CONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD

Name

CONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD

Legal name

Convivium Urban Farmstead

Website

https://convivium-dbq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320), Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Neighborhood Cafes (THAFADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm-to-Table & Agritourism Dining Experiences (Farm Visits, Harvest Meals) (THAJAGAK), Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA)

Keywords

• Urban agriculture education
• Nonprofit restaurant services
• Community cooking classes
• Farm-to-table catering
• Food assistance programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubuque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Restaurant & Coffee House Sales: On-site dining and coffee service operating Wednesday through Sunday, 8am-2pm. All restaurant proceeds support the mission to improve life through food.
2. Catering & Events: Full-service catering for weddings, corporate meetings, showers, and private celebrations. On-site catering in refurbished greenhouse accommodating up to 100 guests, plus off-site catering for events up to 300 people.
3. Facility Rentals: Rental of greenhouse venue and learning center for various events. Wedding rentals range from $600-$2,500, other events from $100-$150/hour, nonprofit rates at $100/hour, learning center at $75/hour.
4. Public Cooking & Gardening Classes: Cooking and gardening classes offered on sliding scale pricing. Classes include Showstoppers ($80/person), Comfort Food ($60/person), Pantry Meals ($35/person), Cooking Demos ($25/person), and batch meal prep options.
5. Retail Products: Housemade goods including seasonal preserves and sauces crafted from Convivium-grown ingredients, sold during restaurant hours.
6. Tours & Demonstrations: Self-guided tours (free), guided private tours ($10/person for groups under 10), guided group tours for bus groups up to 100 people, and bee tours ($25/person).
7. Donations & Grants: Charitable contributions from individuals, organizations, and grant funding support free food programs and mission operations. The organization operates as a nonprofit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Convivium Urban Farmstead runs a restaurant and coffee house, delivers catering and private events, and offers hands-on cooking and gardening classes for the public. It also operates free community food programs, including a Community Casserole Program and Free Food Box Distribution, along with annual community events and volunteer opportunities.

Product overview

Convivium Urban Farmstead is a nonprofit organization operating as an integrated platform combining food service, education, and community outreach. The core offering includes a scratch-kitchen Restaurant & Coffee House paired with Catering & Events services, which generate revenue to fund mission activities. Educational programming spans Cooking Classes, Gardening Classes, and Private Cooking Classes offered on a sliding-scale model for accessibility. Community impact programs include the Community Casserole Program (distributing 250+ free casseroles weekly) and Free Food Box Distribution via Riverbend Food Bank partnership. The organization hosts four signature Annual Community Events: Souper Bowl Sunday, Maple Pancake Breakfast, Neighborhood Open House, and Garden Gala. The product portfolio is unified by a "Grow, Cook, Eat" philosophy covering the full food cycle, with all operations supporting the mission to improve life through food.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant and Coffee House

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 45,000 free casseroles distributed to food-insecure community members since September 2020
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• St. Stephen's Branch of the Riverbend Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Free Food Box Distribution program. Food boxes containing produce, dairy, and meat are distributed on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Convivium's location, made possible through this partnership with the Riverbend Food Bank.
• Resources UnitecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner location for free casserole distribution. Convivium provides 250 free casseroles weekly, with a portion distributed at Resources Unite location every Thursday from 2-4pm to reach food-insecure community members.
• E.J.'s Wine ShopminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal wine retailer partnering with Convivium for cheese and wine tasting events. Carl Busch at E.J.'s Wine Shop collaborates with Culinary Resource Director Cena Sharp to pair wines with Wisconsin cheeses for special tasting events.
• Landmark CreameryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWisconsin artisan cheese maker featured in Convivium's National Cheese Day celebration. Their Tallgrass Reserve cheese was paired with Don Rodolfo Brut from Argentina.
• Uplands CheeseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWisconsin artisan cheese maker featured in Convivium's National Cheese Day celebration. Their Pleasant Ridge Reserve was paired with Aveleda Mandriola de Lisboa Branco from Portugal.
• Hook's Cheese CompanyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWisconsin artisan cheese maker featured in Convivium's National Cheese Day celebration. Their 10-Year Cheddar was paired with Spice Trader Shiraz from Australia.
• Carr Valley CheeseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWisconsin artisan cheese maker featured in Convivium's National Cheese Day celebration. Their Mobay cheese was paired with Sula Chenin Blanc from India.
• Roelli Cheese HausminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWisconsin artisan cheese maker featured in Convivium's National Cheese Day celebration. Their Dunbarton Blue cheese was paired with Eguiluz Rioja from Spain.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Heifer International: Large established nonprofit addressing food insecurity and sustainable agriculture globally. Operates in a much broader capacity-building mode but targets overlapping food-security outcomes as Convivium's free food programs.

Direct peers

• Soul Fire Farm: Troy, NY-based nonprofit BIPOC-led urban farm offering youth programs, immersive trainings, and food justice initiatives. Directly comparable small-team nonprofit farm-and-education mission with strong community food access programming.
• Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment: Freeport, ME nonprofit farm combining regenerative agriculture research, farmer training, and visitor-facing farm experiences. Mirrors Convivium's combination of working farm plus public-facing experiences and learning.
• Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture: Nonprofit working farm and education center in Pocantico Hills, NY, combining regenerative agriculture, on-site dining (via partner Blue Hill), and public programming — same integrated grow-cook-eat nonprofit model as Convivium at larger scale.
• Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming: Cold Spring, NY nonprofit operating a working farm focused on regenerative agriculture training and food-system education. Comparable mission-driven farm-education hybrid with similar program breadth.
• The Farm School: Nonprofit educational farm in Athol, MA operating small-scale production, farmer training, and food education programs. Comparable nonprofit-farm-meets-education mission with hands-on class offerings.

Emerging players

• Big Green: Nonprofit building learning gardens in schools with associated food and gardening education. Comparable food-education mission at national scale, adjacent to Convivium's gardening-class programming.
• Local Matters: Columbus, OH nonprofit delivering food education, cooking classes, and food-access programs. Closely comparable second-city food education nonprofit hybrid with a mission-driven class/food-access model.
• D Acres of New Hampshire: Nonprofit permaculture farm and educational homestead in Dorchester, NH hosting workshops and communal living. Comparable small nonprofit-farm educational model though more rustic / less restaurant-adjacent.

Others

• Edible Schoolyard Project: Alice Waters-founded nonprofit supporting edible-education gardens and kitchens in schools. Theme-adjacent in the food-education-for-community-wellbeing space; relevant ecosystem participant rather than a direct operational peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/conviviumurbanfarmstead
• Instagraminstagram.com/convivium_dbq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/convivium-urban-farmstead

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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