Fiery Ginger Farm

What Fiery Ginger Farm does

Fiery Ginger Farm is a privately-held urban learning farm founded in 2015 and headquartered in West Sacramento, California, with a second site in Davis, California. The farm operates regenerative agriculture practices producing diversified vegetables, pastured poultry, and livestock on small urban plots, with a core focus on transforming food access for K-12 students and addressing food deserts in school cafeterias. The company delivers hands-on agricultural educational experiences to students of all ages through field trips at the West Sacramento site and school garden support services across Sacramento County schools, reaching over 30,000 youth and families cumulatively.

The founders Hope Sippola and Shayne Zurilgen, who met at the California Farm Academy at the Center for Land Based Learning, also established Spork Food Hub in summer 2021 as a complementary foodservice distribution company. Spork Food Hub aggregates produce from Fiery Ginger Farm and over 100 partner farms and channels it to school districts, hospitals, food security organizations, and prisons, with over $5 million procured exclusively from local, sustainable, and family-owned farms. The combined business serves a vertically segmented customer base across education, healthcare, nonprofit, and government channels, with go-to-market driven by direct relationships, community events, field trip bookings, and partner referrals rather than digital marketing. Revenue is generated through produce sales (transactional distribution), per-engagement field trip fees, and quote-based school garden consulting services, though specific pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Fiery Ginger Farm

Legal name

Fiery Ginger Farm

Website

https://fierygingerfarm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fiery Ginger Farm is a privately-held urban learning farm in West Sacramento and Davis, California that delivers regenerative agriculture production and hands-on farm-to-school educational programming to K-12 students and institutions, with complementary produce distribution via Spork Food Hub.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Farming and Agricultural Education Services

NAICS

Other Crop Farming (1119)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Greenhouse Herb & Microgreens Production (Culinary Herbs, Microgreens) (AFAGAHAC)

Keywords

• Regenerative agriculture
• Urban farming
• Farm-to-school programs
• Agricultural education
• Sustainable produce supply

Headquarters

HQ city

West Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Produce Sales to Institutions: Direct supply of regeneratively grown produce to local school districts, hospitals, and food security organizations through Spork Food Hub distribution company
2. Educational Field Trips: Hands-on farming experiences for students including planting, harvesting, washing, and packing produce, plus animal care activities
3. School Garden Support Services: Planning, supporting, and providing standards-based lessons on agriculture, food systems, garden ecology, and nutrition for school gardens

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fiery Ginger Farm operates an urban learning farm in West Sacramento and Davis, California that produces diversified vegetables, pastured poultry, and livestock using regenerative agriculture practices. The farm delivers hands-on agricultural educational experiences including field trips and school garden support, and channels its produce and that of 100+ local partner farms to institutional buyers through the founder-led Spork Food Hub distribution company.

Product overview

Fiery Ginger Farm is a single-location urban learning farm operating in West Sacramento and Davis, California. The core offering is the urban farm itself, which produces diversified vegetables, pastured poultry, and livestock using regenerative practices. The farm provides educational experiences through Field Trips, School Garden Support services, and Farm to School Educational Programs, all delivered on-site and in partner schools. The founders also operate Spork Food Hub as a related distribution sub-brand that channels the farm's produce and partnerships with over 100 local farms to supply school districts and institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Field Trips Hands-on educational farm visits for students of all ages at the West Sacramento urban farm site, where participants engage in authentic farming tasks including planting, harvesting, washing, and packing produce as well as animal care activities. Booked directly via Calendly.
• School Garden Support Consulting and support services for school gardens including garden planning and standards-based lessons on agriculture, food systems, garden ecology, and nutrition. Backed by over two decades of combined founder experience in school garden planning and support.
• Spork Food Hub Distribution Foodservice distribution company founded by the same principals in summer 2021 that supplies school districts, hospitals, food security organizations, and prisons with sustainably grown and locally sourced produce aggregated from Fiery Ginger Farm and over 100 partner farms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Procured over $5 million exclusively from local, sustainable, and family-owned farms
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Spork Food HubcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Foodservice distribution company founded by the same founders (Hope Sippola and Shayne Zurilgen) in summer 2021 to improve access to local food. Spork Food Hub distributes Fiery Ginger Farm's produce along with 100+ partner farms' products to schools, hospitals, and food security organizations
• Washington Unified School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool district partner receiving fresh local produce for school meals and participating in farm-to-school educational programs
• City of DaviscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partner supporting the farm's operations and local food system initiatives in Davis, CA
• Raley's Food for FamiliesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner supporting food access initiatives through Raley's charitable giving program
• California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government agricultural agency partner supporting California farming initiatives and programs
• Center for Land-Based Learning / California Farm AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural education organization where founders Hope Sippola and Shayne Zurilgen trained; ongoing partnership for farm education and training
• USDAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal agricultural agency partner supporting sustainable farming and food access programs

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FoodCorps: National nonprofit that places service members in schools to deliver farm-to-school education, build school gardens, and support local food procurement. Closely comparable to Fiery Ginger Farm's combination of school garden support and farm-to-school produce sourcing.
• Hidden Villa: Bay Area educational farm and nonprofit offering farm-based youth programming, summer camps, and a CSA program. Comparable multi-revenue model combining regenerative farm operations with structured educational experiences.
• Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture: Educational farm and food systems nonprofit in New York's Hudson Valley that combines regenerative agriculture, on-farm education, and food access programming. Highly comparable operating model to Fiery Ginger Farm's urban farm + education + community access structure, though at a larger scale.
• Edible Schoolyard Project: Alice Waters' farm-to-school program that integrates school gardens, kitchen classrooms, and food systems education. Directly comparable to Fiery Ginger Farm's field trips and school garden support services, with a similar mission of connecting students to food and farming.
• Mandela Partners: Oakland-based food hub and community development nonprofit that aggregates local farm produce and distributes to schools, corner stores, and food-insecure communities. Closely comparable to Spork Food Hub's model of distributing local farm output to institutional and food access buyers.
• LifeLab: California-based nonprofit that provides school garden curriculum, teacher training, and on-site 'Garden Classroom' workshops. Strongly comparable to Fiery Ginger Farm's school garden support service line and standards-aligned curriculum.
• Pie Ranch: California educational farm on the San Mateo Coast that trains next-generation farmers, hosts school visits, and supplies produce to schools and food banks. Highly comparable regenerative farm + education + food access model, also based in California.
• Center for Land-Based Learning: California agricultural education nonprofit where the founders trained, offering farm academies, school garden support, and youth programs. Direct peer in farm-based education and an existing strategic partner of Fiery Ginger Farm.

Others

• Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF): California nonprofit that advocates for family-scale agriculture and operates farm-to-school and farm-to-hospital programs across the state. Adjacent enabling network rather than a direct operator, but operates in the same farm-to-institution ecosystem.
• National Farm to School Network: National information and advocacy network supporting farm-to-school and farm-to-ECE programs across the U.S. Not a direct competitor but a key industry umbrella organization that influences funding and policy relevant to Fiery Ginger Farm's institutional customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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