Dates: Friday, September 17 & Friday, September 24
Times: Open between 9am and 2pm (pre-registration is required)
Cost: Free, but pre-registration is required
Event Details
Right in the middle of Fort Wayne is an urban farm that you may not even know exists. Located within two shipping containers, we're hydroponically growing 5 acres worth of leafy greens and herbs year-round.
But that's just the beginning of the story! The purpose of CASS Gardens is to train and employ adults with a variety of intellectual and developmental disabilities. These adults grow, maintain, and harvest all of the food being grown in our climate-controlled, safe environment.
We'd love for you to come and hear our story, see how our farms work, meet a few friendly faces, try samples of our produce, and leave with a bag or two (or more!) of our locally-grown greens.
This event is in collaboration with Northeast Indiana's Local Food Week 2021.
Pre-registration required
Please email or call Robert with party size and time of arrival at:
robert@casshousing.org
260-206-3540
Visitors can park alongside the green and white shipping containers. That's where our 5 acres of farmland are!
CASS Gardens
CASS Gardens' Facebook Page
CASS Housing is a nonprofit organization that creates customized housing and support solutions for people with intellectual disabilities. Our organization seeks to address one question, “How can we begin to make a difference in key areas that people with disabilities and their families face?”
This is why CASS Gardens was created.
Only 25% of people with intellectual disabilities like autism and Down syndrome have a job in Indiana. Employment helps give meaning and direction for all people. The structure and routine of farming presents incredible opportunities for our Core Members (residents).
Using state-of-the-art hydroponic systems, we’re able to grow pesticide free produce year-round. While you’re getting some of the freshest leafy greens and herbs possible, you’re also changing lives by creating job opportunities for people with disabilities right here in Fort Wayne.