Allegheny Mountain Institute
Why We Exist
Allegheny Mountain Institute (AMI) is a 501(c)3 educational nonprofit whose mission is to cultivate healthy communities through food and education. Our vision is to create a thriving network of collaborative, vibrant communities who value the connection between food and health.
What We Do
* 18-month, Agricultural & Community Development Fellowship Program;
* Senior Fellow placement with partner organizations such as The Highland Center, Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, City Schoolyard Garden, International Rescue Committee, Mary Baldwin University, New Community Project in Harrisonburg, Valley Conservation Council, and Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind;
* AMI Urban Farm at VSDB project, maintaining a 3 -acre farm and outdoor classroom space for VSDB horticulture program and the greater community;
* Fresh produce for school cafeterias, restaurants, and service organizations;
* Training and support for educators in developing school garden programs;
* Community Workdays, food-based workshops, and events for the communities AMI serves.
Who We Serve
Communities located primarily in Highland, Augusta, Rockbridge, and Albemarle Counties.
Where We Serve
Why Community Members Support Our Work
Allegheny Mountain Institute seeks to grow and expand its current programs and build capacity in order to impact a greater number of community members. We are seeking to create diversified revenue streams and new partnerships to achieve these goals. We need funding to cover items large and small, from purchasing simple tools and seeds, to maintaining our farm properties, to funding new educational and community programs. We subsidize our fellows with a stipend so that they can be placed and serve with partner organizations.
AMI couldn’t achieve its goal to help individuals and their communities create a vibrant and accessible local food economy without all the members of our community and nonprofit partner organizations.
AMI actively solicits monetary and in kind donations from the public, pursues grant funding, and works to cultivate donor relationships.
How Volunteers Contribute to our Work:
Allegheny Mountain Institute seeks to grow and expand its current programs and build capacity in order to impact a greater number of community members. We are seeking to create diversified revenue streams and new partnerships to achieve these goals. We need funding to cover items large and small, from purchasing simple tools and seeds, to maintaining our farm properties, to funding new educational and community programs. We subsidize our fellows with a stipend so that they can be placed and serve with partner organizations.
AMI couldn’t achieve its goal to help individuals and their communities create a vibrant and accessible local food economy without all the members of our community and nonprofit partner organizations.
AMI actively solicits monetary and in kind donations from the public, pursues grant funding, and works to cultivate donor relationships.
How You Can Offer Your Charitable Donations:
How Volunteers Contribute to our Work:
Allegheny Mountain Institute seeks to grow and expand its current programs and build capacity in order to impact a greater number of community members. We are seeking to create diversified revenue streams and new partnerships to achieve these goals. We need funding to cover items large and small, from purchasing simple tools and seeds, to maintaining our farm properties, to funding new educational and community programs. We subsidize our fellows with a stipend so that they can be placed and serve with partner organizations.
AMI couldn’t achieve its goal to help individuals and their communities create a vibrant and accessible local food economy without all the members of our community and nonprofit partner organizations.
AMI actively solicits monetary and in kind donations from the public, pursues grant funding, and works to cultivate donor relationships.
Contact Information:
Sue Erhardt
POB 542
Staunton,
Virginia