Astoria Harvest is a volunteer-powered organization with a vision: to transform a 5.23-acre property on the Oregon Coast into a free, organic food farm and community resilience hub for Clatsop County. In just 90 days, we've served over 750 families, distributed more than 1,000 coats, and built a network of volunteers, partners, and local supporters. Now, we have the land, the seeds, and the expertise to grow food and foster connection—but time is running out to get crops in the ground this year.
Why This Works: The metaphor we keep coming back to is grouting between the tiles. The agencies, the nonprofits, the government programs—those are the tiles. But people fall through the gaps. We're the grout. We fill needs. We bridge gaps. We build community. We create a network of resources that doesn't require a grant cycle or a government permit to function. And now we have the infrastructure to do it at scale: urban receiving center, warehouse storage, classroom spaces in town; rural land for housing, food production, and healing; and a network of volunteers, school district support, and civic partnerships. Twenty years of dreaming. Three months of building. Everything is finally aligned.
Your donation will help compensate current tenants for moving costs, prepare the site for workforce housing and dog camp infrastructure, stock classroom spaces, and provide an emergency reserve for immediate needs. This funding gets crops in the ground THIS YEAR, activates community programming, and provides stable housing for five households. If you can't donate, please share this, tell someone, show up at a Food Swap, or donate items at 1305 8th Street. The network is the resource.
This is an emergency. People are going hungry in Clatsop County. We have the resources, the land, and the ability to create a 100% organic, free community food farm and several satellite centers—but we need your help to make it happen. We're not asking for money to plan or study the problem. We're not waiting for a committee to approve a proposal. We have the land, the seeds, the expertise, the builders, the volunteers, the community spaces, and the vision. We have five households—including six children—ready to live and work on the land now.
Why This Works: The metaphor we keep coming back to is grouting between the tiles. The agencies, the nonprofits, the government programs—those are the tiles. But people fall through the gaps. We're the grout. We fill needs. We bridge gaps. We build community. We create a network of resources that doesn't require a grant cycle or a government permit to function. And now we have the infrastructure to do it at scale: urban receiving center, warehouse storage, classroom spaces in town; rural land for housing, food production, and healing; and a network of volunteers, school district support, and civic partnerships. Twenty years of dreaming. Three months of building. Everything is finally aligned.
Your donation will help compensate current tenants for moving costs, prepare the site for workforce housing and dog camp infrastructure, stock classroom spaces, and provide an emergency reserve for immediate needs. This funding gets crops in the ground THIS YEAR, activates community programming, and provides stable housing for five households. If you can't donate, please share this, tell someone, show up at a Food Swap, or donate items at 1305 8th Street. The network is the resource.
This is an emergency. People are going hungry in Clatsop County. We have the resources, the land, and the ability to create a 100% organic, free community food farm and several satellite centers—but we need your help to make it happen. We're not asking for money to plan or study the problem. We're not waiting for a committee to approve a proposal. We have the land, the seeds, the expertise, the builders, the volunteers, the community spaces, and the vision. We have five households—including six children—ready to live and work on the land now.