Nourish Farms, Inc.

What Nourish Farms, Inc. does

Nourish Farms, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2009 and headquartered in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. The organization delivers farm-based education, cooking classes, and community food programs designed to teach participants how to grow, source, cook, and eat good food. Its programming is delivered through several named offerings: Farm to School (K-12 nutrition education and classroom visits), Farm to Community (cooking classes, gardening workshops, community dinners), Corporate Wellness programs branded as Nourish Together, Harvest of the Month (seasonal featured crops with educational materials), and nutrition/gardening/recipe resources including a children's cookbook and MyPlate-aligned lesson plans.

The organization's core asset is the historic Miley Barn, a restored facility on a 13-acre farmstead at 100 Alfred Miley Avenue that was donated to Nourish in December 2018. The campus includes 2,980 sq ft of commercial and residential teaching kitchen space and the Nourish Loft event venue with capacity for 200+ guests. Nourish maintains relationships with 17+ local farm partners and multiple nonprofit collaborators, including the Boys & Girls Club of Sheboygan County, Above & Beyond Children's Museum, Bridgeway & Beyond, and Sheboygan Falls School District.

Nourish Farms generates revenue through a diversified mix of facility rentals (weddings, corporate and private events at the Nourish Loft), donations and grants from individuals, corporate partners, and foundations, recurring memberships, and vendor fees from the Plymouth Farmers Market, which the organization has overseen since 2024. Its go-to-market is community-led: programs are promoted through website content, email newsletters, social media, community events, and referral partnerships with local schools and nonprofits. The organization operates with 15+ staff members across culinary, farm/facilities, program/communications, and operations functions, and is governed by a Board of Directors that includes senior executives from Sargento Foods, Kohler Company, Aurora Health Care, Bemis Manufacturing, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Name

Nourish Farms, Inc.

Legal name

Nourish Farms, Inc.

Website

https://nourishfarms.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nourish Farms is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin that delivers farm-based food education, cooking classes, and community food programs to schools, families, and local residents across Sheboygan County from a 13-acre historic Miley Barn campus.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Education

NAICS

Support Activities for Animal Production (115210)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (Fair Trade, Food Access, Regenerative) (BPAGALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

Keywords

• Farm education programs
• Community food education
• Farm-to-school programs
• Cooking classes
• Event venue rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheboygan Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Facility Rentals: Revenue generated from renting the Nourish Loft venue for weddings, private events, and corporate events at the historic Miley Barn in Sheboygan Falls.
2. Donations and Grants: Financial contributions from individuals, corporate partners, and foundation grants supporting farm-to-school and farm-to-community programs.
3. Membership Programs: Various membership tiers (individual, family, corporate) providing member-exclusive events and benefits while supporting the nonprofit's mission.
4. Plymouth Farmers Market Administration: Nourish Farms has been the overseeing nonprofit organization for the Plymouth Farmers Market since 2024 season, collecting vendor fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nourish Farms is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers farm-based food education through hands-on programs teaching community members to grow, source, cook, and eat good food. Its offerings include farm-to-school and farm-to-community educational programs, corporate wellness experiences, cooking classes, and seasonal initiatives such as the Plymouth Farmers Market, all operated from a restored historic Miley Barn and 13-acre educational farm in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. The organization also generates revenue by renting the Nourish Loft venue for weddings, corporate events, and private celebrations.

Product overview

Nourish Farms, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating a single, unified offering: good-food education programs and a community event facility. The organization does not operate a software product. Its portfolio comprises in-person educational programs (Farm to School, Farm to Community, Corporate Wellness, Harvest of the Month, nutrition and gardening education), an event venue (Nourish Loft Rental in the historic Miley Barn), and the Plymouth Farmers Market which it has overseen since 2024. All programs teach participants to grow, source, cook, and eat good food. No formal software products, modules, or SaaS offerings exist.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Plymouth Farmers Market: A farmers market overseen by Nourish Farms since the 2024 season, held at Stayer Park in Plymouth, WI.

Products and services

• Farm to Community Programs Educational programs for adults, children, and community members that teach about growing, sourcing, cooking, and eating good food through hands-on experiences. Targeted at Sheboygan County residents and families.
• Farm to School Programs School-based educational programming that brings farm-fresh food education into classrooms and provides hands-on learning opportunities for students about healthy eating and food growing. Targeted at K-12 schools and school districts in Sheboygan County.
• Good Food Education Center Flagship educational hub located in the restored Miley Barn offering hands-on culinary, agricultural, and nutrition education experiences on a 13-acre campus in Sheboygan Falls. Open to program participants, school groups, and community visitors.
• Corporate Wellness Programs (Nourish Together) Good-food education experiences delivered to businesses for their employees, branded as Nourish Together. Targeted at local employers seeking wellness and team-building programming.
• Nourish Loft Event Rental Event venue rental of the restored Miley Barn's second-floor loft space, accommodating up to 200 guests for weddings, corporate events, showers, and private celebrations. The facility includes a commercial kitchen, AV equipment, and outdoor spaces. Targeted at couples, event planners, and corporate event organizers.
• Plymouth Farmers Market Seasonal farmers market overseen by Nourish Farms, operating Thursdays from June through October at Stayer Park in Plymouth, WI. Serves local farmers, food producers, artisans, and community members.
• Harvest of the Month Seasonal food initiative featuring a different locally-sourced crop each month, providing recipes, educational materials, and nutrition information to schools and the community.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of children served through Good Food Club and after-school programs at multiple Boys & Girls Club locations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Boys & Girls Club of Sheboygan CountycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Hundreds of children at multiple Boys & Girls Club locations enjoy local, healthy foods as part of Good Food Club and other after-school good-food education programs.
• Above & Beyond Children's MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to engage more children in mutually relevant events where good-food education can take place.
• Bridgeway & BeyondminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTheir clients are recipients of farm-to-table tour dinners and onsite vegetable garden assistance from Nourish Farms.
• First Congregational ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor first five years, this church donated its kitchen space for Nourish staff to cook and organize food served in after-school snack and summer lunch programs. Their GROW program promotes urban gardening techniques.
• Old Plank FarmcoreOthersLocal farm partner in Plymouth, WI providing produce for Nourish Farms programs and CSA subscriptions.
• Springdale FarmcoreOthersLocal farm partner in Plymouth, WI providing produce for Nourish Farms programs.
• Lake Orchard FarmcoreOthersLocal farm partner in Sheboygan, WI providing produce for Nourish Farms programs.
• Greenbush Growing CooperativecoreOthersLocal farm cooperative in Plymouth, WI providing produce for Nourish Farms programs.
• Golden Bear FarmminorOthersLocal farm partner in Kiel, WI providing produce for Nourish Farms programs.
• Grassway OrganicsminorOthersLocal organic farm partner in New Holstein, WI providing organic produce for Nourish Farms programs.
• Sheboygan Falls School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool district partner providing parking lot access for large events. Superintendent Zach Pethan serves on Nourish Farms Board of Directors.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Alice Waters Institute: A newer initiative focused on school food education, school gardens, and cafeteria reform. Shares mission overlap with Nourish Farms' nutrition and food education programs.
• Greenagers: A regional nonprofit in the Berkshires engaging youth in sustainable agriculture, land stewardship, and food systems work. Comparable in combining youth education with farm-based programming, though smaller and earlier-stage.

Direct peers

• Shelburne Farms: A nonprofit historic farm estate in Vermont that runs farm-based education programs, school partnerships, and an inn/event venue. Directly comparable as a working educational farm with venue rentals that fund programming.
• Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture: A nonprofit farm and education center on a historic estate in Pocantico Hills, NY, combining on-site agricultural production with food education programs. Highly comparable in mission, restored-barn venue model, and farm-to-classroom programming.
• Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment: A nonprofit farm and education center on a coastal Maine estate focused on regenerative agriculture education, school programs, and event hosting. Closely aligned in mission and operating model.
• Edible Schoolyard Project: Founded by Alice Waters, this nonprofit supports garden and kitchen classroom education in schools nationwide. Comparable as a nonprofit delivering hands-on food education to K-12 students, though at national scale.
• Center for Land-Based Learning: A California-based nonprofit operating farm incubators, youth education programs (including SLEWS), and community food systems initiatives. Directly comparable as a nonprofit delivering farm-based education and food system programming.

Broad incumbents

• National Farm to School Network: A national information and advocacy network supporting farm-to-school programming across the U.S. Comparable in farm-to-school education mission but functions as an umbrella network rather than a direct service provider.
• The Food Trust: A larger national nonprofit focused on nutrition education, food access, and farm-to-school advocacy. Overlaps with Nourish Farms on nutrition education and farm-to-school content but operates at a much broader geographic and programmatic scale.

Regional players

• Wisconsin Farm to School: A statewide Wisconsin initiative coordinated through the Department of Public Instruction (where a Nourish board director works) supporting farm-to-school programming across the state. Comparable state-level farm-to-school focus, with Nourish Farms being a downstream implementing partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/plymouthwifarmersmarket

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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