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VOLUNTEER
The D-Town™ Growing Season is
April 11th - November 22nd
Volunteer at D-Town Farm every Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at 14027 West Outer Drive (between Plymouth and West Chicago)
Detroit, Michigan 48239. We are open
Build Black Food Sovereignty With Us!
VISIT
Are you interested in a tour, field trip, or volunteering as a large group at D-Town Farm? Please register with our farm team in advance. This helps us prepare for your visit, coordinate staff support, and ensure that your group has a meaningful and engaging experience at the farm.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
D-Town Farm is a world leader in urban agriculture and food sovereignty. In partnership with the State of Michigan, the City of Detroit, local growers, and our community, we are working to close Detroit’s food waste loop—while offering a vibrant Farmers Market, holistic healing vendors, and hands-on gardening and homesteading classes.
20 YEARS OF BUILDING
BLACK FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
2026 marks the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network’s 20th anniversary of advancing food sovereignty,environmental justice, and Black liberation in Detroit and beyond.
Join our $20 for 20 Years campaign by making a $20 anniversary gift, becoming a $20 monthlysustainer, or contributing $200 to support the continued growth of Black food sovereignty in Detroit.
Your support today will help ensure our vital work continues for the next 20 years and beyond.Invest in our future—DONATE now and join the movement shaping a just, sustainable food system.Become a monthly sustainer or make a twentieth anniversary gift today.
Please mark your calendars for the 2026 D-Town® Harvest Festival as we celebrate 20 years of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network! It takes place Sat & Sun Sept 19 & 20 from 12pm-6pm each day.
Volunteers are needed to help prepare D-Town Farm for this year’s Harvest Festival celebration. Contact our Membership and Outreach Director Piper Carter at pcarter@dbcfsn.org to join our Harvest Festival team.
Join us as we honor two decades of building Black food sovereignty, community self-determination, and sustainable food systems in Detroit.
For vending: please email Mama Nepthys: jkseevers51@gmail.com
For food vendors: please email Sis Tolani: tanthony@dbcfsn.org (the must be licensed)
For information about anything else: please email me: pcarter@dbcfsn.org
Stay tuned for more information!
Watch Gardening Experiments with Mind & Soil’s “Circularity: Detroit’s Genius Solution to Food Waste,” a feature exploring how DBCFSN is addressing food waste through sustainable practices, community building, and powerful partnerships.
Turn Waste into Wealth: Support Detroit’s Compost Revolution
"Did you know DBCFSN is 20 years old? For our 20th Anniversary campaign, consider donating $20, $200 or $2000 to help us expand and sustain our composting work. DBCFSN is co-leading the compost work in Detroit with other amazing partners like the Detroit Office of Sustainability (OoS), FoodPLUS Detroit and many amazing farms. We need to purchase an industrial pick up truck to haul compost from the Detroit Food Commons (DFC) to D-Town Farm. Can you support our efforts in transforming our food systems?"
"Did you know waste is a lie? We can use unused food as a natural resource in starting the cycle over again. Help us repair our disconnected relationship with waste and support our organic waste diversion. Help us cultivate the real circular food economy rooted in EVERYTHING having a purpose. No waste. No toxic greenhouse gases. No contamination or pollution.
Help us build unbroken circles of food, health, sustainability and justice."
D-TOWN FARM TUTORIAL
This Raised Bed Tutorial is a step-by-step guide to build a raised bed garden to mitigate flooding areas, accessibility, avoid lead or soils contaminated with heavy metals and other reasons. Raised beds are an important technical process that requires a few supplies and working hands.
Visit our YouTube channel to view more urban farming tutorials.