PCF Announces 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign to Raise Funds for the Free Community Grazing Beds
Photo by Lindsay Bean. The Ishpeming Middle School garden sits directly across the street from the Ishpeming Middle/High School in downtown Ishpeming. The Community Grazing beds are located outside of the Middle School Garden Fence in the photo.
Our 2025 Giving Tuesday goal is to raise $5,000 to upgrade the FREE Grazing Beds at the Ishpeming Middle School Garden, right in downtown Ishpeming. These beds provide free, fresh food for anyone in need. This year, the Middle School Garden Club will take the lead in tending them, learning how to grow food for their community while building lifelong skills in teamwork, responsibility, and care for others.
Your support will help us replace 6-8 of these rotting beds and move them to the outer edges of the site to increase accessibility so we can feed even more families each growing season. In 2026, one of our goals is to increase grazing bed signage to increase our reach and help more community members. Together, we can keep Ishpeming growing one garden bed at a time.
Our Giving Tuesday Goal
Raise $5000 to Upgrade the Ishpeming Middle School Garden
Partridge Creek Farm was founded in 2013 with one goal: to connect our community through local food access and education. Over the past 12 years, we’ve grown a thriving 3.5-acre farm, launched free community education programs, built public grazing beds, and deepened our roots right here in Ishpeming all to strengthen food security for our neighbors.
In that time, we’ve proudly served 107 families in our CSA Subscription with fresh, local produce; reached over 500 students through Farm-to-School and youth programs; supported more than 200 seniors through workshops; and donated $1368 worth of fresh food to 289 families through the Salvation Army in Ishpeming. These programs are vital in a community where over 80% of Ishpeming students receive free or reduced lunch and 41% of families are ALICE (Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed), working hard yet still struggling to meet basic needs.
Photo by PCF’s Camden Kinnie. A free Community Grazing Bed at the Middle School Garden degrading.
Supporting Our Community
How PCF Supports Year Round Food Access
Since Partridge Creek Farm’s establishment in 2013, we’ve served 107 families in our CSA Subscription with fresh, local produce; reached over 500 students through Farm-to-School and youth programs; supported more than 200 seniors through workshops; and donated $1368 worth of fresh food to 289 families through the Salvation Army in Ishpeming.
These programs are vital in a community where over 80% of Ishpeming students receive free or reduced lunch and 41% of families are ALICE (Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed), working hard yet still struggling to meet basic needs.
Photo by PCF’s Camden Kinnie. Freshly harvested and washed broccoli at the West End Farm Stand.
Our Goal: Supporting Food Access in Our Community
This Giving Tuesday, we’re shining a spotlight on food insecurity in our community. At Partridge Creek Farm, we’re dedicated to growing fresh, accessible food for everyone, but we know we’re not doing it alone! Local food pantries and other organizations play a crucial role in making sure no one goes hungry. Together, we’re cultivating hope and nourishing our community!
Join us on Giving Tuesday:
When: December 2nd 2025, 4pm-7pm
Where: Congress Pizza in Ishpeming. Congress will be generously supporting PCF’s campaign when you dine in or dine out.
Please consider donating the following items to the Salvation Army in Ishpeming OR donate to a food pantry in your community:
Toothpaste, toiletpaper, person hygiene items
Pet Food
Coffee
Butter
Sugar
Flour
Olive oil, Vegetable oil
Photo by PCF’s Camden Kinnie. Ishpeming Middle School students harvest tomatoes from a garden bed in the Ishpeming Middle School Garden.
