Arrowrock Farm an urban sanctuary

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05/22/2025

Miss Lewis’s second grade class at Roosevelt Elementary School used an incubator to hatch these chickens! They reached out to our farm to give them a new home. This is their temporary home until they move to the outside chicken coop.

05/22/2025

Please come join us! Everyone is welcome!

05/24/2024

“FACT and my mentors equally had a hand in building my confidence to look for opportunities that were out of the ordinary. I don't have a marketing, business, or selling background and didn't know what I was getting into! But I secured a contract to sell poultry (meat) to our local food bank for two years. I also have a stall at two farmers markets. This would not have happened before FACT. The other area I am grateful I learned is asking thoughtful questions to other farmers. I love their response which is usually positive.

My relationships with my last year's mentors Sharon and Bill continue to this day and we just went to visit them two weeks ago, creating a lasting friendship.”

Read about the impact of FACT’s mentorship program and how you can help this fund grow.

05/01/2024

Arrowrock Farm an urban sanctuary was featured in a recent podcast, give it a listen!

This Black History Month, Just a Bite hosts, Hope Lane-Gavin and Chloe Meyers, interview our great partners through the Ohio CAN program. Our hosts and our friends from the Regenerative Farmer Collective talked about the dichotomy of farming: how painful yet healing it can be as Black farmers to con...

04/26/2024

Arrowrock Farm an urban sanctuary now has farm fresh, free range eggs for sale! $4 per dozen. Call or text us for pickup: 614-371-9501

04/04/2024

“Learn more about how Ohio CAN is helping minority owned small farms across Ohio. Sharifa Tomlinson was always interesting in farming. With the help of the Ohio CAN program she is learning new skills, reaching her goals and living a life she always dreamed of on her own farm.”

Learn more about how Ohio CAN is helping minority owned small farms across Ohio. Sharifa Tomlinson was always interesting in farming. With the help of the Oh...

04/04/2024

“One of the program’s more than 100 participants is Sharifa Tomlinson of ARROWROCK FARM, an urban sanctuary llc near Dayton. This organization is also a cooperative made of seven or eight other local farmers participating. Tomlinson provides fresh chicken. …

This program has given me the confidence to know I can succeed,” Tomlinson says. “I wasn’t raised on a farm; my career has been in nursing, but I consider myself a placeholder for the next generation of farmers. This program makes entering the agricultural field less scary for other BIPOC people, too.”

In Ohio, a new food access program called Ohio CAN (Community + Agriculture + Nutrition) connects food banks and their 3 million clients annually with farmers, especially from underrepresented populations.