Kilimo Minnesota Launches GoFundMe to Empower MN Farmers of African Descent

Editor's Note: Thank you to the Mill City Farmers Market for sharing this information.

Kilimo Minnesota is an organic incubator farm with a mission to empower emerging farmers of African descent, socially and economically through mentorship, farmland access navigation and community building.

Founded in 2020 by farmers and Mill City Farmers Market vendors Lonah and Moses Momanyi of Dawn2Dusk Farm, the nonprofit offers a hands-on 3 to 5 year training program where farmers grow and sell organic vegetable crops, take classes, network in the local farming community, and receive one-on-one financial and business mentoring from established farmers.

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The program is growing quickly and has launched a GoFundMe campaign this spring to support basic infrastructure at its new site in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. The project includes a deer fence, irrigation and cold storage, all crucial to organic vegetable farming.

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You can support our friends at Kilimo as they invest in emerging farmers! A donation of any amount - or forwarding this information to someone else who might be interested - supports their goal of empowering more than 20 emerging farmers in 2022 and will have a lasting legacy.

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Learn more: Listen to Moses' recent MPR interview about Kilimo here.

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Moses Momanyi with wife Lonah and children Neil and Faith