Get Involved

Thanks for your interest in getting involved with Fitchburg Fields!

There are so many things you can do to help us "sow the seeds of self-reliance."

1. Join our email list.  The "regular" list gets just one email per month: the "volunteer" list usually gets one or two more.
2. Take a workshop.
3. Volunteer in the garden.
4. Volunteer on a committee – even long distance!
5. Contribute to our current operations and/or to our Land Purchase Fund.

6. Apply for a spring internship or Apply for a summer internship

Join our email list

Every month we send out an e-newsletter with a garden update, news of upcoming events and volunteer opportunities, and lovely pictures of the garden, workshops, and gatherings.  It's your way to stay in touch, and by forwarding it to friends you can help us spread the word and meet new supporters. 

We promise just to send one e-newsletter a month, so don't worry about spam.  And we never sell or share your name with anyone.

But if you select "Get Involved" on the form below, you'll get one or two additional emails per month, offering more ways that you can help, such as bringing vegetable scraps to our compost piles, handing out flyers at a festival, or posting flyers for a Fitchburg Fields event.

Click here to sign up!

Take a workshop

Learn how to grow seeds under lights, make a bentwood trellis, cook for one day and eat healthy food for seven, make dilly beans, and more!  We need students, and you need to learn food survival skills, so check out our current offerings here and sign up today!

Remember, when workshops fill they are closed.  Though we occasionally run a popular workshop a second time, there is no guarantee of that.  So avoid disappointment by signing up early right here.

Volunteer in the garden

It takes hundreds of volunteer hours to plant, maintain, and harvest a 4000 sq. ft. garden, so please sign up for an occasional or regular shift here.  When the garden is open, there is always a staff person or lead volunteer present to offer free instruction to new gardeners.  Kids are most welcome as long as you supervise them.  There are never any chemical fertilizers or pesticides used, so you don't have to worry about toxics.

Benefits to garden volunteers include: new gardening knowledge, meeting friendly people, exercise and fresh air in a lovely spot, knowing that you are helping to feed hungry people, and (occasionally) broken vegetables.

Volunteer on a committee

If you can come to one meeting per month, and do assignments in between, you can be a valued member of one of our committees.  Even if you live far away, the Internet makes it possible to participate.  Choose from any of these committees, or ask for a computer based project, and you can become a part of Fitchburg Fields' success! Click here.

Education Committee

Help with planning, logistics and teaching of our workshops in organic gardening (and someday farming), food preservation, and cooking healthy food on a budget.  We need more volunteer teachers for the workshops (food instructors must be credentialed), and lots of helpers too.

Publicity and Marketing Committee

Help with getting the word out about our workshops, events, garden, and accomplishments.  If you have experience (or a willingness to learn) in print media, radio, television, graphic art, Powerpoint, social networking, Internet fundraising or videography, we need you! 

Fundraising Committee

Help research and write grants, manage sales of promotional items and other items, and more, to support our current work and our future land purchase.

Events Committee

Help with planning, logistics, execution and evaluation of events such as potlucks, film showings, booths at conferences and farmers markets, and our Annual Harvest Dinner.

Arts and Culture Committee

Plan and create art and culture to be a part of all we do.  We welcome graphic art, banners, poetry, songs, music, theatre, photography, videos, volunteer awards, formal garden design, sculpture for the garden, and more.

Contribute

A large percentage of our operating funds come from large and small donations.  We can't do this without community support, so please send a contribution today, whether your community is Fitchburg, Dane County, or the community of folks who care about creating local, organic food systems.

We are currently running a very small version of what we hope to run someday when we purchase land, hopefully the 250 acres that you can see at "Our Vision."  In order to buy land, we will need champions to step forward and provide the forward-looking leadership that such visionary efforts always require.  If you are such a person, or know one, please contact us. 

Learn more about contributing here.

Other

Haven't seen your particular talent or skill described here?  Click here to tell us how you'd like to help Fitchburg Fields move forward!