The Land Project
Duwara Consciousness Foundation has been striving towards its boldest project yet by purchasing just under 120 acres of farm land in San Diego. Building a regenerative forest farm, (see www.foundationfarms.life) will become the largest permaculture farm in San Diego. As well as pouring CO2 back into the ground from the air, Foundation Farms will create a co-op which each farmer will become a part owner of; therefore, profits and dividends will go back to the very farmers who have helped build back this once malnourished piece of land. Each farmworker will be part of the farmworker housing program to help each farmer grow in knowledge within the farming world, build a business mindset through the projects on-site and ultimately leave with savings to help propel each person to their full potential.
Room & board will be available through an exchange program— either work exchange or monetary exchange. In the work exchange program, guests will build valuable work skills and commit to the concepts of earning to live and living to give. Each guest will actively enhance the community and create social networks, re-engaging into society. These exchanges are best suited for guests who are less than fully employed, and can commit at least 3 hours per day to working on the farm, on the grounds, or in the kitchen. Health/excercise programs, job skills training and other part-time employment will all be offered as part of the path to empowerment.
Previous Programs
Food Trailer
DCF offers the county’s only 100% donation-based mobile food operation. We are committed to providing good, nutritious, hot meals to those for whom they would otherwise be a rarity. The goals of this project are to 1) alleviate food insecurity, 2) promote nutrition/health and 3) promote relationship-building for San Diego County’s most vulnerable populations. We plan to expand our current food trailer operation to 10 meal servings/week, pending support from our community to make this happen.
As part of this expansion, we are looking to collaborate with organizations, volunteers and donors across San Diego County. At Duwara Consciousness Foundation, we recognize that a single meal will not alleviate indigence— but it is a crucial start. We believe rehabilitation starts with eliminating the insecurity of basic needs, and promoting successful life habits.
Locations Served To Date:
- Oceanside
- El Cajon
- Chula Vista
- Hillcrest
- National City
- San Diego – downtown
- South Bay
- Pacific Beach
- Ocean Beach
- Mission Valley
- Linda Vista
- Clairemont
- Vista
- Carlsbad
- Santee
- Lakeside
- Little Italy
- Poway
- City Heights
- Lemon Grove
- Del Mar
- Kearny Mesa
- Riverside
- And more!
Shower Trailer
Our un-sheltered neighbors tell us the facts – the showers they might otherwise have access to do not provide the needed cleanliness, privacy, hot water, security, or availability that they need – and they often have no access to affordable laundry ($10-$15 per load at the laundromat).
Good hygiene is as unattainable as it is critical for our homeless neighbors in San Diego. Lack of hygiene can be a profound detriment to one’s dignity and only exacerbates the other problems associated with homelessness and job insecurity.
DCF is dedicated to addressing this key aspect of hygiene. Offering 7 shower stalls (1 wheelchair/family unit) and 2, 20-lb washers and dryers, DCF’s Shower Trailer Program offers these services on a scale unparalleled in San Diego. As many of our homeless neighbors are transient, the mobility of our showers enables us to serve them wherever they reside.
