11 Oaks

11 Oaks is a

501 (c) 3 public charity
and contributions
are tax deductible

PO Box 251
Empire, Mi USA 49630

To receive aid or partner with us on a project:
Contact us

Our Mission: To increase the food security of the world's poorest people
by empowering them to grow vegetables under extreme conditions

gravity fed drip irrigation vertical food production with recycled materials roof top urban gardening propagation and much more....
in Kenya, Cameroon, and Lesotho in Guatemala

Buckets of Rain is now on FaceBook go there to 'like' us and see more pictures

What's New!: DETROIT ! ! ! ! Plans are being made with St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church to start a community garden in the Castle Rouge neighborhood. It is an area with much promise for food production- and gardening based employment opportunities also.
We start laying pipe next week, stay tuned. Definitely, you should contact us to assist or give or request aid if you live in the city, or any city, for that matter. Detroit can be a great example of neglected urban areas re-inventing themselves, the Greening Movement is under way.

Congrats to Desi Stephens of Educacion + Desarrollo, a partner of ours in Guatemala. She just returned from an awareness raising trip to Chicago and secured the shipment of 20,000 pounds of food to San Antonio Aguas Calientes. Thank you Rotary Int. for your assistance!

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Roof top gardens and vertical gardening are what it's all about in the big city. Dr. Martin Price of the ECHO Global Research Farm refers to unused city rooftops, walls and fences as the 'final frontier' in helping the urban poor to grow their own.

Please visit our section on Extreme Gardening and read our blog with new pictures added daily!

Click here for the latest Glen Arbor Sun article on the name change and 11 Oaks

Video: The Kids Visit Hanley's Farm
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WHY GROW VEGETABLES? When the rains cease, or when people live deep in crowded cities, meals consist of the more store-able grains because there is not enough rainfall- or land- to grow vegetables. Balanced diets cease and people get sick... hey, imagine if you and I ate just oatmeal every day for ten months......you get the idea? Better Health...Education...Hope... we can do this!