From The Ground Up Farms, Inc.

12/02/2025

We have finished with Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now its Giving Tuesday. We want to spread the word, because we need your help. Every donation goes directly to our programs, not paid staff, nor an office with the traditional overhead. That is our secret to doing more, with less.

You are the very reason that almost 14 years later, we still operate "for free" to those very people who need us the most. We don’t want to charge for what we teach and do, but we do have equipment repair/maintenance costs, insurance, workshop expenses and such.

We love our community and are busy planning our programs for 2026. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Please consider supporting From the Ground Up Farms this Giving Tuesday!Join us in nurturing, educating, entertaining and continuing to help our community. With your support, we offer hands-on workshops in sustainable farming and host vibrant community events like our “Relations Gathering.”Empow...

11/25/2025

We want to send a huge THANK YOU to Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council for their generous donation. We are so grateful. The work you do is so important and we are quite humbled knowing you thought about From the Ground Up. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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11/24/2025

Super grateful to North Valley Community Foundation for their continued support and donations to our programs💯 With their help, we can continue giving back to the community for free💙 Please contact us if you would like to volunteer your time as we can always use the help💙Much appreciation to everyone involved!

We have awarded a grant of $1,500 from our Food Insecurity Relief Fund to From the Ground Up Farms, Inc for the Concow Hot Meals Project. This is one of several grants issued so far totaling more than $60,000.

Organizations with food pantries in Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Tehama and Plumas counties can apply for grants of between $500 and $1,500. View the grant guidelines, apply and donate to the fund at nvcf.org/food-insecurity-relief.

11/24/2025

We are incredibly grateful for the much needed support that North Valley Community Foundation offers us time and time again to help our Concow and Hiway 70 families. We have established a "support fund" with them which will accept donations for us to help us with maintenance and repair costs for our tool lending library.

We began this Community Tool Lending Library after the Camp Fire to help our small mountain communities rebuild without having to purchase the tools themselves. It has been working very well for over 6 years now, but has its challenges, like everything else. Mostly it needs funding to pay for the repairs and maintenance and it needs volunteers to do the work.

Let me clarify some things. For one thing, borrowing is free. For another thing, the repair and maintenance is NOT. Most people use the tools and equipment with care and respect, but some don't. Many tools come back broken and in need of repairs and many times we are not told there was an issue. All of it needs maintenance after each use.

After almost 7 years of being borrowed and used regularly, we have done our best to keep up with it all, but since I have been dealing with cancer, I have not been able to write grants like we were used to. That is how we keep it all free, repaired and maintained. Without the grants and donations coming in, it comes out of our own pockets. We do what we can. I am back to writing grants and fully expect funding to be coming in for some much needed repairs and maintenance.

We are not talking about just hammers and screwdrivers, but backhoes, sawmill, wood chippers, wood splitters, heavy brush mowers, chainsaws, w**d eaters, fence post hole diggers and so much more. The big heavy brush mower came back to us with the engine blown...$500 for a new motor. Wood chipper needs new blades because borrowers continue to ignore us as we explain its limitations...$400 for new blades. Several chainsaws were ruined and can't even be repaired because the wrong fluids were used burning up the motors. 3 are ruined and were $500 each. The trencher needs new teeth because the directions were not followed and now needs new teeth....$200 for new teeth. And then all of these repairs are major repairs, large equipment having to be torn down and rebuilt, not quick minor fixes. And this doesn't even count the oils, gas, filters, chains, w**deater string and all of the other things.

Just tell us if there is a problem and we will do our best to fix it, rather than turn it back in and not say a word. We are not perfect. We are a very small group of people and do our very best to help these families by meeting needs as best we can. And now my biggest helper and maintenance/repair person is also fighting cancer. So to the person who thought they should bash us on FB, don't come borrow anything.

We love these families and do the best we can. We will continue to help everywhere we can. Maybe come to us if you have a concern instead of bashing us on FB and blocking me so I can't comment lol. Maybe you have time to help??? From the Ground Up has been operating with no paid staff, all volunteers, for 13 years now and everything we offer is still free. We are always looking for more volunteers. Feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns or donations. That is how we are able to keep helping after all of these years. We choose to stay positive and just keep doing what we do because we know how many local families have been helped. We even love you too negative person.

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11/23/2025

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New fund announcement: From the Ground Up Farms Support Fund. This fund will allow for the organization, From The Ground Up Farms, Inc., to accept online donations. The organization runs the Kentfield Kids program, Tool Lending Library in Concow as well as programs that provide free education around nutrition, gardening, land clearing, and tool use and safety. To learn more about the fund go to https://www.nvcf.org/funds/from-the-ground-up-farms-support-fund

11/17/2025

Giving Tuesday is December 2nd, 2025. I thought we would start spreading the word now because we need your help. Every donation goes directly to our programs, not paid staff, nor an office with the traditional overhead. That is our secret to doing more, with less.

You are the very reason that almost 14 years later, we still operate "for free" to those very people who need us the most. We don’t want to charge for what we teach and do, but we do have equipment repair/maintenance costs, insurance, workshop expenses and such.

We love our community and are busy planning our programs for 2026. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/please-consider-supporting-from-the-ground-up-farms-this-giving-tuesday

11/16/2025

Thinking about giving up on gardening just because it's cold? 🥶 Think again!

Winter gardening is totally possible, and some veggies even get sweeter after a little frost. 🥕❄️

Don't let your garden beds sit empty! Here are 9 of the most popular and hardy vegetables you can grow for a delicious winter harvest:

Kale 🥬

Why it's a star: Super hardy and gets sweeter after a frost. A true winter warrior!

Spinach 💪

Why it's a star: This tough green can handle temps down into the 20s (°F). Perfect for winter salads.

Carrots 🥕

Why it's a star: Cold weather makes them extra sweet! It's nature's candy.

Broccoli 🥦

Why it's a star: Thrives in cool temps and will keep giving you side shoots even when it's chilly.

Brussels Sprouts 🌱

Why it's a star: The classic "tastes better after a frost" veggie. Harvest them straight from the stalk.

Cabbage 🥬

Why it's a star: A staple for hearty winter soups and stews that isn't afraid of the cold.

Hardy Lettuce 🥗

Why it's a star: Pick the right varieties (like 'Winter Marvel' or 'Little Gem') and you can have fresh salads in winter!

Leeks 🧅

Why it's a star: Incredibly cold-tolerant. Just leave them in the ground and harvest when you need them for soups.

Garlic 🧄

Why it's a star: The ultimate "plant it and forget it" winter crop. Plant it in the fall, let it overwinter, and harvest next summer!

11/09/2025

Yesterday was such a heavy day of reflection for so many, us included. We are honored to have been walking beside you all and to have been able to help so many in their journey to rebuild. There is still so much work to be done. My family alone lost 7 homes, 3 businesses and Lake Concow Campground was hit hard losing all structures, equipment and so much more.

What did we do? We jumped in and found amazing ways to help you all. Seven years later the sawmill is still milling. The backhoe is still trenching, leveling and so much more, all for free. The community tool library is still loaning tools and equipment.

We immediately rebuilt campground bathrooms and showers and opened the campground to any fire family needing a safe place to be, for free, and that went on for 3 years. Our payments didn't stop, but we chose to help the community and the campground made -0- income for those 3 years. The relationships we built those 3 years are priceless and worth every struggle.

We gave away thousands upon thousands of dollars in gas, propane, groceries, car repairs, tires, hotel rooms, paid for replacement eyeglasses and medications and more. Our community stepped up to help too. We taught 100' defensible space clearing and now many have great jobs. We focused on neighbor helping neighbor and seven years later, neighbors are still helping neighbors. We love this community!

December 2nd is Giving Tuesday and we hope you think of From the Ground Up when trying to decide who to support with your end of the year donation. Your donations will help us continue to support our Hiway 70 Corridor of mountain communities, help us to repair and maintain all of this equipment and to keep our programs running. We have no paid staff, no office, nor the traditional expenses that go with it. That keeps the funding going where it was intended. Donations can be made through our website www.fromthegroundupfarms.org or through our fund with North Valley Community Foundation. Tax receipts available as we are a 501c3. Here's to another year of rebuilding and community. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

11/08/2025

Here's a don't miss event. It is always super fun, with this year's theme "a night in old Hollywood" so dress up. The food is always incredible and in abundance. And while you are enjoying an awesome evening, you are helping to build houses for our fire families. Who knew it was so easy to help? Today it has been 7 years and there are so many families still in need.

Today marks another year since the Camp Fire changed our community forever. We remember the lives, homes, and memories that were lost — and we remember the resilience that rose from the ashes.

For many, healing hasn’t been a straight path. There are still families, elders, and individuals who are trying to rebuild stability, safety, and a sense of home. That is why Tiny Pine Foundation continues our mission: building tiny homes for those who can’t and haven’t rebuilt on their own.

Our work didn’t end when the flames went out — it began there.

As we approach our 4th Annual Tiny Pine Foundation Gala, we ask our community to join us once again. Every ticket purchased, every sponsor, every auction item, every share — directly supports building real homes for real people who are still recovering, not just from the Camp Fire, but from disasters and hardship across our region.

Hope isn’t a one-time effort. It’s a community choosing, again and again, to lift each other up.

🕯️ Today, we honor the past.
🌲 Next Saturday we come together to keep building the future.

If you can, please join us, support, or spread the word. Together, we are still rebuilding — one tiny home, one family, one act of kindness at a time.

tiny pine foundation gala tickets www.tinypinefoundation.org