Collective Ownership and Outreach

Every member of the community who contributes to the SAC, be it labor or financial contributions, each will own the SAC. Everyone who contributes to that cycle will be given a commune membership card entitling them to 50% in produce and 50% in dividends. This means 50% of the seasonal yield will be set-aside to feed the community and 50% will go to market for sale. All produce sold to residents of that community who are not contributors will be sold goods at discounted rates through our farmers’ markets.

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Our community gardens will provide economic benefits, increase social equity, strengthen our communities, and promote environmental stewardship.

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The goals of the Sustainable Agriculture Commune are:

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• To support the sustainability goals for Our Communities: Improve the quality of life for residents, create a healthy environment and enhance economic development and job creation opportunities.

• To increase the public’s understanding of the value of community gardens and the need for community gardens in cities throughout the United States.

• To encourage and facilitate local urban agriculture which increases access to fresh, nutritional food for residents-particularly those in underserved communities; and

• To transform vacant and underutilized city parcels into productive gardens.

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All SAC Activists will be diligent in the pursuit of donors and sponsors for their particular communities and include in-kind donations of equipment and material. As the SAC expands, the commune can turn its attention to purchasing rural acreage for farming, the foundation of our own agricultural institutions where the focus will be on making purchases of land in 10-acre tract increments. If we are to create a society that values Our Lives, we cannot ignore the role of food and land.