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Tikkun Farm

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7941 Elizabeth St, Cincinnati, OH 45231
Phone (215) 630 - 1091
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Our mission

To offer experiences healing people impacted by trauma, connecting communities polarized by fear, and farming with practices restoring the soil.
Opportunities

Food, Farm, Garden, Build, Bake - There is room for every gift at Tikkun Farm

Every week more than 200 volunteers welcome guests to our Free Market, prepare ingredients for the 300 crockpot kits that go out every Sunday, feed and care for our barnyard family, support our garden, help with building projects, bake goodies to offer hospitality to visitors and guests, and more. Without volunteers Tikkun Farm’s work in the world would cease.

When COVID shut down the world, many of us felt the need to “do something”. Tikkun Farm became a place where neighbor served neighbor, and together we remembered the healing power of meaningful work.

Some of our Core Beliefs around VOLUNTEERING include:

• Each of us gives and receives.
It’s a blurry line between giver and receiver at Tikkun Farm. There are not those who give support and those who receive it. We believe the truest expression of the human experience is when we do both.

Most of our volunteers first found the farm in search of support. They shopped at our Free Market, and then asked, “How can I help?”. They received a crockpot meal kit every week, and then offered to deliver to other families. They took a cooking class, and then offered to chop veggies for our crockpot kits.

Others showed up for a Volunteer Day, and discovered time outside chased the blues away. They asked to come back every week to work in the garden. Many volunteers receive credit for community service hours while offering unique gifts in support of our mission.

• Everyone has something to contribute.
Elders with walkers prepare spice kits, single parents chop veggies at home with their kids, folks with social anxiety organize supplies, non-English speakers keep produce bins stocked during Free Market, children foster baby chicks at home. We are committed to offering everyone a way to contribute.

• Meaningful Work heals us.
So much of what ails us is rooted in disconnection. Tikkun Farm Volunteers discover the healing power of being connected to something larger than themselves, and belonging to a community rooted in acceptance and support. We remind ourselves all the time that our real mission is not feeding people, growing food, job training, cooking classes, tending the animals or composting. These are means to an end… the universal longing for Love, Belonging and Connection.

To support our connection with one another, we gather once a quarter for to share food and stories about our experiences on the Farm.

• Little Things add up
You don’t have to do a lot to make a difference. Most of our volunteer opportunities are 2-3 hours. You can sign up once a month, once a week, once a quarter, whenever you have a few hours to offer. You can volunteer on the farm, or work from home. When everyone gives a little, we end up with more than enough.
  • One-time, Ongoing, Recurring
  • Teens, 55+, Adults
  • Individuals, Groups (2-10), Groups (10+), Corporate Teams, Families
  • Tech Support, Indoor, Outdoor, Project-based
  • On-site
  • Anytime

Feeding Families

Tikkun Farm distributes more than 1000 lbs of food weekly to ~100 families.

We also distribute 300 Crockpot Meal bags with all the ingredients needed to cook meal in a crockpot, chopped, measured, bagged and ready to go.

We can only serve this many families because of the support of volunteers who chop veggies, measure spices, assemble meal bags, deliver them to families, as well as help us welcome guests who pick up produce on Fri and Saturday.

These are great projects for families to work on together. All the food prep can be done at home.
  • One-time, Ongoing, Recurring
  • Children, Teens, 55+, Adults
  • Individuals, Groups (2-10), Groups (10+), Corporate Teams, Families
  • In Person
  • On-site
  • Anytime, Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends

Volunteer Gardeners

Support the development of our permaculture lab: plant perennials, trees, move mulch, pond maintenance, weed, harvest.
  • One-time, Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • Teens, 21+, 55+, Adults, Child with Adult
  • Individuals, Groups (2-10), Groups (10+), Corporate Teams, Families
  • Physical, Outdoor
  • None, On-site, Skilled
  • Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends

Nourishing Families Cooking Program

Assist with Food prep for Crockpot meal bags: chop and bag veggies, measure and bag spices, assemble meal bags, deliver meal bags.
  • One-time, Occasional, Weekly
  • Teens, 21+, 55+, Adults, Child with Adult
  • Individuals, Groups (2-10), Groups (10+), Families
  • Indoor
  • None
  • Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends
Stories
Duke the Noble Rooster & Spike the Mayor

Duke the Noble Rooster & Spike the Mayor

How COVID Grew Us - Dinner in a Bag

How COVID Grew Us - Dinner in a Bag

From Grief to Growth

From Grief to Growth
How you help

Every week more than 200 volunteers welcome guests to our Free Market, prepare ingredients for the 300 crockpot meal kits that go out every Sunday, feed and care for our barnyard family, support our garden, help with building projects, bake goodies to offer hospitality to visitors and guests, and more. Without volunteers Tikkun Farm’s work in the world would cease.Some of our Core Beliefs around VOLUNTEERING include:• Each of us gives and receives.• Everyone has something to contribute.• Meaningful Work heals us.• You don’t have to do a lot to make a difference.
About us

Tikkun Farm, a 3.5 acre farm in the neighborhood of Mt. Healthy in Cincinnati, offers a place of healing, restoration and repair cultivated through meaningful work and spiritual practices. We hope a person who finds shelter at Tikkun Farm comes to know the truth that they are Beloved.Tikkun is a Hebrew word meaning “repair” or “restore.” The phrase Tikkun Olam captures the collective life purpose of the Jewish people to “repair the world.” This phrase has many layers of meaning from personal healing to global reconciliation. It recognizes that none of us passes through life without suffering. Inevitably, we will be hurt and cause harm. We heal and need healing. We live comfortably with this ambiguity and paradox. Our most sacred work involves partnering with Love to heal the wounds of the human journey. This includes repairing lives, structures, creation, bodies, relationships, neighborhoods, and nations. We do this by “remembering who we are,” beloveds, created by Love to be Love in the world.