Site Improvements

  • 71 fruit trees, 14 raised vegetable garden beds, a 1⁄2 acre area of in-ground row crops, a chicken coop, a hoop house and 30' x 48' commercial greenhouse, and a California native plant garden filled with over 300 flowering, drought-tolerant plants.

  • Dedicated composting area.

  • All growing areas and trees connected to a state-of-the-art Netafim drip irrigation system.

  • In 2023, a new field shed (the image above) was built by a team of Wellness Center participants.

Jobs for Shelter Clients

  • Through our Transitional Employment and Culinary Arts Programs we have provided hundreds of Bell Shelter with jobs and training opportunities at the farm.

Social Enterprise Income

  • A flourishing social enterprise business of seedling and produce sales, 100% of which supports our Transitional Employment participant wages.

Therapeutic Opportunities

  • Annually teach nearly 2,000 individual hours of mindfulness based ecotherapy classes.

  • In 2023, expanded upon our existing Mind/Body programming to develop a more comprehensive mindfulness based ecotherapy model using the intention design of the farm as a space for healing. Additional educational pillars include: art, nutrition, and community.

Notable Awards

  • 2018 - Finalist selection for “Social Enterprise of the Year” at the 4th annual Make Change Awards

  • 2017 - Out of 48 non-profits, GrowGood was selected as one of three finalists in the social enterprise grants program being offered by USC Marshall’s Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab as part of it’s Philanthropy & Social Impact course. As a finalist, GrowGood was awarded the highest grant of $25,000.

  • 2016 - GrowGood’s Social Enterprise Project was awarded a $100,000 gift by the Roy & Patricia Disney Family Foundation as part of the My LA 2050 Grants Challenge. GrowGood was one of the three winners out of 71 projects to be recognized as an initiative “shaping LA’s future”.

  • 2014 - GrowGood was one of ten non-profits selected to participate in a two-quarter UCLA undergraduate class focusing on developing social enterprise businesses. In competition with other non-profits, GrowGood presented its business plan to a panel of business leaders at the Social Enterprise Academy at UCLA. GrowGood was awarded 1st place and received a $12,000 grant.