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Refugees and Neighbors, Flourishing Together
 
 
 
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Finding Home Again

Tapestry Farms is a nonprofit urban farm system, growing the Quad-Cities’ welcome of refugees. We nourish people and land, in hopes that all in our community will be abundantly fed.

 
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FROM THE FARM

Tapestry Farms connects refugees and neighbors in a shared hope of joyful, thriving, healthy lives - where every person has access to the resources to live well.

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Founder wins Iowa SHARES humanitarian award
Founder wins Iowa SHARES humanitarian award

Ann McGlynn has been awarded the World Food Prize Foundation’s Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award.

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See you at the market!
See you at the market!

Each week, our team packs up our refrigerated van and pulls into downtown Rock Island on Saturday mornings with produce grown across our urban farm system.

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GIFT Gardens Invites Gardeners to Grow Food, Fight Hunger
GIFT Gardens Invites Gardeners to Grow Food, Fight Hunger

The taste of a fresh cucumber, the joy of picking a tomato, the fun of watching a cabbage form—gardeners across the Quad Cities are invited to experience these moments AND make a difference.

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For Such a Time as This
For Such a Time as This

As we weather this era and adapt to what comes, three truths remain: we will walk alongside refugees as they find home again, we will grow food in community to feed our community, and we will continue to be so very thankful for you and your support of this work.

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From @gseiwi troop 3554 harvesting onions and taking them to @nest.cafe.qc, to the SAU Football team turning over our cabbage patch, it was a super fun week of volunteers. And just in case you’re wondering, gardening does not get football playe
We are on the lookout for an intern to support our immigration legal services program for the 2025-2026 school year. This is an opportunity for an undergraduate or graduate student studying law, social work, international studies, or a related field.
Who doesn't love a good camp song? Lettuce, lettuce, what do you say? Crunchy, fresh, come what may! Salads, wraps, or just a snack? We'll eat you up, and never look back! Kids at @campshalomia ate lots of Tapestry Farms lettuce this summer, and we
And so it begins! @chooseiowa
From our executive director: On Wednesday, I won the World Food Prize Foundation Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award. Mr. Ray was the governor of Iowa who spearheaded the efforts in the 1970s to welcome refugees from Southeast Asia - a move
You say potato, we say come help dig them! It's time to get the potatoes out of the ground - Friday, July 18, 8-11 a.m., 5520 Eastern Avenue, Davenport. Come and scoop up spuds behind a mechanical potato digger. Bring water, wear closed-toe shoes. Be
And the winners of the cutest volunteers ever are... (Seriously. No contest.) 🏆💚🥇 #garden #radicalhospitality #learnandgrow #gardener #joy #gratefulheart #volunteerwithus #volunteerlife #RefugeeStories
One of the systems we added to our repertoire this year is the use of drip lines. In addition to reducing water consumption, they also significantly reduce our time spent watering. By the end of this growing season, we plan to have three sites outfit
 

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