Building a Stronger Community Through Our Food Garden
Feed Hunger Now
We work locally with individuals, community and non-profit organizations, schools, and government agencies to inspire, engage, educate, and empower individuals to grow food sustainably thereby helping increase food security, reduce hunger and provide better access to nutritious, affordable, fresh, locally grown organic food and domestic green job opportunities.
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What if nutrient-dense food could grow anywhere on Earth? 🌍🌱
Meet The People’s GrowHouse, a concept we’re designing at Feed Hunger Now. 💚
It’s a small, modular indoor growing space about the size of a tiny home, built to bring fresh food and hands-on learning to any community, in any climate. 🏡
✨ Clean indoor growing using recirculating water: hydroponic, aeroponic and aquaponic methods
☀️ Off-grid ready, with solar, wind and battery storage
💧 Rainwater harvesting and filtered water
🌀 Steel columns designed toward hurricane-level wind resistance
🌿 A wraparound porch for outdoor classes, extra growing space, a wash and prep station, and the occasional farmers market
Most importantly, it’s being designed to be affordable, so the communities that need fresh food most can put one to work. 🙌
It grows out of what we teach every day at The People’s Gardens. In 2025 alone, that meant 180+ educational tours, 1,850+ volunteer hours, 17,500+ meals supported and 1,000+ lbs of produce donated. 🥬
We’re still in the design phase, and we’d love your ideas! 💡
Where would YOU put a GrowHouse? Tell us below 👇
Share this with someone who dreams of growing food anywhere 🌱
#FeedHungerNow #PeoplesGrowHouse #Hydroponics #FoodSecurity #SustainableAgriculture @sahibaquaponics @foundationforseminolestate
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24+ visitors. One Saturday. A garden full of future researchers. 🌱🔬
Last Saturday we welcomed Professor Debbie Socci, Distinguished Professor and Environmental Club Adviser at Seminole State College, along with faculty colleagues and members of the Environmental Club! 💚
We were also honored to welcome incoming Sanford Mayor Christina Hollerbach, who was impressed by how much the garden has grown since her last visit in 2023, and former FHN Board Member Hayley Furman. 🙌
Everyone joined our educational demonstration tour, then got their hands dirty with real gardening, plus fun facts about our tropical fruit trees. 🌳🥭
The excitement was contagious! ✨
🎓 Students already planning to come back and learn more
🧪 Professors swapping ideas for experiments and research here and at our upcoming People’s Garden at the SSC Sanford/Lake Mary Campus
😄 A couple of professors even (jokingly!) planning gardens for their own campus
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” 🌿
What would YOU want to research in a garden like ours? Tell us below 👇
Tag a student or educator who’d love this 💚
#FeedHungerNow #SeminoleState #HandsOnLearning #SustainableAgriculture #SanfordFL @soccideb @foundationforseminolestate @electhollerbach @hayleyfurman @sahibaquaponics
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“Happy to be here, buddy.” 🤝💚
Saturday mornings at the People’s Gardens start with handshakes, big smiles and a “welcome back.” Some of our Sprout Squad came as strangers and now look forward to seeing each other every week. 🌱
And the garden keeps growing with them. Walk our paths and you’ll find mango 🥭, banana 🍌, avocado 🥑, guava, loquat, pomegranate, jujube, carambola ⭐ and assorted citrus 🍊, to name just a few of our tropical fruit trees! 🌳
Then breathe in… the blooming white champaca (Michelia alba) fills the air with the most enchanting fragrance. 🌸✨
Come for the gardening, stay for the friendships. ☀️
Kids are welcome to visit and volunteer too, with a parent or guardian! 👧🏽👦🏻
Who’s your Saturday morning buddy? Tag them below 👇
Save this for your next free Saturday 🌿#FeedHungerNow #VolunteerWithUs #TropicalFruitTrees #CommunityGarden #sanfordflorida @sahibaquaponics
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“I’ve never done anything hydroponically… and this is intriguing.” 🌱💚
Earlier this year, a visitor and his wife toured the People’s Gardens and promised to come back with his brother, a lifelong gardener facing some new challenges. Last Saturday, they kept that promise. 🙌
His brother now lives in an assisted living facility and wanted to learn how our garden designs could help him keep growing. You should have seen his face light up during the demonstration tour! ✨
“I’ve always done just regular type gardening… I’m at the beginning of this.”
He’s already planning a garden where he lives, putting up shade so the plants can thrive in the Florida sun, and hopes to help the kitchen cook with fresh, homegrown food for the residents. 🥬🍅
Anyone can learn to grow some of their own food. 🌿 Food grown this close to home tastes amazing, and because it’s so nutrient-dense, it’s good for your health too. 💪
Who’s a gardener at heart in your life? Tag them below 👇
Save this as a reminder that it’s never too late to start 🌱
#FeedHungerNow #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwnFood #FoodIsMedicine #SanfordFL @sahibaquaponics
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A mother and daughter read about us in the Lake Mary paper and decided to come grow with us last Saturday. By the end of the morning they were transplanting seedlings into our hydroponic nutrient-fed soil beds and sowing fresh seeds for the next harvest. 🥬🌿
Every seed they planted will grow into fresh food for neighbors facing food insecurity. 💚
This is working. 🙌
Kids are welcome to visit and volunteer too, with a parent or guardian! 👧🏽👦🏻 Bring your family and come get your hands in the garden.
Who would YOU bring to the garden? Tag them below 👇
Save this for your next free Saturday 🌱
#FeedHungerNow #Hydroponics #VolunteerWithUs #FamilyVolunteering #SanfordFL @sahibaquaponics
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HOW YOU CAN MAKE AN IMPACT
Your time in our gardens helps grow food that feeds our community and supports the Rescue Outreach Mission.
Every contribution you make supports our sustainable urban food systems and our efforts to provide for those in need.
Amplify our mission and the work we do with the Rescue Outreach Mission by sharing our story and inviting others to join our cause.
RESCUE OUTREACH MISSION
Partnership
At Feed Hunger Now, we are on a mission to end hunger in our community. Our nonprofit partners with the Rescue Outreach Mission, a temporary homeless shelter in Sanford, FL, to provide meals to those in need. We are proud to say that the produce grown in our gardens helps supplement the food supplied to their guests, ensuring that they receive a balanced, nutritious meal. We believe that everyone deserves access to healthy and delicious food, and we work every day to make this a reality in our community.
DONATE TODAY
Your donation makes a significant impact on our mission of creating a world without hunger. At Feed Hunger Now, we are dedicated to inspiring the building of sustainable urban food systems. Every dollar you donate goes directly towards achieving this goal. Join us in making a difference today!
