Empower Tandi Family Farms' Sustainable Vision

Tandi Family Farms is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Urban Farm and Farm School based in San Leandro, CA, where we see ourselves as a part of, not separate from, nature. We envision a world where cultivating food nourishes diverse ecosystems, people, and communities in an endless cycle of abundance. Our mission is to inspire and empower people to live in harmony with nature through immersive farm-to-table experiences with food that is truly good.

This fundraiser will continue to support our Victory Garden Project, as well as the purchase of land for our regenerative teaching farm. We've had a successful first year, and are ready to grow!

The Victory Garden Project empowers people to grow their own food in partnership with nature, whether in their own backyard, a tiny balcony, at school or in a community garden.

We are also fundraising for the purchase of land for our regenerative teaching farm. Our vision is to rehabilitate a degraded piece of land with nature-based solutions, healing the ecosystem and growing food regeneratively. We estimate a cost of about $5 million to purchase land. Help us make our dream of a regenerative teaching farm a reality!

Thanks to generous donations like yours, we've been able to do a lot of good: In our first year we planted 10 victory gardens, providing gardening education and continuing support. We've also formed a community of many more victory gardeners and

New Victory Gardens Planned for this Spring:

We have 38 victory gardens planned and ready to be planted, including many home gardens, a school garden, two community gardens, the local Boys and Girls Club, and two gardens for beneficiaries of local nonprofit organizations. We plan to plant these gardens this spring and your support will help us do that.

Examples of what your gift can do...

$30: 10 Packages of seeds

$65: Drip irrigation system for 1 garden

$100: Seedlings for one garden bed

$500: Greenhouses to supply 5 gardens with seedlings

$1,000: Soil and compost delivery to 10 gardens

$5,000: Small home garden

$12,000: 6 bed community garden

$5 Million: Land purchase for our Regenerative Teaching Farm.

Our Core Values

The Tandi family immigrated from Italy to the U.S. in 1925 and settled on Bay Farm Island in Alameda, CA. They were generational farmers that instilled their ancient ancestral vocation in their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. John (Giovani) was a first generation Italian American born to Angelo and Maria Tandi. He was a passionate chef that loved growing his own food and nurturing his community through the food he cooked. John passed down his love for feeding people farm-to-table to his daughters and grandchildren. Tandi Family Farms is John's legacy. Where we intend to honor him through our farming work and the food we cook.

To learn more about these programs and the work we do, please visit us at www.tandifamilyfarms.org and follow us on Instagram and Facebook at TandiFamilyFarms.