Los Angeles Mission's Sky Farm is a micro-social enterprise program supplying urban farming training for students as well as fresh produce to our kitchen, farmer's markets, and local restaurants. 

We are planning this at LA Mission's Sky Farm - an open-air, 8,000-square-foot space atop the fourth floor of Los Angeles Mission at 303 East 5th Street in LA. Planned for launch in 2024, Sky Farm's flooring and structure need to be rebuilt, an irrigation system installed, towers purchased, and program implemented as we transform this space into a job training, micro-enterprise serving our own kitchen, local farmer's markets, and restaurants with garden fresh produce. 

Additionally, the space doubles as an oasis of serenity and peace, a rare green space in the midst of Skid Row. Surrounded by colorful plants, flowers, mural artwork, a skyline view, and the soothing sound of dozens of tiny waterfalls as water cascades through the towers to nourish the vegetables and herbs, Sky Farm truly will be an oasis of hope. 

The men and women who cultivate the produce will be participants in the Mission's LifeStart recovery program. They'll learn, develop skills, and run the business producing producing onions, tomatoes, kale, nutritious butterhead lettuce, eggplant and a variety of flavorful and nutritious herbs. The whole space will be a colorful tapestry of vitamin-rich vegetables of various shapes and colors.

Your support will make it possible.