About Your Donations
Help keep Mushroom Microfarm alive by donating today! Donations go toward building a bridge on our new property to replace the one that was destroyed in the historic floods in August of 2024.
Read the toggles to the right for more information.
Why do you need the money?
In August of 2024 southwest Connecticut was hit by historic flooding. The flooding in Newtown was especially bad. Two days before the storm, we purchased land in Newtown that we intended to be the future home of Mushroom Microfarm.
During the storm, we lost the bridge that served as the only access onto the land, trapping the sellers onsite in the process.
We need $200,000 to build a new bridge to replace the damaged one, otherwise we may have to shut down the mushroom farm.
Can I donate a check?
Yes absolutely!
Click the button to the left to donate and choose that you want to donate offline. You will be taken to the address to use to mail a check and it will show who to make the check out to.
Is my donation secure?
Yes, this site uses industry-standard SSL technology to keep your information secure.
We use Stripe for donations. Stripe is an established payment processor trusted by the world’s largest companies.
When donating, your sensitive financial information never touches our servers. We send all data directly to Stripe’s PCI-compliant servers through SSL.
Where does the money go?
Here is a sample list of expenses to build the bridge based on the estimates we’ve received from different sources:
- Demolition of the old bridge -$16,000
- Building a temporary bridge – $30,000
- Engineering designs – $40,000
- Prefabricated bridge – $70,000
- Contract work (building the abutments, etc) – $???
- Permitting – $???
- Removal of the temporary bridge – $20,000
What are the ways to help?
- Donate
- Go to Bridge Fest!
- Set up Subscriptions for your tinctures at our shop
- Buy the new merchandise
- Continue to support our business at in person events while you can
- Support our business at our site when the season ends
- Connect us with videographers, graphic designers, artists, musicians, trustworthy contractors, chefs, DJs! We’re looking for a lot of different people for future projects. You can email us at mushroommicrofarm[at]gmail or contact us at the bottom of this page.
- Read updates about this fundraising effort at our Substack. And please share them with interested folks.
Who are you?
We are Mushroom Microfarm.
We live and work on the stolen land of the Golden Hill Paugussett tribe and they are still here.
We are a small for-profit farm in the Newtown/Monroe, Connecticut area that sells culinary and medicinal mushrooms as well as premium tinctures.
We help people who love food achieve greater food security, wellness, and awareness.
We are a family business consisting of James and Shevon, an engineer/growing geek and writer/executive coach.
Our family relocated from Austin, TX to Connecticut in 2021 so that James could care for his father who had ALS. James’ experience with care-giving and loss inspired him to start a micro farm growing the medicinal powerhouses, mushrooms.
We believe that the highest priority today is to strive for right relationship with the earth using sustainable practices and to empower families and farmers to grow food.
Our mission is to gather a community of mushroom growers and mushroom lovers to improve the relationship with the earth and elevate the general wellness of our communities.
Updates from our Newsletter
When it rains, it pours… Bridge Update #1 by Mushroom Microfarm
– A Call for help, our fall update, and an upcoming important event!!
Read more updates on our Substack
You can read them online whether you subscribe or not.
Thank you to our generous donors!
Jared Randall
Sorry I wasn’t able to make it.
Thomas & Christine Ayers
Best of luck !!!
Dana and Mahnie
Good luck!
Anonymous
CECILIA CALCAGNINI
Dear Shevon and James, We hope your situation turns around quickly. We love and support you! Love, Tom & Songy
Stephanie Fairleigh
Hope you can rebuild soon!
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Contact us
179 Main st #24
Monroe, CT 06468
(203) 424-1075
hello@mushroommicrofarm.com
Open
Weekdays: 10am – 5pm