In early March, Sweet Wheel Farm, a local 6-acre farm in Summerland, launched the Save Summerland Farm Campaign to preserve and protect farmland in Santa Barbara County. Learn more about Sweet Wheel Farm and how they became a critical community…
The Farm attended a hearing in which the Carpinteria School District brought the farm property in front of the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission to request the disposal of the farmland for development. This land had been willed to the…
SBCFAN produced a storytelling to elevate the story of Sweet Wheel Farm’s Food Action Plan goal activation. Sweet Wheel Farm leveraged the video on the Save Summerland Farm website as a tool to connect viewers to learn more about their…
With two months to raise two million dollars, the Farm worked to increase awareness about their fundraising and advocacy campaign through social media, outreach at farmers' markets, and community gatherings on the land.
Marc Chytilo, attorney for Save the San Marcos Foothills, comes on-board to support the Save Summerland Farm Campaign.
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network began tabling at every Santa Barbara Certified Farmers Market in early August to promote the Save Summerland Farm campaign. “They were pretty instrumental in believing in this campaign and what we are trying to accomplish,” said…
The Save Summerland Farm campaign successfully raised $2 million and on August 25th the Carpinteria School Board accepted their bid to secure the farmland for their nonprofit, The Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education Foundation.
The Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education Foundation becomes fiscally sponsored by the Santa Barbara Foundation. Founder Leslie Ryan, owner of Sweet Wheel Farms, launched the nonprofit to educate and empower the next generation of farmers to ensure food security…
According to Leslie Ryan, this campaign was a win for women farmers and regenerative agriculture. Check out their feature article Summerland Farmland to ‘Remain Green Forever’ to learn more.
