Our Community United This Giving Tuesday to Support Food Access In Ishpeming
Aerial photo of the Ishpeming Middle School Garden and the FREE Community Grazing beds by Lindsay Bean.
This Giving Tuesday our community showed up in support of food access in Ishpeming to help raise a total of $8645.25! We called on our neighbors to help replace 6–8 of the FREE Community Grazing Beds in the centrally located Ishpeming Middle School Garden and you answered the call.
Thanks to your generosity, we are now able to replace 8 of these FREE Community Grazing Beds so that free produce stays available to everyone who needs it. In addition to replacing these beds we are now able to fill them with compost and topsoil, relocate them for accessibility, and increase signage and awareness! These grazing beds allow community members and families pick vegetables without worry.
Thank You For Your Support!
What’s Next
Your support will help us prepare for the following activities during the 2026 growing season:
Replacing 8 FREE garden beds with USDA approved Vego brand garden beds.
Relocate beds to the outer edge of the site to increase awareness.
Education opportunities for Garden Club students to learn how to grow food for their community while building lifelong skills in teamwork, responsibility, and care for others.
Increase grazing bed signage to expand our reach and help more community members.
We Will Continue Supporting Food Access
Our 2025 Giving Tuesday campaign has ended, but you can still support local food pantries. Partridge Creek Farm partners with the Salvation Army in Ishpeming, in 2024 we donated $1,368 in fresh produce!
Consider donating the following items to Salvation Army in Ishpeming or your local food pantry:
Coffee
Pet Food
Canned Goods or non-perishable food items
Olive oil or Vegetable Oil
Butter, Sugar, Flour
Photo Credit: taken by Sarah Rypma Photography for Michigan Department of Education / 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids and Farm. PCF’s growing team washes freshly washed produce for our community.
