Vision & Mission

Food Uniting Neighbors was founded to establish vegetable gardens and food forests as a means to provide fresh produce to local food banks. In doing so, FUN will bring together neighborhoods and communities to address food insecurity through education and empowerment. 

The Vision of FUN is to bring together neighborhoods and communities to address food insecurity through education and empowerment.

FUN's Mission is to establish vegetable gardens and food forests in diverse suburban neighborhoods as a means to provide fresh produce to local food banks 

FUN shall:

🥕 Provide free food donations to enable access to healthy, locally grown food for those with food insecurities.

🍄 Promote the benefits of healthy food options and encourage people to experience a variety of fresh foods including introducing new types of food to people.

🌿 Educate and encourage community participation through hands-on learning, guided workshops, school field trips and volunteer projects.

🍅 Teach and guide interested parties how to create and maintain viable food forests and gardens.

🌳 Beautify neighborhoods with green space, by converting unused, overgrown, weed-filled land into space with food producing plants.

🍓 Demonstrate the feasibility and reliability of a food forest and vegetable garden in a suburban neighborhood.

🍐 Promote sustainable resources..