Volunteer
with San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project
We’re growing with your help!
San Diego Roots was formed to strengthen the local food movement in the San Diego region and to create a sustainable urban-rural partnership that brings healthy local food to our communities and sustains the working landscapes and people that feed us.
San Diego Roots is a volunteer-run non-profit organization. Get involved! Find a project that matches your interests and sign up for our volunteer database!
Weekly Committee Meetings
Committees and meeting schedules are:
- Public Relations and Outreach (First Mondays)
- Educational Programs (Second Mondays)
- Fundraising (Third Mondays)
- Volunteer Orientation (Fourth Mondays)
- Special Topics (Fifth Mondays, every few months)
- Finance (First Wednesdays)
- Monthly Board of Directors Meetings (Second Wednesdays)
- Governance (Third Wednesdays)
Monday meetings take place in the Community Room of Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Co-op from 4 to 5:30 pm (except on holidays). Address is 4765 Voltaire Street, San Diego 92107. The public is invited to attend any Monday meeting.
SD Roots Projects
Victory Gardens San Diego
Help create and maintain organic, edible gardens for homes, schools and communities. This is a "hands-in-the-dirt" project, though there are also administrative openings.
Contact: Bob Greenamyer:
Click here to go to the VGSD website.
Seeds at City Urban Farm
Join the fun and help this urban farm in the city's core while working along side the interns at San Diego City College garden! Public times: Tuesdays and Saturdays, 9am to noon. This is a "hands-in-the-dirt" project.
Contact: Karon Klipple:
Click here go to the Seeds @ City website.
Terra Nova Garden
Lend a helping hand to the next generation of bright leaders at Morse High School's organic garden/learning center. This is a "hands-in-the-dirt" project.
Contact: Julia Dashe:
Click here to go to the Terra Nova Garden webpage
Food for Thought Film Series
Help organize, promote, and present free films about food issues. Or do you have a location to show a film followed by a discussion about local food?
Contact: Elyssa Paige:
Click here to go to the Food For Thought webpage
Education & Outreach
Represent San Diego Roots at a community event
Support us as we share our mission and message at events such as Earth Day, Earth fairs, and sustainability forums. The public is hungry for what we're offering and it's always inspiring to talk to folks about local food issues! Volunteer training provided.
- Share ideas at our information table
- Provide a presentation about health and food issues
- Talk about San Diego Roots with our interactive presentation
- Give workshops, classes, or seminars on growing and preparing organic food
If you would like to invite San Diego Roots to a community event, please contact us at
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Administration
We are seeking dedicated community members with skills to contribute to these tasks:
- Volunteer and outreach coordination
- Grant writing and research
- Media and public relations
- Accounting (CPA Preferred)
- Project managers
- Legal advice
To be involved, pease contact us and/or attend one of our weekly Monday meetings (details at the top of this page)!
Volunteer Opportunities Outside of Roots
La Milpa Organica
This edible paradise in Escondido is a prime example of small-scale, organic agriculture. Volunteers are welcome any day of the week. Please contact ahead for groups of 4 or more. This is a "hands-in-the-dirt" project.
Contact: Matt Finkelstein:
Click here to go to the La Milpa Organica website
Your organic garden or farm
If you have opportunities for volunteers, please contact us:
Do you have an idea for a new project?
Are you able to organize and implement it?
Please contact
us and attend our weekly Monday meetings!
Join the San Diego Roots Volunteer Database!
If you'd like to be contacted when volunteer opportunities come up, please get on our list of those to call first! Your information will be used only for SD Roots purposes and will never be sold or shared with anyone else.
Other things you can do to help
the local food movement
Eat Locally
- Shop at Farmer’s Markets. Talk to the people you are buying from. Find out how it is grown and who grows it. Is it grown in San Diego County?
- For a list of Farmer’s Markets and organic food grocery in the San Diego area, click here.
- Ask your favorite restaurant, grocery store and child’s school to buy locally grown fruits and vegetables.
Donate to support our programs!
Your tax-deductible contribution to Roots supports our projects and aids us in our outreach and education efforts.
To make a tax-deductible donation with a credit card and PayPal, click the donate button below.
If you'd like to make a tax-deductible donation using a check, please send it to:
San Diego Roots
PO Box 33285
San Diego, California 92163-3285
Please make checks payable to San Diego Roots.
Thanks!
Educational Farm Wish List
Our future farm is in need of the following items in good working condition:
- FARMLAND!
- Truck, to be used for pulling trailers, manure, equipment and general farm activities.
- Secure, lockable storage shed or shipping container
- Tractor
- Hand tools: rakes, shovels, hoes, cultivators, mattocks, digging bar.
- Irrigation equipment: oscillating sprinklers, hoses, PVC pipe & fittings, water wands, brass valves, Haw’s watering cans, t-tape, emitters, timers, poly pipe.
- Rototiller
- Wood slat or plastic plant propagation tables.
- Thermometer: outdoor, min/max.
- Refrigerators or refrigeration units.
- Plastic storage containers.