Your help is needed to preserve Austin's farmland!

Green Gate Farms, an award-winning certified organic, community-based farm in east Austin has been threatened by development.

In mid-March of 2015, Arizona-based manufactured home developer, Roberts Resorts, bought 250 acres of land, which encompasses Green Gate Farm’s five acres and its low-income neighborhoods, including Hidden Valley and High Meadows.

When Roberts unveiled his site plan at a community party in April, our farm was not on his map. Ten years of feeding our neighbors ended without warning. This stunning surprise was followed by the requirement that we leave the farm and our home of 10 years, ending 113 years of continuous occupation of the Bergstrom farmhouse. More restrictions followed. Fortunately, the City of Austin's Food Policy Manager Edwin Marty has stepped in. His involvement makes us hopeful for the first time in months.

But, your help is needed to save Austin’s agricultural resources. There are no policies in Austin to protect farmland. Not one. All Austin farmers are at the mercy of developers.

Please sign this petition and send us a letter of support that we can give to elected officials. They need to know policies are needed to protect Austin's farms from development.

In your letter of support, please be specific about how our farm has served you. For instance:

-Do you shop at our farm stand (we are one of the few farms to accept WIC/SNAP vouchers)?

-Are you a CSA member?

-Have you traded food for work?

-Have you volunteered here, improved your gardening/farming skills?

-Have you attended a community fundraiser here?

-Do your children attend our camps?

-Have we donated food to your organization?

-Have you brought visitors to our farm?

-Even if you have not been here, do you appreciate Austin having family farms?

Please take a few minutes to voice your opinion. Your story may be the one that keeps the farm open.

Thank you for your support!
More information can be found at: Green Gate Farms