We are growing because the need is growing.
Help us grow more, so we can feed even more.
Hunger and poor nutrition sometimes have a cloak of invisibility. We look around our community and assume that everyone is well fed. Look more carefully though, that cloak may be fooling you.
Nearly 27,000 residents of Champaign County alone are living in food insecurity.
Sola Gratia Farm started out in 2012 with four acres and a prayer, but from the very beginning we have been true to our mission of sharing our bounty with those in need and being good stewards of the land.
Much has changed in twelve years but we continue to work hard to bring food and education to those in need, as well as the entire community.
We have more than 250 families in our weekly CSA membership now, and sell produce at the Urbana Market at the Square as well as other retail and wholesale outlets. Even more importantly, in 2024, we donated more than 14,000 pounds of fresh produce to 15 partner organizations, including the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, Wesley Food Pantries, the Jubilee Café, the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, plus our own free neighborhood market.
We grow food all year long. With our new land and facility, we can now do even more.
The more you give, the more we can feed with lovingly grown, healthy, local produce.
By grace alone…
. . . may we share our gifts with the hungry.
. . . may we be good stewards of the earth.
. . . may we build a community of cooperation and care.