Growing Together -

A Thank You For...

Windy Flat RV, San Pablo, donates a trailer for the 2.2 acre farm. (September, 2015).

tree Dave Wilson Nursery donates 230 peach and nectarine trees for Richmond residents. (February 2015).

Bill Graham Supporting Foundation, awards Self-Sustaining Communities a supporting grant. (December, 2014)

Robert J. and Lim Duca donate 2.2 acres in San Pablo (December, 2014)

Duarte Trees and Vines donates 450 citrus and fruit trees (October, 2014) for residents in Richmond, CA.

Annie's Annuals for hundreds of vegetable starts for home, community gardens and urban farms in Richmond, CA. 2014

Nutiva partners with Self-Sustaining Communities to provide for organic gardens in the backyards of transitional homes of Bary Dugar for the formerly incarcerated and the homeless in Richmond, CA. July, 2014.

cherry Tom Burchell of Burchell Nursery personally delivers 850 cherry, apricot, nectarine and peach trees to Richmond residents in honor of Cesar Chavez. Burchell Nursery (March, 2014)

award The Strong Foundation for Environmental Values, awards Self-Sustaining Communities a grant. (March, 2014)

alt The Lifchitz Family Foundation for their donation for social justice in Richmond, California.

Terroir Seeds, Cornucopia Seeds, Redwood Seeds, Bountiful Gardens, and SmartSeedStore for the donation of surplus 2013 seeds (January and February 2014)

tree Dave Wilson Nursery donates 500 plum, cherry, apricot, Asian pear and peach trees for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service in Richmond, CA. (Jan. 2014)

award Bill Graham Supporting Foundation, awards Self-Sustaining Communities a supporting grant. (December, 2013)

cherry Duarte Trees and Vines donates 300 citrus and fruit trees (October, 2013) for residents in Richmond, CA.

cherry Tom Burchell of Burchell Nursery does it again by making a donation of 320 pomegranate trees, olive trees and blueberry bushes specifically for the North Richmond Green Festival. Burchell Nursery (October, 2013)

cherry Tom Burchell of Burchell Nursery personally appears to make a donation of and distribute 800 peach, nectarine, cherry, apricot, apple, pear and plum trees to Richmond. Burchell Nursery (March, 2013)

tree Dave Wilson Nursery donates 210 fruit trees and the City of Richmond staff pick them up and distribute them. (Feb. 2013)

award Piton Engineering for their donation and support. (January, 2013)

award Bill Graham Supporting Foundation, awards Self-Sustaining Communities a supporting grant. (December, 2012)

award The Rose Foundation, Environmental Grassroots Fund, awards Self-Sustaining Communities a Watershed protection grant and an Environmental Grassroots grants. (November and December, 2012).

cherry Duarte Trees and Vines donates 250 bluberry bushes, raspberry canes and table grape vines (November, 2012) for residents in Richmond, CA.

McEvoy Ranch donates 1,000 Tuscan olive trees for Richmond residents. (September, 2012) and an additional 1,000 in October of 2012.

Thanks to the El Cerrito United Methodist Church for including in their ministry plan a partnership with Self-Sustaining Communities.

cherry Pro-Tree Nurseries donates 1,308 Apple and Cherry trees. (April, 2012)

Beginning November, 2009, to date 16,095 fruit, nut and olive trees have been donated and distributed for planting.

1% Member thank you's: Piton Engineering, Drive Current, Inc., Waisup.com, True Liberty Bags

The Self directs the functioning of the whole psyche in an integrated way. According to Carl Jung, conscious and unconscious are not necessarily in opposition to one another, but complement one another to form a totality, which is the Self.
(Excerpt from Personality and Personal Growth 6th ed. Frager & Fadiman, 2005)

Details: Written by Administrator

A brief video Nutiva made to support the work of our organization, and our sponsorship of TRUPP in creating organic gardens in the backyards of their transitional housing.

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Our work/mission is to assist in creating a systemic change in the SF East Bay of Northern California which meets environmental, social, and sustainability needs by addressing those areas upon which survival is dependent, specifically food, energy, transportation, shelter and social inclusion. We focus on low-income, high crime areas, but are not necessarily limited thereto. We approach these areas as part of an integrated larger area where coming together to make a systemic change can effect greater well-being for all members of the community.

Given the collapse and dysfunction of the current economic situation, the unemployment, environmental issues and crime, creating a new model is an opportunity we have at hand, by utilizing grassroot efforts, community building and social technology, among others.