About Our Work
Mary’s Hands was created in the midst of the 2020 pandemic
to grow fresh produce for our local community members facing food insecurity.
Mary's Hands is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit.
It is our goal to reduce our customer's barriers to food access
while transferring power and dignity.
During the growing season, we make weekly deliveries to
several low-income housing communities in Boulder county in northern Colorado.
We add delivery sites as our capacity grows.
The food is not surplus. It is grown for our customers,
picked that morning and delivered to their location.
In 2022 we began soliciting customer input to create
our crop plan for the following year.
In 2024 we began providing plant starts per our customers' request.
We are currently exploring how we can further collaborate with our customers
in the development of community gardens.
We seek to transfer power and dignity to our customers
and to reduce our customers' barriers to food access.
The Space
The space where we grow is located in
eastern Boulder Colorado where the
Rocky Mountains meet the great plains. Elevation 5430'
This organization acknowledges that
we live and work on the traditional territory of First Nations People including
hinono’eino’ biito’owu’ (Arapaho),
Tsestho’e (Cheyenne),
Nuu-agha-tuvu-pu (Ute),
and Ochethi Sakowin (Sioux).
Our Inspiration
Mary’s Hands was named after our
co-founder's mother, Mary.
She was a deeply giving person
and a nurturer of growing things.
Mary passed away in 2019 but
she lives on in our hearts.