Help Grow Common Acre
Your support helps us grow more than vegetables. It helps us create opportunities for people to access fresh local food, learn practical growing skills and be part of a stronger local food system.
Why give?
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Pay It Forward Fund
Help make fresh, locally grown vegetables accessible to people in our community who might otherwise struggle to afford them.
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Grow Biodiversity
Support planting, habitat creation and other projects that make the farm a better place for insects, birds, soil life and people.
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Create Learning Opportunities
Your donation helps us run practical workshops, school programs and hands-on opportunities for people to learn how to grow their own food.
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Build Community
Your support helps us create more opportunities for volunteering, connection and participation on the farm.
Help us grow the farm
There are plenty of things we'd love to do at Common Acre. Donations give us the flexibility to respond to what our community needs and invest in the future of the farm.
Your donation could help us:
Provide a veggie box to someone who needs a hand
Establish more biodiversity around the farm
Run a school or community growing program
Purchase tools and equipment for education and volunteering
Create more opportunities for people to learn about growing food
Improve the farm for future growers and the wider community
Where your money goes
$50
Could help support a community veggie box
$100
Could contribute towards a school or community growing program
$250
Could help establish biodiversity projects on the farm
$500+
Could help us invest in equipment and infrastructure for future programs
Make a Donation
Common Acre is intentionally small, but we're part of something much bigger.
We believe local farms can be places where people come together, practical knowledge is shared and good food is grown close to home. Your support helps us build on that idea and create opportunities that reach beyond what we can achieve through growing and selling vegetables alone.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Common Acre is currently not a tax-deductible organisation. We are working towards charitable status and Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) endorsement so that, in the future, donations can receive tax-deductible status.
For now, your donation still makes a direct difference to what we can do on the farm, from providing pay-it-forward veggie boxes to creating biodiversity projects and running community education programs.
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Your donation goes directly back into Common Acre and helps us do more than we can through produce sales alone. This could include pay-it-forward veggie boxes, school and community programs, biodiversity projects, farm equipment and creating more opportunities for people to learn and get involved.
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Absolutely. We’re always looking for people who want to get their hands dirty and be part of the farm. Keep an eye on our volunteer page and newsletter for upcoming opportunities, including Weedy Wednesdays, farm open days and other ways to get involved.
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Yes. If you have something that could be useful on the farm, we’d love to hear from you. From tools and equipment to materials we can put to good use, in-kind donations can make a big difference to a small farm.
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Yes. You can make a donation in honour or memory of someone special. If you’d like us to acknowledge the person or let someone know about your donation, please get in touch with us when you make your donation and we’ll do our best to accommodate your request.