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Campaign for Affordable Farms

Posted Friday, November 29, 2013
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Holiday Bread Drive
Mount Grace supporter Ruby Pollock confers with Wally Voiland of Red Fire Farm at the 2nd Street Cafe's Holiday Bread Drive, which served as a fundraiser for the Campaign for Affordable Farms
Congressman Jim McGovern at Red Fire Farm for the Annual Meeting
AmeriCorps members Willa Caughey, Molly Heuss, and Teresa Arey with Congressman Jim McGovern, the keynote speaker at Mount Grace's 2012 Annual Meeting at Red Fire Farm.
Red Fire Farm Tree Planting
Leigh, Mount Grace Board Member Conor Power, Red Fire Farm owner Ryan Voiland, and Paul Voiland plant a tree at the farm during the campaign kickoff.
Red Fire Farm Strawberry Soiree
This year's Strawberry Soiree at the farm was a benefit for the Campaign for Affordable Farms Red Fire Farm Project.
Ryan and Sarah
Owners Sarah and Ryan Voiland at their Granby farmstand.
Campaign for Affordable Farms-Red Fire Farm

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Gifts Made 530
Amount Raised $400,000+

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Thanks to everyone who has helped us raise more than $400,000 for the Campaign for Affordable Farms Red Fire Farm Project!  The Campaign for Affordable Farms - Red Fire Farm Project addresses the urgent local and national need for permanently protected and affordable working farms and farm housing.  This innovative project builds on the work of Equity Trust to establish procedures and models which can be applied to farms throughout our region.  Through generous support, more than $400,000 has been raised for Mount Grace to purchase 124 acres of land on the Connecticut River.  With your support, Red Fire Farm will be a permanently-affordable whole farm held by Mount Grace as a community resource providing fresh, healthy produce forever! Mount Grace’s decision to take an innovative approach to farm conservation attracted support from grantors interested in investing in new methods to make America’s food systems more sustainable.  Leadership funding for the work came from The Bromley Charitable Trust, with additional project support from The 1772 Foundation, the Sand Dollar Foundation, the Hermann Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Adelard A. Roy and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation, the Rose Community Foundation, and more than 400 individuals. Thanks to everyone who has supported our Campaign for Affordable Farms!  

Thanks to everyone who has supported our capital campaign to purchase Red Fire Farm in partnership with farmers Ryan and Sarah Voiland.