Invitation to Grow Food at Sunflower

We’re opening up land at Sunflower Regenerative Community in Erie and would love to invite farmers, gardeners, and food-based organizations or small businesses to grow food here—for donation, distribution, or sale.

Sunflower is a 2-acre, privately-owned and community-run home and land project in Erie, rooted in regenerative practices, shared stewardship, justice, and community nourishment. We’re a Colorado nonprofit (federal status in progress), and for now any land-use agreement would be directly with me as the property owner and in collaboration with community members who live here. We’re open to longer-term arrangements so it’s truly worth investing time, energy, and care into the soil.

What we’re offering:

• Productive land to grow food (no pesticides since at least 1995, and most in regeneration/permaculture generation for years)

• Municipal water costs for food growth shared

• A supportive, engaged residential community--some with good knowledge of regenerative practices and permaculture--that wants to help, learn, and participate

• Potential access to interns through other partners

• Potential access to pens to raise fowl--likely need another large dog for protection from burgeoning coyote population

• A values-aligned, collaborative environment oriented toward feeding people and building local resilience and justice

What we’re hoping for:

• Growers connected to nonprofits, mutual aid efforts, or mission-driven food businesses

• Openness to donating some portion of food when possible to those experiencing food insecurity

• A shared understanding that those of us who live here would have some access to consume a portion of what’s grown

• A spirit of collaboration, care for the land, and relationship-building

Donations for the use of land and studio space are welcome and go directly toward maintaining the 3,000-square-foot home and the land itself—keeping this place viable as a long-term community resource.

If this sparks curiosity—or if you know someone who might be a good fit—we’d love to talk, walk the land together, and imagine what could grow here.