Rooted and Growing Campaign - Fridge Space

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A nonprofit fundraiser supporting

Farmamerica

Building an interactive fridge to connect people with the agricultural story behind their food

$1,850

raised by 13 people

$10,000 goal

Thank you!!!

Update posted 2 years ago

Thank you to everyone who has given today on Give to the Max!! We have had several people donate both here on GiveMN, but also by stopping by or reaching us directly on our website. Thank you for considering Farmamerica during this giving season!!

About Farmamerica

As Minnesota's Agricultural Interpretative Center, Farmamerica connects people with the history of agriculture and rural life by interpreting our several historic farm sites. However, we are currently missing an interpretive site to connect individuals to modern day agriculture. 


Rooted & Growing Capital Campaign

The Rooted and Growing Capital Campaign seeks to raise a total of $850,000 to renovate our Visitor Center, build an inclusive playground and create new programs. 

Over the last year, Friends of Farmamerica have already pledged over $600,000, but we need your help to get the rest to bring these changes to life and help people discover the millions of products that derive from agriculture and the millions of jobs connected to agriculture!

Through Give to the Max Day 2022, we are aiming to raise $10,000 to contribute towards our capital campaign. These funds specifically will be used towards creating the Fridge Space in our Ag Around you Discovery Center. 

Fridge Space

This part of our Campaign is specifically focused on raising the funds needed to create an interpretive space in our new "Kitchen" in the Ag Around you Discovery Center. The Fridge will show food items found in your fridge at home and tell the story of where the food items came from and help farmers show how their work directly impacts what you put in your fridge. 

By connecting everyday items with the story of agriculture and our farmers, we hope to show that even people who have never set foot on a farm are still integrally connected with our local farmers. 


Other Rooted and Growing Spaces

Ag Around you Discovery Center

Part of the campaign is to renovate the current Visitor Center to build the Ag Around you Discovery Center, which will explain how today's agriculture impacts everyone, especially those who have never lived on a farm! It will feature many interactive displays showing how the food, fuel, and fiber we use everyday are directly connected to Agriculture.


Inclusive Playground

We are looking to add an inclusive agricultural themed playground to our site so that visitors of all abilities will be able to play and explore. We understand that the best connections can come from moments of exploration, so we hope that this new playground will spark connection and curiosity of our young visitors to want to learn more. 


New Programs

The last section of our Rooted and Growing Campaign is devoted to developing new programs to connect individuals of all ages to the evolving story of agriculture. By expanding the age range that our programs focus on, we are hoping to connect older students with not only how agriculture impacts their current life, but also to start exploring potential career opportunities in agricultural related fields and allow them to become greater stewards of sustainability in our world.


Learn More

Still want to learn more about our Capital Campaign? Visit farmamerica.org/capitalcampaign 

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