We sat down recently with UHF president Katie Stemp, under the shady trees out front of the site she and other volunteers hope to transform.
Here’s where they’re at:
“We’re at the very beginning of our public-outreach phase – it has taken 6 to 8 months to get the foundation started and all the paperwork filed … we can now position ourselves to start fundraising and educating the community.” That means plans for events and fundraisers and contacting potential donors, “what companies and family foundations are in the area that would have the interest and funding … to boost our culture here.”
The Urban Homestead Foundation is mentioned in this great article from Seattle Magazine!
Want to grow your own food? Anyone can create a food forest, but it does requires a little thought and planning. Jeremy Puma walks us through the key steps of building food forest and answers other important questions.