Abundance Farm is a Jewish food justice farm and outdoor classroom located in Northampton, Massachusetts. Abundance Farm is a unique collaboration at Congregation B'nai Israel with the Northampton Survival Center and Lander-Grinspoon Academy to support local food security and to create a unique, outdoor learning environment. Abundance Farm is a beautiful urban oasis where people of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds are drawn for nourishment, community, and learning.
Abundance Farm has a three-fold mission:
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Practice and Promote Food Justice and Local Food Security
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Build Strong Community between our three collaborating organizations (CBI, LGA and the Northampton Survival Center) and between the Northampton Jewish community and the broader local community
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Provide Outdoor Education Experiences which inspire a love of the natural world, promote a sense of personal responsibility to care for Creation and a love of learning
Abundance Farm is a place where:
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Commitments to food justice and environmental stewardship are inspired and expressed.
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Real community is built across age, faith and background.
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Experiential, land-based education teaches environmental sustainability, permaculture principles and Jewish ecological wisdom.
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Jewish life and learning are experienced as joyful, meaningful, and relevant to today’s world.