Seed to System:
Cultivating a Citywide Food Network
We’re transforming community centers into a network of food-growing hubs that build skills, generate income, and strengthen local food systems.
Contact UsWhat We Do
We established What the Sprout in 2023 to teach communities how to grow their own food. Now, we’ve supercharged that mission—partnering with community centers to create indoor farms that produce food, train youth, generate income, and restore local food power.
By transforming underused public spaces into a network of grow sites, we’re laying the foundation for a community-based food system—one that shortens supply chains, strengthens neighborhoods, and prepares future generations for food independence.
Taking Action
Our work brings together climate-smart farming, community healing, and economic empowerment in one scalable model—rooted in the neighborhoods we serve. Each pillar below represents a piece of the bigger picture: a future where every community can grow, thrive, and feed itself. Click each card to explore the actions we’re taking to close the food insecurity gap—one neighborhood at a time.
How We Partner with
Community Centers & Nonprofits
By partnering with nonprofits and using existing infrastructure,
we reduce funding waste and amplify existing efforts to strengthen communities.
1.
We Partner with
Community Centers
What the Sprout leases space inside trusted local centers to build indoor vertical farms and activate food-growing hubs.
2.
We Collaborate on Grants.
Not Profits.
We partner with nonprofits to secure grants for agriculture and community programs. Produce sales revenue stays with What the Sprout to sustain and grow the
3.
We Grow Food
and Skills
What the Sprout leads hands-on education, community gardens, and training that teach residents how to grow, harvest, and thrive.
Community Center Partners
We’re currently fine-tuning operations and partnership logistics at our first center. At the same time, we’re actively building relationships with funders and community leaders to identify where we expand next. Each decision is guided by local readiness, alignment of values, and long-term sustainability.
💰Show Us The Money💰
The profitable side of the farm sustains itself through produce sales. Grants and other funding support our outreach and transformational impact—delivered in partnership with nonprofits inside community centers.
Profitable Crops, Powerful Returns
A Network of Micro-Farms
Smart Space, Low Overhead
Sales Fund the System
Grants Support the Mission
Community Gains, Built In
Pillars of Transformational Impact
Transformational Impact By The Numbers
Certified To Deliver
What the Sprout is a Maryland-based, MBE/DBE/SBE/WBE-certified partner with a proven record in food security, nutrition education, and agriculture literacy. We’re equipped to lead or support government-funded initiatives at every level.
Certification ID - 25-286
| 541690 | Agricultural Consulting Services |
| 611430 | Professional & Continuing Education |
| 624190 | Community Health Education |
Network of Support
⭐️Let’s Grow Something Together⭐️