THE BOISE VERTICAL FARM STORY
Food Safety Northwest is honored to have worked with Boise Vertical Farm through our food safety clinic. Boise Vertical Farm was founded in 2018 with the mission to create a safe community that provides hope and employment for individuals in substance abuse recovery by growing local produce. BVF grows, packages, and sells fresh oyster mushrooms, micro-greens, herbs, and other produce. They are a non-profit Idaho corporation that just received their 501 (c) 3 status.

Boise Vertical Farm is a link between recovery and long-term sobriety. Once someone completes a substance abuse recovery program, there is rarely a viable next step. Most individuals lack job skills, education, and most importantly a safe community to return to. The BVF focus is on breaking the cycle of relapse by providing financial stability in a safe environment of peer support, education and job training while providing opportunities for development and personal growth.

At BVF, people are given a chance to build or rebuild a resume. BVF employees will develop transferable skills through experience in all aspects of a non-profit social enterprise; for example, experience with food production, science and technology, sales, distribution, marketing, finance, fund raising, advertising, quality control, and food safety.

For more information on Boise Vertical Farm and their food products, see their website at: https://www.boiseverticalfarm.com/about
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