $4,000
Refrigeration and Freezing units: $12,000
Bulk Bins: $4,500
Certified Sinks: $2,500
Display Cases: $4,000
Packaging: $2,000
Seating: $500

The store we have now is bringing in funds, but it's not enough to accomplish the whole task. We love our lifestyle, but it's not a huge money maker. We're constantly competing with the mega corporations that control our food system. They're able to keep food prices low through subsidies and their sheer size. People are continuing to pay less for less nutritional foods full of GMOs, pesticides and other chemicals,. That's why we're so excited about our new store!

We want our community to benefit from healthy, local food, and have another place for them to visit downtown. this is soarly needed in our community. we can't wait to get up and running!

Thank you so much for anything you can contribute.

We hope to see you when we open our doors

With love and respect,
The Kerns

 




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letter, post card and hug

$20 USD
Hansel gives great hugs! You'll receive a personal thank you from us as well as a post card for your use.
23 claimed

Kern Family Farm tote bag

$50 USD
Hansel's oldest daughter Ariana designed our bags featuring a hand drawn image of our farm. The image is printed on a fair trade bag.
59 claimed

Name that Chicken!

$60 USD
We have four poor nameless chickens and one rooster living in our barn. Won't you please help them out by giving them an identity? We'll send you a thank you with an included portrait of your chicken. Choose which chicken you'd like to name from the featured photo on our page.
3 out of 5 of claimed

Kern Coloring Book!

$80 USD
One of our friends is illustrating a Kern Family Farm coloring book, great for a present, coffee table book or for yourself - come on, when was the last time you sat down and had yourself a good ol' color?
4 claimed

$15 credit and coloring book

$100 USD
Come shop at our new place! If you're not a local we can send you something shippable like nuts or soap. Also, you get our custom Kern Family Farm coloring book! (Crayons included- woah!)
9 claimed

Dental Exam and Cleaning

$125 USD
When was the last time you went to the dentist? If it's about time, donate to us and then head over to Ed Fey for a full exam and teeth cleaning. The Fey's own the building we're moving into and they're chipping in some perks!
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Teeth Whitening

$300 USD
Our new shop's building owners happen to run the local dentist office too! They are offering a full mouth whitening for your donation. Their office is located in North Fork, we'll give contributors all the details.
1 out of 3 of claimed

Farm Stay and Tour

$350 USD
Come on over to our place! We'll give you a tour of the farm and then let you relax for a night at "The Studio", our cliff house overlooking Redinger lake and a breathtaking mountain view. Sit back in a hammock and enjoy your stay.
3 claimed

Weekend Farm Stay & Tour

$750 USD
Come spend a weekend on our farm. We'll show you around, and make you a farm-fresh dinner (and drinks). Spend your evenings at "The Studio", our cliff house overlooking Redinger Lake and a breathtaking mountain view. Stop by out store on your way in and pick up $50 of groceries.
3 claimed

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