Fennigan's Farms

Who are we?

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“We seek to change the way everyone thinks about food access. It’s not just about having food around. Communities deserve permanent and sustainable options.”

/ The Fenn Farms Team /

Background

Fennigan’s Farms is a sibling team, farm, and sustainable agricultural design firm based in Detroit, Michigan. Fennigan’s Farms exists to support the liberation of Black life and communities through food sovereignty and community-specific solutions.

Named after our wonderful dog, Fennigan J., Fennigan’s Farms was born out of our love for our community and our people. During times of political unrest, the most vulnerable in our community are hurt and overlooked. We seek to build resilient communities through sustainable agriculture.

Here at Fennigan’s Farms, we believe that having permanent access to healthy food is a human right. We believe that everyone should have the ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle without struggling to do it. That’s why our motto is “Grow, Teach, Build”.

Grow

We support you in growing fresh fruits and vegetables in your own grow space, by designing and building those spaces for you and your community. We build gardens and spaces for growth.

We support your community by showing you the resources you need to build a resilient one, and by giving you the tools you need to preserve your culture and restore your food autonomy.

Teach

We teach individuals how to grow and cook healthy food from their gardens and local stores.

We teach community members how to take care of their bodies and one another. We also offer free online programming to help you master your kitchen and grow spaces.

We provide information regarding the ways in which systems of food opulence and oppression keep people deliberately separated from food.

Build

We build sustainable centers for growth in the form of what we call Fenn Farms all over the country. Here, we go beyond providing individual grow spaces. Our profits go directly into the building and hosting of shared economic spaces rooted in agriculture. Our resources go directly toward building and helping to root community gardens, food-share programs, and sustainable networks in communities left behind by food apartheid.

We work with community sponsors and partners to build year-round markets with spaces for small businesses to showcase their products. Each market is equipped with a grow space that can be tailored to grow culturally relevant foods in every community. These spaces can be used to support community initiatives to support the housing and food insecure, and displaced people. In this way, we can help communities use the land they do have to regain agency in the food system and create a legacy.

By building for you, we are able to build sustainable resources for every community.

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Healthy food is a right. Just like clean air and water. I want healthy options to be the norm in every community.

/ Founder, Amanda B. /