LEGACY GIVING
CREATING LASTING CHANGE
At Sharing Our Roots, we are working at the intersection of land justice, food sovereignty, regenerative agriculture, climate change mitigation and conservation. These elements are all interconnected and interdependent. Our 100-acre farm is a home to more than a dozen farmers who are helping us restore the land and modeling a new way of farming in our region through commons based farming – one that values farmers, respects the environment and is rooted in community.
BUILDING A LEGACY
In 2016, Sharing Our Roots acquired 100 acres of degraded corn-on-corn farmland. We are restoring it to health by keeping the soil covered, planting perennials, cleaning up waterways, and protecting wetlands and other important wildlife habitat. The Sharing Our Roots Farm allows us to build a legacy of supporting aspiring farmers, enhancing local wealth and food security, while innovating a resilient agriculture system.
Investing in farmers and their small agricultural businesses today will bring us a step closer to community-wide food security, a thriving economy by keeping wealth local, and give us a chance to slow the effects of climate change.
LET’S TALK
To find out more information about including Sharing Our Roots in your will, please email Rocky Casillas Aguirre directly at rocky@sharing-our-roots.org, or call (507) 301-6411.
INCLUDING SHARING OUR ROOTS IN YOUR ESTATE PLANNING
Making a provision for Sharing Our Roots in your will or trust is a meaningful way to make an investment in the critical work necessary to innovate land access solutions for the next generation farmers, work to increase food sovereignty, and protect the environment.
FINANCIAL BEQUESTS
There are several types of specific financial bequests that give you the option to name a particular dollar amount, percentage, residuary, or contingent amount to be left to Sharing Our Roots.
HOW TO GIVE
Including Sharing Our Roots to your will or trust is easy. Below is sample language to use as you craft your giving legacy.
“I give and bequeath to Sharing Our Roots, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, Tax ID number 20-1788275, with offices at 4905 315th Street West, Northfield, Minnesota, the sum of $ _____ to be used for the general purposes of the organization (or to be used for a specific purpose).”