Board Member

Sprout City Farms is an urban agriculture nonprofit organization based in Denver, CO, started by a group of farmers, researchers, teachers, business leaders, and community members that came together in 2010 with a vision for increasing food access and community resiliency through farming underutilized urban land.

Our farms serve as a platform for education, health, food justice advocacy, ecological stewardship, community wealth building, and neighborhood resiliency.

We recognize that Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), Tséstho’e (Cheyenne), hinono’eino’ biito’owu’ (Arapaho), and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ peoples are the traditional stewards of the unceded lands we are farming.

Since 2010, SCF has built:

Denver Green School Community Farm (DGS), a one-acre organic vegetable farm established in 2011 in partnership with Denver Public Schools;
Mountair Park Community Farm (MAP), a 1.5-acre organic vegetable farm established in 2014 in partnership with the City of Lakewood;
Dahlia Campus Farm, a one-acre organic vegetable farm established in 2016 in partnership with Mental Health Center of Denver (now managed by MHCD);
In 2020, we began working with Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont to plan buildout of a 5-acre agrivoltaics site, growing produce underneath solar panels and creating incubator farm plots.  We broke ground in spring 2021: learn more!
We continue to manage the DGS and MAP sites, and we also partner with organizations to build farms that serve their mission and programming: we worked with Mental Health Center of Denver to build the farm at the Dahlia Campus for Health and Well-being in NE Park Hill from 2015-2018, and regularly advise other urban farm operations.

Position Description

We seek board members who are not only inspired and motivated by SCF’s mission and vision, but also

have the time, network, and/or resources to contribute to the organization. Particularly, we are looking

for board members who are driven to help Sprout City Farms connect with the communities we serve,

support staff, maintain financial stability, and grow in a mission-driven, sustainable manner.

Current board openings:

• Accountant or someone with finance experience
• Lawyer
• Someone with nonprofit/small business management experience
• Experienced fundraiser
• Community organizer
• Representative(s) from the neighborhoods and communities surrounding our farms

Desired skills and qualifications for Board Members:

1. Meaningful skills and experience to share per the above openings, and experience with:
2. Ability to help raise awareness and funds for Sprout City Farms
3. Well connected in the philanthropy community in metro Denver
4. Represents the community surrounding one of SCF’s farms
5. Interest in growing a more sustainable and equitable local food system

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Attend monthly SCF Board Meetings and participate in one Committee (approximate
   commitment of 5 hours per month)
2. Assume tasks that come from Board decisions, such as researching, drafting a working
   document, contacting sponsors, supporting staff, etc.
3. Support and participate in fundraising efforts
4. Hold yourself and others accountable to the organization and commitments

If interested, please contact Andrea Asali, Board President, at board@sproutcityfarms.org. The candidate process typically includes an initial conversation with the Board President and Executive Director and then one-on-one conversations with the remaining board members. The candidate is then invited to the next Board Meeting if there is a mutually agreed-upon fit.