Boise Vertical Farm

17/05/2024

Today I am 14 years clean. Moving on and being good. This life is so much better. No looking over my shoulder.

27/12/2023

Boise Vertical Farm is growing! We’ll be making some changes to our website in the coming days, so please be patient with us as we work to improve this space. Donate We create a safe community that provides hope and employment resources for individuals in substance abuse recovery by growing local ...

27/12/2023

Happy New Year from Boise Vertical Farm!

This year-end letter from our director has two purposes:

1) Report our progress and let you know what we have been working on at Boise Vertical Farm
2) Request a year end donation from you to continue our good work

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Our goals when we started in 2019:

1) Provide Community Service Hours to those in recovery who have been arrested, charged and sentenced with crimes related to drugs and alcohol.

2) Provide Employment Resources for Community Service participants that are ready to move away from Drugs and Alcohol. With our Employment Resources program, we will create mentorships, training, education, skills development, and support programs for people in recovery who are ready to move from addiction to become contributing members of society. We believe Mentorship is the answer.

3) Help Prevent Relapse. Most recovering addicts and alcoholics have a history of relapse. Very few find recovery on the first try. Many relapse repeatedly. If we can stop repeated relapse, we can help prevent overdose deaths.

We have made excellent progress toward our #1 planned goal of providing Community Service hours. In 2021, we received 3 candidates from the ADA County Court System into our Community Service Program. In 2022, we received 36 candidates from ADA County, Canyon County, and the Idaho Department of Corrections. 53% were women, and we provided 1167 hours of Community Service. In 2023, we have received 45 candidates from ADA County, Canyon County, Gem County, and Elmore County, as well as the Idaho Department of Corrections. 56% have been women, and, to date, we have provided 863 hours of Community Service.

In 2022, 85% of our candidates completed their assigned Community Service hours and stayed clean and sober.

Our Mission is to provide Hope, Employment Resources, and Community Service Hours for people in recovery from drugs and alcohol.

What we have learned:

Our average participant is 20 – 30 years old and female. They have been sentenced to between 4 and 200 hours of Community Service. Most have struggled finding good jobs with a future in a clean and sober environment. Most currently work in fast food, in restaurants or bars. Most are exposed to drugs and alcohol daily.

After getting clean, people in recovery are excluded from better jobs due to transportation issues, limited skills, lack of childcare, limited or nonexistent work history, and a drug/alcohol related arrest and conviction. These are the problems we are trying to solve.

We have been pleasantly surprised that most Community Services participants have been polite, respectful, hardworking and easy to get along with. Most take direction well, have been teachable and are very bright. Many just need mentorship and direction.

In most cases, these are people who turned the wrong direction in their teens and 20's and need to find a better path to follow. We are asking you for the financial help needed to provide that path.

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Since 2019 we have funded our 1st goal with grants, loans and money received from selling produce and products.

As we move forward, we need money to fund our second Goal.

Helping people in recovery learn new skills, gain additional education, will actually save our society money. Studies have shown that addiction and alcoholism costs $2,000 to every man, women and child in the US.
An NIH Study shows that for every $1 spent on recovery and employment programs for recovering addicts & alcoholics, society saves between $7 - $12 dollars. The cost of addiction & alcoholism is in lost potential, lost productivity, lost wages, drug related crime, increased health care costs, law enforcement costs, and criminal justice costs. Employment programs have been shown to have the best rate of return on investment.

Please donate to Boise Vertical Farm.

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The people we work with are worth saving. They can become contributing members of society with a little help.

Thank You,

Jeff Middleton

Boise Vertical Farm is growing! We’ll be making some changes to our website in the coming days, so please be patient with us as we work to improve this space. Donate We create a safe community that provides hope and employment resources for individuals in substance abuse recovery by growing local ...

30/06/2023

Have you had a chance to check out our Volunteer Stories page yet? Head on over to our site to check out some amazing stories from our community, and be sure to reach out to us if you have your own story to share!

25/05/2023

TWO MORE DAYS UNTIL OUR PLANT SALE!!! That's right, our first annual plant sale is THIS SATURDAY, 05/27, at our greenhouse. Come on down to 5810 Castle Drive in Boise from 10AM to 2PM to check out our herb and microgreen starts, tomato plants, fresh leaf lettuce, mushroom bricks, and more!

07/05/2023

Merritt's. What a great place. Love the waitstaff. They are the best people! Merritt's is just around the corner from Boise Vertical Farm. I go there often.

There's a hole-in-the-wall place in Boise that was rated Idaho's Best 24-Hour Restaurant, and they serve some of the most delicious comfort food like...

02/05/2023

is running now through May 5th. When you donate to Boise Vertical Farm, your donation will go to support people in recovery from drugs and alcohol. Your financial support is needed now more than ever as we face ever increasing problems with drugs and alcohol in our society. Our goal is to help people stay clean and sober and to find meaningful and sustained employment in a supportive environment.

01/05/2023

Idaho Gives starts tomorrow May 1st and ends May 5th. Look for Boise Vertical Farm when you donate. Your donation will go to support people in recovery from drugs and alcohol. Your financial support is needed now more than ever as we face ever increasing problems with drugs and alcohol in our society.
Our goal is to help people stay clean and sober and to find meaningful and sustained employment in a supportive environment.

Pleas donate to help others.

Thank you
Jeff
Executive Director
Boise Vertical Farm

05/04/2023

Want to support BVF AND get some delicious donuts? Starting this Saturday, purchase a box of donuts through our Krispy Kreme Digital Dozens campaign, and 50% of the proceeds will be donated to Boise Vertical Farm. We'll be posting the link to order as soon as our page goes live this weekend, so keep an eye on this space for more information!

28/03/2023

Our Refrigerator Died. We are in need of at least 1 clean & operating refrigerator for our Castle Dr location. If you have an extra refrigerator that you can donate to a nonprofit please let me know. We don't use freezers so bonus if you have a single or double refrigerator without freezer - bonus.

Contact me: Jeff Middleton [email protected]

23/03/2023

THIS WEEKEND: Come check out Boise Vertical Farm at Idaho's biggest flower and garden show! See poster for details.

18/02/2023

Our Mission 💙

13/02/2023

Get Your Green Thumb On 🥬👍🏽

Join us at the Boise Flower & Garden Show again this year, March 24-26th. See poster for details! TICKETS IN BIO!

02/02/2023

We've got some new, delicious recipes up on the website! Annnd - first come first serve, this and all of our other hot-takes and updates you can get right on our weekly newsletter! 🥑

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📸 via Molly's Mills Garlic Seasoning

01/02/2023

The Eat. Drink. Shop Market is BACK and they're right in their new home at The Warehouse in Downtown Boise! Thank you for joining us last Saturday 🥬 and stay tuned, right here and in our weekly newsletter (access right on our website - and a special treat) when and where to find us next! 📍

21/01/2023

Treasure Valley! We are looking to fill a position at Boise Vertical Farm for a content creator | marketing manager.

✨In school & looking for a part time job? looking to engage in content creation?
✨Interested in creating content?
✨Looking to learn more about us & what happens behind the scenes at our farm?
✨Have you ever used Squarespace, Mailerlite, or Canva? No? Let's get started!

for more information, contact [email protected]