In addition to a farm, Dirt Beast Farm is......

• Green Space - Many of the surrounding properties are owned by out-of-state developers, who remove all vegetation from their properties aside from grass lawns and maybe a couple ornamental bushes.  This drives up the temperature in our neighborhood creating a heat-island effect, resulting in higher energy bills for our neighbors in the summer.  Green Space helps mitigate that effect.

• Green Jobs - for every vacant lot we can put under production, we can create $3,822 of employment each year.  A Green Job at Dirt Beast Farm builds valuable skills amongst our fieldhands, spurring on the next generation of farmers.

• Native Wildlife Habitat - the land with which we cannot put into production has been dedicated to Wildlife Habitat for migratory and resident birds, pollinators, and other critters to find refuge within the busy and often dangerous city.

• Stray Cat Caretaking - our city is bursting at the seams with stray animals, to the point where our shelters cannot keep up with the number of animals that need care.  Our farm serves as one of the first lines of care - stray cats that find their way onto our farm are captured, spay/neutered, vaccinated, rehomed if possible, or cared for on our farm as part of our Farm Cat Colony.