Samaritan Farm

Everyone Should Have Access to Healthy Food

Utilizing an Americorp/Arkansas Garden Corp grant, the Samaritan Garden was established in 2014 on the Rogers SCC site. Utilizing additional funding from local family and corporate foundations, we have expanded the garden to 15,000 square feet including a commercial greenhouse complete with a hydroponic growing system to produce lettuce year-round. In 2023, we grew again to a 1.5 acre farm. The fresh produce harvested from Samaritan Farm is cooked and served in our Cafés, and available to clients who shop our market food pantries in both Rogers and Springdale.

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lbs of produce harvested and distributed through Samaritan Market & used in preparing Samaritan Café meals in 2023

HOW TO HELP

In-Kind Donations

Our garden and volunteers need bagged peat, compost, soil, mulch, two-wheeled wheelbarrow, rakes, shovels, and hand tools.

Donations may be dropped off at the SCC administrative offices

2910 S. 8th Street
Rogers, AR 72758
M-TH 8:30am – 4:30pm & FR 8:30am – 12:00pm

Volunteers

Samaritan Farm is always in need of volunteers – no gardening experience necessary. Volunteer hours are held in the mornings Monday through Friday.

To volunteer on the Samaritan Farm email Megan at mthomas@samcc.org.

HOW THE FARM IS FUNDED

Warehouse479 is a vintage shop that rocks! This mini-shop sells a curated selection of vintage and name brand apparel, accessories, and home goods to help financially support the Samaritan Farm located at the center in Rogers, Arkansas. Your purchases help grow fresh organic produce that fights food insecurity in Northwest Arkansas!

“At the Samaritan Community Center, we believe that our client families should not just have access to food but it should be healthy food of high quality. Those living on fixed or limited incomes often have to purchase the least expensive food items they can find, and these food items are typically not fresh vegetables and fruit.”

Megan Knutson

Farm Manager