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Refugees and Neighbors, Flourishing Together
 
 
 
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Finding Home Again

Tapestry Farms is a nonprofit urban farm system, growing the Quad-Cities’ welcome of refugees. We nourish people and land, in hopes that all in our community will be abundantly fed.

 
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FROM THE FARM

Tapestry Farms connects refugees and neighbors in a shared hope of joyful, thriving, healthy lives - where every person has access to the resources to live well.

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See you at the market!
See you at the market!

Each week, our team packs up our refrigerated van and pulls into downtown Rock Island (Saturdays) and Bettendorf (Tuesdays and Thursdays) with produce grown across our urban farm system.

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GIFT Gardens Invites Gardeners to Grow Food, Fight Hunger
GIFT Gardens Invites Gardeners to Grow Food, Fight Hunger

The taste of a fresh cucumber, the joy of picking a tomato, the fun of watching a cabbage form—gardeners across the Quad Cities are invited to experience these moments AND make a difference.

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Spring Fling | A Benefit for Tapestry Farms
Spring Fling | A Benefit for Tapestry Farms

Gather with us in love and hope to celebrate the beginning of the growing season with food, drinks, music, a silent auction, and a special guest speaker all in support of our refugee neighbors.

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Quad Cities Community Foundation awards $300,000 to Tapestry Farms
Quad Cities Community Foundation awards $300,000 to Tapestry Farms

The three-year grant will ensure that Tapestry Farms can sustainably grow while taking on the intertwined work of food insecurity and supporting refugee families.

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 Say hello to Tapestry Farms on Instagram

Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 28th! We are so excited to join our friends at @nest.cafe.qc and the @qcgardens for a day of learning and FUN! Plant to Plate features talks, tours, lunch, and conversation. And...it's FREE! (Copy and paste the l
A few weeks ago several young people who are a part of Tapestry Farms graduated from high school. Betty, Freddy, Riziki, Mosawer, and Deborah are pictured here. We’ve known these bright young adults for quite some time, marveled as they navigat
We want the families we work with to be nourished AND comforted with foods that are familiar to them in our Karibou Market. Nourishment navigator Kamari recently stocked three new freezers thanks to a very special donation. Now the freezers are beaut
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now." A few years ago, the people of @stjohnsbelovedcommunity invited us to harvest from a lone pear tree on a plot of land they own near their church. About a year
Farmers Market season is in full swing! We hope you'll stop by our farm stand at the Bettendorf Farmers Market on Monday and Thursday afternoons (2:30–5:30) or on Saturday mornings (8–noon) in Rock Island at the @qcfarmersmarket! Treat yo
Never underestimate a small group of people on a mission to love and serve the world. 💚 Our immigration legal services navigator @rebeccajaneburke helped rally the incredible people at @lourdescatholicschool to learn about the refugee experience and
We are SO PROUD of our founder and executive director Ann McGlynn for being the recipient of the 2025 Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award by the @worldfoodprize! Ann is being recognized for her extraordinary leadership in expanding sustaina
See you tomorrow (5/31) at the @qcfarmersmarket!! Remember that beginning this week the market will be in a new location. Just head to the newly renovated 1800 block of 2nd Avenue in downtown Rock Island too see all of your favorite vendors. 💚🥰 📸
 

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