Orto: Vegetable garden (Italian)

Our non-profit farm is much more than a green space. We farm hillsides in Northeast Los Angeles and generate an incredible amount of food while providing free education to the public. Our methods for accomplishing these goals remain our priority. Our farm employs agriculture practices that refrain from damaging the world and wasting water. We cultivate fast growing low water crops sheltered within shaded hoop-houses equipped with water recapture infrastructure. The crops we grow and infrastructure we installed remain extremely efficient in terms of water usage and will save us from relying on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. We believe in the importance of passing the knowledge, skills, and ideas associated with these farming practices to everyone. We currently post tutorials regarding small scale agriculture on our instagram and we plan to start a youtube channel for longer format education.

Our long term goals remain hiring one or more workers at a living wage and donating proceeds from our operation to charities that serve the unhoused, impoverished, and victims of domestic violence.


our vision

The philosophical center of Orto remains a tapestry of humanitarian outreach, ethical food production, and a transfer of knowledge between generations. We want to feed people in a way that does not damage them or the environment. We plan to use techniques that enable great crop yields without relying on immense amounts of water, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers. We seek to teach kids that growing food is fun and that sustainable agriculture can happen right in their own backyard.