Miami-Dade · Liberty City · Est. 2025

FarmBlock:
Grow. Train. Connect.

A cooperative platform for community-based food production, workforce development, and agricultural technology infrastructure.

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01 / What Is FarmBlock

A network built for neighborhoods, not just farms.

"FarmBlock connects underused land, willing hands, and enabling technology into a cooperative system that communities can own and grow."

FarmBlock is a cooperative network that turns vacant lots, church grounds, school yards, and community spaces into productive micro-farms — supported by training programs, smart technology, and a shared economic model.

We begin in Miami-Dade's Liberty City — one of Florida's most food-insecure communities — and build a model designed to replicate across urban and rural communities nationwide.

Community members working in a FarmBlock garden

Liberty City, Miami-Dade

Community planting day, FarmBlock pilot site

02 / Why This Matters

Food insecurity is a systems problem. FarmBlock is a systems solution.

1 in 5

Miami-Dade residents face food insecurity

40%

of urban land sits underused or vacant

Millions

in workforce training gaps in agriculture and tech

Zero

resilient local food systems in most neighborhoods

03 / The Three Pillars

Every FarmBlock site operates across three integrated systems.

01

Grow Co-op

Food + Sites + Members

Neighborhood-scale production on underused land. Members share inputs, share labor, and share returns. Real food for real communities.

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02

Skills Hub

Training + Volunteers

Hands-on education in agriculture, horticulture, and food systems. A pathway from volunteer to trained worker to community leader.

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03

Systems Hub

Tech + Data + Support

Smart irrigation, sensors, and data infrastructure that make small farms run efficiently. Technology in service of community, not the other way around.

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04 / The Network

The FarmBlock Cooperative Network

Four interconnected entities. One shared mission.

E5 Enclave, Inc.

Mission + Talent + Grants

Grow Co-op

Food + Sites + Members

  • Micro-farms
  • Produce sales
  • Member returns
  • Shared inputs

Skills Hub

Training + Volunteers

  • STEM education
  • Youth training
  • Volunteers
  • Food access

Systems Hub

Tech + Data + Support

  • Smart sensors
  • Data analytics
  • Maintenance
  • Greenhouse / CEA
Liberty City neighborhood aerial view
Liberty City, Miami-Dade

05 / Launch Context

Why Miami-Dade, and why now.

Liberty City is one of Miami-Dade's most resilient communities — and one of its most underserved. It has the land, the people, the institutions, and the urgency to make FarmBlock real.

Churches, schools, housing developments, and community organizations are already here. FarmBlock provides the structure, the technology, and the cooperative model to turn existing assets into a working food and workforce system.

Target launch

Liberty City

Model scope

Urban + Rural

Pilot sites needed

3–5 sites

Incubated by

E5 Enclave, Inc.

Incubated By

E5

E5 Enclave, Inc.

501(c)(3) Nonprofit · Miami, Florida

E5 Enclave, Inc. is the founding nonprofit sponsor and mission incubator behind FarmBlock. E5 provides the charitable infrastructure, educational programming, and community relationships that make FarmBlock possible.

Ready to be part of something that lasts?

Whether you have land, time, resources, or expertise — there's a place for you in FarmBlock.

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